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Harrison Township
View
of US 24 West looking into Indiana at the State Line Rd. overpass.
The actual border between Ohio and Indiana (and corresponding change of
pavement) is located immediately before the end of the protuding
abutments of this side of the bridge. As a result, this overpass
is built to INDOT standards. Unlike Ohio's new overpasses along
the Fort-to-Port Highway, some of which are featured on this page,
Indiana's two-span concrete I-beam overpasses are of a more typical
design.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
Carryall Township
Exit
sign for OH 49 (Exit 3) on US 24 West. The new junction of US 24
and OH 49 is a diamond interchange.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
Carryall Township
View
from US 24 West of the two-span bridge that carries Township Rd. 43 over
the US 24 expressway just east of the OH 49 interchange. This,
along with all of the new overpasses along the Fort-to-Port Highway in
Ohio, feature a strong aesthetic appeal. They are each concrete
I-beam bridges with a dark blue "wave" pattern at the bottom of the
beams, and a border denoting the top of the wave. Also note the
"brick" patterns used for both the center pier and each of the
abutments. Throughout this page, this type of overpass will often
be referenced as a "Fort-to-Port" style bridge.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
Crane Township
So
if reading this sign correctly, it appears that a new route was created
with the opening of the new US 24 expressway? Actually, not
really...it's a patented ODOT sign goof. This 1 mile advance exit
sign for the US 127 interchange (Exit 13) shows an OH 127 shield
instead.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
Cecil Township
View
from US 24 West of the typical-for-this-stretch, aesthetically-pleasing
overpass that carries US 127 over the US 24 expressway.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
Cecil Township
Exit
sign for US 127 (Exit 13) on US 24 West. This new meeting point of
US 24 and US 127 is a diamond interchange.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
Emerald Township
1
mile advance exit sign for US 127 (Exit 13) on US 24 West.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
Emerald Township
0.5
mile advance guide sign for the Defiance Co. Rd. 133 intersection on US
24 West. Along both the Indiana-to-Defiance and
Defiance-to-Napoleon stretches of expressway, it is commonplace to have
a 0.5 mile advance guide sign appear prior to intersections along US 24
in both directions.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
Noble Township
0.5
mile advance exit sign for Baltimore St. (Exit 22) on US 24 West.
Baltimore St. represents the former OH 424 going eastward from the
upcoming interchange into Defiance. Going westward from there is
the former routing of US 24, now known as Co. Rd. 424.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
I
The OH 15/OH 18 duplex heads into downtown Defiance southeast of US 24.
On the other side of the interchange, OH 15 heads northwest to Bryan,
while OH 18 goes west to Hicksville.
Click here for OH 15 images, and click
here for OH 18 images (coming soon).
Noble Township
Scene
of the "Fort-to-Port" style two-span concrete I-beam overpass that
carries the OH 15/OH 18 duplex over US 24, as viewed from the
perspective of US 24 West. This is the only one of the newer,
aesthetic overpasses along the US 24 expressway that feature flat
abutments. All of the other newer overpasses along this stretch of
highway have protruding abutments.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
Noble Township
0.25
mile advance exit sign for the interchange with the OH 15/OH 18 duplex (Exit 25) on US 24
West.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
City of Defiance
0.75
mile advance exit sign for OH 15/OH 18 (Exit 25) on US 24 West, in front
of the OH 66 overpass along the Defiance bypass stretch of the highway.
Note that the OH 15/OH 18 overpass shown previously was reconstructed
into the new-style two-span concrete I-beam bridge that is trademark on
the Fort-to-Port Highway, the OH 66 overpass is still the original one,
a four-span steel girder bridge that was common back when the US 24
bypass of Defiance was constructed in the 1960s.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
Richland Township
View
of the two-span concrete I-beam "Fort-to-Port" style overpass that
carries OH 281 over US 24, as seen from the viewpoint of US 24 West.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
Richland Township
1
mile advance exit sign for OH 281/Domersville Rd. (Exit 28) on US 24
West.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
Napoleon Township
0.5
mile advance guide sign for the Henry Co. Rd. 17 intersection on US 24
West.
Photographer: Dan Garnell
Date: 11/07/2009
I US 24 intersects OH 64 in downtown Waterville. OH 64 runs northwesterly to Whitehouse and Swanton, and southeasterly to Haskins and Bowling Green. Click here for OH 64 images.
I
In the southwestern Toledo suburb of Maumee, US 24 intersects the
I-475/US 23 duplex. These two highways combine to form the western
bypass of the Toledo area.
Click here for I-475 images, and click
here for US 23 images (coming soon).
City of Toledo
View
of US 24 looking southerly from Michigan into Ohio. As the
Michigan-Ohio State Line doubles as the city limits of Toledo, in lieu
of a "Welcome to Ohio" sign at the state line, motorists instead pass by
a "Welcome to Toledo" sign. Just 0.5 mile ahead, US 24 intersects
OH 184.
Photographer: Patrick Allen
Date: 11/08/2006
