Manitoba Highway 24

Provincial Trunk Highway 24 (PTH 24) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is an east–west route that runs from PTH 83 near Miniota, east through Oak River and Rapid City to the junction of PTH 10 and PR 262 between Brandon and Minnedosa.

Route description
PTH 24 begins in the Rural Municipality of Prairie View at a junction with PTH 83 on the south side of Miniota. The highway heads east for the next several kilometers, crossing a small stream and a railroad line as it travels through the community of Arrow River, having an intersection with PR 474 shortly thereafter. It travels along the south side of Crandall, where it has a junction with PR 264, before crossing into the Rural Municipality of Hamiota.

PTH 24 travels past several small lakes and ponds on its way to Parks Corner, where it crosses PTH 21 just a few kilometers south of the town of Hamiota. The highway now enters the Rural Municipality of Oakview and almost immediately travels through the town Oak River, where it runs concurrent (overlapped) with PR 354 and crosses the Oak River. It continues due east for several kilometers, traveling through rural farmland, where it has an intersection with PR 250, before suddenly curving southward as it becomes concurrent with PR 270 and enters Rapid City. The highway passes through a neighborhood and crosses a bridge over the Little Saskatchewan River, with PTH 24 splitting off shortly thereafter and following 2nd Avenue eastward along the north side of downtown. PTH 24 passes through several more neighborhoods before leaving Rapid City and heading east for a few kilometers, coming to an end at an intersection with PTH 10 (John Bracken Highway) at Tremaine, with the road continuing east as PR 262.

The entire length of Manitoba Highway 24 is a rural, paved, two-lane highway.

History
The original PTH 24 went from PTH 22 (redesignated as PTH 83 in 1953) near Melita to the Saskatchewan boundary near Gainsborough. In 1949, this became part of PTH 3.

PTH 24 was designated to its current location in 1956. Prior to 1956, the route, known as PTH 27, started at PTH 10 at Tremaine and travelled west to Rapid City. From Rapid City, the highway turned north and terminated at PTH 16, then known as PTH 4, east of Basswood. The north–south section of the old PTH 27 was decommissioned and redesignated as part of PR 270 in 1966.

When PTH 24 was first added in 1956, the highway's western terminus was PTH 21 south of Hamiota, making the original length of the highway 51 km. It was extended to its current length in 1957.