Montana Highway 24
Montana Highway 24 | ||||
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 MT 24 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDT | ||||
| Length | 134.098 mi[1] (215.810 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  MT 200 near Brockway | |||
| North end |  Hwy 2 at Port of Opheim | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Montana | |||
| Counties | Garfield, McCone, Valley | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Montana Highway 24 (MT 24) is a 134-mile-long (216 km) state highway in the US state of Montana. It begins at MT 200 near Brockway, and ends at the Saskatchewan border at Port of Opheim. Along the way, it intersects MT 117, MT 42 and US Highway 2 (US 2).
Route description[edit]
MT 24 begins at an intersection with MT 200 near Brockway. The route then proceeds northward through a rural area along the eastern shore of Fort Peck Lake. The highway turns to the west, crosses the Fort Peck Dam before passing through Fort Peck, Montana, and travels just yards from the northern shore of the lake. It intersects with MT 117, as it exits Fort Peck, and enters Wheeler. The highway heads northwest before turning due north. From here, it intersects MT 42, just prior to intersecting with US 2. MT 24 passes on the eastern outskirts of Glasgow, and travels near the Glasgow International Airport. It heads north-northwest, soon turning due north again before intersecting Cut Across Road, so named for its cutting across the vast open expanses of land between US 2, and MT 24. An intersection with Montana Secondary Highway 248 (S-248) follows, and MT 24 reaches its end at the Saskatchewan border, north of Port of Opheim.[2]
History[edit]
Originally, MT 24W connected MT 24 with Glasgow. A former MT 24 ran between Marion and Jennings in the 1930s, which is now known as Pleasant Valley Road.[citation needed]
Major intersections[edit]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield | Flowing Wells | 0.000 | 0.000 | MT 200 – Lewistown, Circle | Southern terminus | |||
| McCone |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Valley | Fort Peck | 59.097 | 95.107 |   MT 117 north – Fort Peck, Nashua | ||||
| | 73.217 | 117.831 |   MT 42 west – Glasgow | |||||
| 74.659 | 120.152 |  US 2 – Glasgow, Wolf Point | ||||||
| Opheim | 123.639 | 198.978 |  S-248 | |||||
| | 134.098 | 215.810 | Canada–United States border at Opheim–West Poplar River Border Crossing | |||||
| Hwy 2 north – Assiniboia, Moose Jaw | Continuation into Saskatchewan | |||||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b Transportation Planning Division, Data and Statistics Bureau, Road Inventory and Mapping Section (2011). "Montana Road Log" (PDF). Montana Department of Transportation. pp. 163–4, 170. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Google (March 18, 2008). "Overview of Montana Highway 24" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 18, 2008.