Highway 24 is a
provincial highway
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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. It runs from
Highway 3
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at
Spiritwood north to the community of
Chitek Lake on
Chitek Lake. Highway 24 is about long.
In April 2014, due to its state of disrepair, Highway 24 was named the worst highway in Saskatchewan by the
Canadian Automobile Association
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(CAA). In 2021, repairs began on the highway as part of a plan to stimulate the local economy. A total of were rebuilt.
Route description
Highway 24 generally travels in a north to south direction. Its northern terminus is at the community of
Chitek Lake while the southern one is at
Spiritwood and
Highway 3
The following highways are numbered 3, H-3, PRI-3, AH3, E03 and R3. For roads numbered A3, see A3 roads. For roads numbered M3, see M3 (disambiguation)#Roads, M3. For roads numbered N3, see N3 (disambiguation)#Roads, N3. For roads numbered 3A, see ...
. The highway provides access to the
Chitek Lake Recreation Site and the communities of Laventure,
Leoville,
and Penn. Intersections along Highway 24 include
Highways 793,
696
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, and
945
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
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.
See also
*
Transportation in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan has a transportation infrastructure system of roads, highways, freeways, airports, ferries, pipelines, trails, waterways, and railway systems serving a population of approximately 1,132,505 (according to 2021 census) inhabitants year ...
*
Roads in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan, the middle of Canada's three prairie provinces, has an area of and population of 1,150,632 (according to 2016 estimates), mostly living in the southern half of the province.
Currently Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure ope ...
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