Interstate 24 Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	316. The Dwight D Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly called the Interstate Highway System (or simply the Interstate System) 36 mi[1] (509 km)
West end:	I-57 in Goreville, IL
Major junctions:	I-65 in Nashville, TN I-40 in Nashville, TN I-59 in Wildwood, GA
East end:	I-75 in Chattanooga, TN
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Interstate 24 (abbreviated I-24) is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Interstate 57 (I-57 is an Interstate highway in the midwestern United States. Goreville is a village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. Interstate 65 (I-65 is a major Interstate Highway in the United States. Interstate 40 (I-40 is a major west-east Interstate highway in the United States Interstate 59 (I-59 is an Interstate highway in the southern United States. Wildwood is a small unincorporated community located in the northeastern corner of Dade County, Georgia, United States. Interstate 75 (I-75 is a major north-south Interstate Highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. The Dwight D Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly called the Interstate Highway System (or simply the Interstate System) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the I-24 runs (diagonally) from Interstate 57 (10 miles south of Marion, Illinois) to Chattanooga, Tennessee, at Interstate 75. Interstate 57 (I-57 is an Interstate highway in the midwestern United States. Marion is the second largest city in Southern Illinois and serves as the region's largest retail trade center Interstate 75 (I-75 is a major north-south Interstate Highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. ^[2]

I-24 makes up the majority of a high-traffic corridor between St. Louis, Missouri, and Atlanta, Georgia. This corridor utilizes Interstate 64 and Interstate 57 west of I-24, and Interstate 75 east of I-24. Interstate 64 (abbreviated I-64) is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. Interstate 57 (I-57 is an Interstate highway in the midwestern United States. Interstate 75 (I-75 is a major north-south Interstate Highway in the midwest and southeastern United States.

Contents 1 Route description 1.1 Illinois 1.2 Kentucky 1.3 Tennessee 1.4 Georgia 2 Major intersections 3 Future 4 Auxiliary routes 5 References 6 External links

Route description

Lengths
	mi	km
IL	38. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand In the US state of Illinois, Interstate 24 is a remote four-lane freeway that travels through hilly rural southern Illinois and the Shawnee 73	62. 33
KY	93. Interstate 24 in Kentucky runs from the Ohio River at Paducah to outside Clarksville Tennessee on the state line 37	150. 26
TN	180. Exit list 16	289. 94
GA	4. In the US state of Georgia, Interstate 24 runs east-west through northern Dade County, entering from Tennessee at both ends 10	6. 60
Total[3]	316. 36	509. 13

Major cities Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs
St. Louis, Missouri (via I-57 and I-64) Paducah, Kentucky Clarksville, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tennessee Chattanooga, Tennessee

Illinois

Main article: Interstate 24 in Illinois

In the state of Illinois, Interstate 24 is a remote, four-lane freeway that travels through hilly rural southern Illinois and the Shawnee National Forest. A control city is a city or locality posted on a Traffic sign indicating forward destinations on a certain route Interstate 57 (I-57 is an Interstate highway in the midwestern United States. Interstate 64 (abbreviated I-64) is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. Paducah is the largest city in Kentucky 's Jackson Purchase Region and the County seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States Clarksville is a city in Montgomery County Tennessee, USA Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County and is Tennessee 's fifth largest city Murfreesboro is a city in and the County seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. In the US state of Illinois, Interstate 24 is a remote four-lane freeway that travels through hilly rural southern Illinois and the Shawnee The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The Shawnee National Forest, located in the Ozark and Shawnee hills of Southern Illinois, consists of approximately 270000 acres (1100 km² of federally managed There are only five mainline exits; of those five, four have services. Interstate 24 crosses into Kentucky via the Interstate 24 Bridge from Metropolis, Illinois to Paducah, Kentucky. The Interstate 24 Bridge may refer to one of two distinct bridges on Interstate 24. Metropolis is a city located along the Ohio River in Massac County Illinois, in the United States. Paducah is the largest city in Kentucky 's Jackson Purchase Region and the County seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States

Kentucky

Main article: Interstate 24 in Kentucky

In the state of Kentucky, Interstate 24 runs from Paducah to the Tennessee border just northwest of Clarksville. Interstate 24 in Kentucky runs from the Ohio River at Paducah to outside Clarksville Tennessee on the state line The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Paducah is the largest city in Kentucky 's Jackson Purchase Region and the County seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States Clarksville is a city in Montgomery County Tennessee, USA Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County and is Tennessee 's fifth largest city Along its route are Kentucky Dam which forms Kentucky Lake and Barkley Dam which forms Lake Barkley, Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area ("LBL"; under the management of the US Forest Service ), and Fort Campbell. Kentucky Dam is a Dam on the Tennessee River on the dividing line between Livingston County and Marshall County in the U Kentucky Lake is a major navigable Artificial lake along the Tennessee River in Kentucky and Tennessee. Barkley Dam is a dam along the Cumberland River in Kentucky. Its construction along with Kentucky Dam formed the Land Between the Lakes (LBL Lake Barkley, a 58000-acre Artificial lake in Caldwell, Livingston, Lyon, and Trigg counties in Kentucky and extending The Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a United States National Recreation Area located in Kentucky and Tennessee between Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located between Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Clarksville, Tennessee, and is home

Future extensions of Interstate 69 and possibly Interstate 66 are proposed to run concurrent with Interstate 24 in the Eddyville to Calvert City corridor. Interstate 69 (I-69 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. Interstate 66 (I-66 is an Interstate highway in the eastern United States. A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different Highway, Motorway Eddyville is a city in Lyon County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2350 at the 2000 census. Calvert City is a city in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States.

Tennessee

Main article: Interstate 24 in Tennessee

In the state of Tennessee, Interstate 24 runs from Clarksville to Chattanooga by way of Nashville. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. Clarksville is a city in Montgomery County Tennessee, USA Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County and is Tennessee 's fifth largest city Just west of Chattanooga, I-24 drops into Georgia for 4 miles (6 km).

One of the most notoriously hazardous stretches of Interstate highway in the United States is approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of Chattanooga on I-24 in Monteagle, where the highway goes over the Cumberland Plateau. Monteagle is a town in Franklin, Grundy, and Marion counties in the U The Cumberland Plateau is the southern part of the Appalachian Plateau. Compared to grades elsewhere, Monteagle's 4 to 6% grade does not come close to the steepest highway roads (the Siskiyou Pass of Interstate 5 in Oregon has some the steepest grades in the nation),^[4] but the slope is protracted over a distance of several miles. Siskiyou Summit (el) is a Mountain pass in the Siskiyou Mountains in the U In the US state of Oregon, Interstate 5 traverses across the state passing through the major cities of Portland, Salem, Eugene, Slope is used to describe the steepness incline gradient or grade of a straight line.

Interstate 124 is an occasional (currently unsigned) designation of a portion of the US 27 freeway which runs as a spur into downtown Chattanooga and beyond. Interstate 124 (I-124 is an unsigned designation for a short segment of a 4-lane limited access highway located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA US Route 27 ( US 27) is a north-south United States highway in the southern and midwestern United States. ^[5] Also in Chattanooga is the "Ridge Cut", a 1/4 mile section of Missionary Ridge, between the 4th Avenue exit and the Germantown/Belvoir exit. Missionary Ridge is a geographic feature in Chattanooga Tennessee, site of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, a battle in the American Civil War, fought Accidents and severe congestion are common here.

Georgia

Main article: Interstate 24 in Georgia

In the state of Georgia, Interstate 24 runs for 4 miles (6 km), running along the southern flank of Raccoon Mountain and intersecting with Interstate 59 before turning back north to the Tennessee River and around the northern flank of Lookout Mountain. In the US state of Georgia, Interstate 24 runs east-west through northern Dade County, entering from Tennessee at both ends The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Interstate 59 (I-59 is an Interstate highway in the southern United States. The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. Lookout Mountain, actually a Plateau, is located at the northwest corner of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southern border The exits and mileposts remain numbered according to Tennessee's mileposts.

This segment is also officially State Route 409.

Major intersections

Interstate 24 intersects with the following interstates, from west to east:

• Interstate 57 in Goreville, Illinois (western terminus)
• Interstate 65 in Nashville, Tennessee (concurrent for about 2 miles (3 km))
• Interstate 40 in Nashville, Tennessee (concurrent for about 2 miles (3 km))
• Interstate 440 in Nashville, Tennessee
• Interstate 59 in Wildwood, Georgia
• Interstate 75 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (eastern terminus)

Future

The highway is expected to cross Interstate 69 in Eddyville, Kentucky and Interstate 66 in Paducah, Kentucky. Interstate 57 (I-57 is an Interstate highway in the midwestern United States. Goreville is a village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. Interstate 65 (I-65 is a major Interstate Highway in the United States. Interstate 40 (I-40 is a major west-east Interstate highway in the United States Exit list Interstate 59 (I-59 is an Interstate highway in the southern United States. Wildwood is a small unincorporated community located in the northeastern corner of Dade County, Georgia, United States. Interstate 75 (I-75 is a major north-south Interstate Highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. Interstate 69 (I-69 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. Eddyville is a city in Lyon County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2350 at the 2000 census. Interstate 66 (I-66 is an Interstate highway in the eastern United States. Paducah is the largest city in Kentucky 's Jackson Purchase Region and the County seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States

Auxiliary routes

References

External links

• Illinois Highway Ends: Interstate 24
• Official State of Tennessee Road Map

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