Route Description
State Route 24 (SR 24) begins as Nob Hill Boulevard at a diamond interchange with Interstate 82 (I-82), concurrent with U.S. Route 12 (US 12) and U.S. Route 97 (US 97), in Yakima. The highway turns southeast to cross the Yakima River and travelling into unincorporated Yakima County, parallel to a short BNSF Railway line. SR 24 continues into Moxee, where the rail line ends, and turns east into Black Rock Valley, situated between the Yakima Ridge to the north and the Rattlesnake Hills to the south. The roadway forms the northern terminus of SR 241, a highway that travels south to Sunnyside, before entering Benton County and the Hanford Reach National Monument. At the western boundary of the Hanford Site, SR 24 turns north at the northern terminus of SR 240, which travels south to Richland. The highway passes a rest area and crosses the Columbia River on the Vernita Bridge into Grant County, turning east at the southern terminus of SR 243. The roadway travels east through the Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge and passes Saddle Mountain Lake before entering Adams County. SR 24 turns north and becomes Broadway Avenue in Othello, where the route ends at an intersection with SR 26.
Every year the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) conducts a series of surveys on its highways in the state to measure traffic volume. This is expressed in terms of average annual daily traffic (AADT), which is a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. In 2011, WSDOT calculated that between 980 and 21,000 vehicles per day used the highway, mostly in the Yakima area.
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