Louisiana Highway 24 is a state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 in Louisiana

Louisiana

Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

 that serves Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes. It spans 35.61 miles (57.3 km) and is bannered east/west.

Route description

LA 24 begins at a junction with LA 1

Louisiana Highway 1

Louisiana Highway 1 is a state highway in Louisiana. At 436.20 miles , it is the longest numbered highway of any class in Louisiana. It runs diagonally across the state, connecting the oil and gas fields near the island of Grand Isle with the northwest corner of the state, north of Shreveport.The...

 in Larose. From there, LA 24 runs westward to Bourg, commonly known as Bourg-Larose Highway. In Bourg, it turns northward at the LA 57

Louisiana Highway 57

Louisiana Highway 57, commonly known as Grand Caillou Road, is a state highway that runs from Louisiana Highway 24 in Houma, Louisiana and ends at Louisiana Highway 56 in Cocodrie, Louisiana. The road serves the eastern part of Houma and the southern towns of Ashland, Grand Caillou, and Dulac,...

 intersection toward Houma (where it acts as a major road in the city center) and then turns northwestward and runs through Thibodaux

Thibodaux, Louisiana

Thibodaux is a small city in and the parish seat of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States, along the banks of Bayou Lafourche in the northwestern part of the parish. The population was 14,431 at the 2000 census. Thibodaux is a principal city of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux...

. Although the road itself goes to Thibodaux, the LA 24 designation ends at the point where LA 24 runs into LA 20.

Junction list

Parish	Location	Mile	Junction	Notes
Lafourche Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Lafourche Parish is a parish located in the south of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It was originally the northern part of Lafourche Interior Parish, which consisted of the present parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne. The parish seat is Thibodaux...	Larose Larose, Louisiana Larose is a census-designated place in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 7,306 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...	Eastern terminus of LA 1
		0.00	Begin State Maintenance at Larose	Road begins westward (Commonly known as Bourg-Larose Highway)
Terrebonne Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana Terrebonne Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Houma. Its population was 111,860...	Bourg Bourg, Louisiana Bourg is an unincorporated community in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Education:...		LA 57 (southward route to Montegut Montegut, Louisiana Montegut is a census-designated place in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,803 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:... )	Road continues northward toward Houma
			LA 316 (northwestward route to Bayou Blue community)
			LA 659 (intersection begins and continues northward to Park Avenue)	At intersection, LA 24 makes westward turn at Country Drive Ext. then continues northward; LA 659 is an alternate route northward-southward until LA 24 reconnects to it at LA 57
	Bourg Bourg, Louisiana Bourg is an unincorporated community in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Education:... /Houma		LA 56 Louisiana Highway 56 Louisiana Highway 56 is a state highway that runs north-south intersecting Louisiana Highway 24 at Country Drive Extension in Houma , Louisiana and comes to a dead end at Cocodrie, Louisiana. The highway serves as the only road for residents of Chauvin, Louisiana to reach Houma, the parish seat....  (southward route to Chauvin Chauvin, Louisiana Chauvin is a census-designated place in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,229 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:... )
	Houma Houma, Louisiana Houma is a city in and the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, and the largest principal city of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's powers of government have been absorbed by the parish, which is now run by the Terrebonne Parish...		LA 3087 (Prospect Street)	At intersection, LA 24 commonly known as Main Street
			LA 57 (Grand Caillou Road) Louisiana Highway 57 Louisiana Highway 57, commonly known as Grand Caillou Road, is a state highway that runs from Louisiana Highway 24 in Houma, Louisiana and ends at Louisiana Highway 56 in Cocodrie, Louisiana. The road serves the eastern part of Houma and the southern towns of Ashland, Grand Caillou, and Dulac,...	Prior to crossing Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Gulf Intracoastal Waterway The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It is a navigable inland waterway running approximately 1700 kilometers from Carrabelle, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas.The waterway provides a channel with a controlling... , road splits to one-way routes at intersection of LA 57 (northward on LA 24/LA 659-Park Avenue; LA 24-Main Street becomes a southward only route)
		Begin concurrency
			LA 182 Louisiana Highway 182 LA 182 is a state highway that runs a circuitous route from just north of Opelousas to Raceland. Most of the route was formerly part of the Old Spanish Trail, and the road is called such in many places to this day.-History:... /US 90 (Business) U.S. Route 90 in Louisiana U.S. Highway 90, one of the major east–west U.S. Highways in the Southern United States, runs through southern Louisiana for , serving Lake Charles, Lafayette, New Iberia, Morgan City and New Orleans...  (downtown Houma route)	LA 24 continues on parallel roadways, northward on Park Avenue and southward on Main Street
		End concurrency
			Spur LA 3040 (Hollywood Rd.) (Tunnel Blvd. northern entrance; Martin Luther King Blvd. southern entrance)
	Bayou Cane (Houma)		LA 3040 (Martin Luther King Blvd.) (northern entrance)
			LA 660
	Gray Gray, Louisiana Gray is a census-designated place in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 7,958 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...		US 90/Future I-49 (Exit 202)
			LA 316
	Schriever Schriever, Louisiana Schriever is a census-designated place in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,880 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...		LA 20 Louisiana Highway 20 Louisiana Highway 20 is a state highway that serves Terrebonne Parish, Lafourche Parish, and St. James Parish. It spans a total of as a two lane, undivided road.-Route description:...  in Schriever
		Western terminus of LA 20