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US Highway 24 (US 24) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs from Minturn, Colorado, to Independence Township, Michigan.In Michigan, it is also known as Telegraph Road and runs for 79.828 miles (128.471 km) as a major north–south state trunkline highway from Bedford Township at the Ohio state line through Metro Detroit.
US 24 (Telegraph Road) along the west edge of Detroit, Michigan, was one of the first roads where Michigan left turns were implemented. This pattern was introduced at the time of, or soon after, its widening to a six- to eight-lane divided highway between 1960 and 1963.
Telegraph Road is a major north-south 70-mile (110 km) thoroughfare in Michigan, and Mark Knopfler was inspired to write the song while riding in the front of the tour bus, which made the journey down Telegraph Road.
Telegraph Road (Michigan), in the Metro Detroit area, carrying U.S. Highway 24; Telegraph Road (St. Louis County, Missouri), carrying Missouri Route 231; Telegraph Road (Northern Virginia), carrying State Route 241 and State Route 611; Old Wire Road (Missouri and Arkansas), historically known as the Telegraph Road
The road from St. Louis to Springfield to Ft. Smith was known as Telegraph Road or Wire Road, later Old Wire Road. 28 August 1860: Line from St. Joseph, Missouri, constructed by W.H. Stebbins, reaches Brownville, Nebraska, and communications commence the next day. [95] 29 August 1860: Line reaches St. Paul, Minnesota. [90] [96]
Follows the grid alignment from Brownstown Township to Southfield, where it strays slightly off the gridlines. Forms much of the western boundary of Detroit, and a major commercial corridor through Taylor, Southfield, and Bloomfield Township. It has gained notoriety in a song ("Telegraph Road") by the group Dire Straits.
Telegraph Road at its intersection with Jeff Todd Way, after a late March snowstorm in 2018. SR 611 starts as Telegraph Road at an intersection with SR 241, North Kings Highway, near Alexandria. North of this intersection Telegraph Road intersects with the Capital Beltway (I-95 and I-495), and SR 236 (Duke Street). Telegraph Road starts as a ...
It carries Interstate 94 (I-94) over eight lanes of US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road). The bridge itself is six travel lanes wide. The bridge itself is six travel lanes wide. History