The interchange is located at a point where LA 20 changes its direction from east to north en route from Gibson to Thibodaux, simultaneously crossing over the BNSF/Union Pacific railroad line.

[2][3][4] While traveling from Schriever through the neighboring areas of Magnolia, Gray, and Bayou Cane, LA 24 intersects several other routes that follow parallel bayous.

Immediately east of New Orleans Boulevard, LA 24 crosses a high-level twin-span bridge over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

[2][3][4] LA 24 follows the Bourg-Larose Highway through thickly wooded swampland for approximately 14 miles (23 km), largely traveling alongside the hidden Bayou Blue.

The easternmost portion of the route along the Bourg-Larose Highway, however, is classified as a rural minor arterial with traffic volume reported as low as 6,600 vehicles.

[10] Like many of the region's older rural highways, this portion of LA 24 evolved from the strip of high ground that formed naturally on the banks of the bayou.

By contrast, the remainder of LA 24 between Bourg and Larose follows a man-made embankment through swampland that was constructed in 1933 by the Highway Commission.

[16][18] In the late 1970s, it was incorporated into the route of LA 24 to carry westbound traffic from Houma north to a point near the present US 90 interchange, which was soon to be constructed.

[19][20] By the late 1980s, the east bank roadway had been extended and improved to give LA 24 a continuous four-lane corridor between Schriever and Houma.

[21][22][23] This occurred when a four-lane overpass of the Southern Pacific Railroad (now the BNSF/UP) line was constructed on LA 20, moving the route off of what is now Old Schriever Highway, which crossed the tracks at grade.

In 1979, a new bridge running diagonally across Bayou Blue on the Bourg-Larose Highway eliminated a zigzag at that point, straightening the roadway.

[31][32] Most recently, the eastern terminus of LA 24 was slightly truncated in 2015 when the final 0.37 miles (0.60 km) of the route were transferred to Lafourche Parish.

This route forced trucks to navigate a tight right-angle turn immediately after a low clearance crossing under the lift bridge.