diff --git a/2017/day24/main.go b/2017/day24/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54335ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2017/day24/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/alexchao26/advent-of-code-go/util"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	var part int
+	flag.IntVar(&part, "part", 1, "part 1 or 2")
+	flag.Parse()
+	fmt.Println("Running part", part)
+
+	ans := magneticMoat(util.ReadFile("./input.txt"), part)
+	fmt.Println("Output:", ans)
+}
+
+func magneticMoat(input string, part int) int {
+	edges := getEdges(input)
+
+	// start the bridge with a zero
+	bridge := [][2]int{
+		{0, 0},
+	}
+
+	usedEdges := map[[2]int]bool{}
+	for _, edge := range edges {
+		usedEdges[edge] = false
+	}
+
+	bestStrength, longestBridge := backtrackBridge(bridge, usedEdges)
+	if part == 1 {
+		return bestStrength
+	}
+	return calcStrengthOfBridge(longestBridge)
+}
+
+// backtracking algo that returns strongest bridge
+func backtrackBridge(bridge [][2]int, usedEdges map[[2]int]bool) (bestStrength int, longestBridge [][2]int) {
+	lastVal := bridge[len(bridge)-1][1]
+	for edge, isUsed := range usedEdges {
+		// skip edges that are marked as used
+		if !isUsed {
+			clonedEdge := edge
+			// swap the edge vals if the first doesn't match
+			if clonedEdge[0] != lastVal {
+				clonedEdge[0], clonedEdge[1] = clonedEdge[1], clonedEdge[0]
+			}
+			// if match is found, add it to bridge, mark as used
+			// add to strength, recurse
+			if clonedEdge[0] == lastVal {
+				bridge = append(bridge, clonedEdge)
+				usedEdges[edge] = true
+				strength := clonedEdge[0] + clonedEdge[1]
+
+				// recurse and bestStrength and longestLength
+				subStrength, subLongestBridge := backtrackBridge(bridge, usedEdges)
+
+				strength += subStrength
+
+				// if current bridge is longest (or wins tiebreak) set the longestBridge
+				if len(bridge) > len(longestBridge) ||
+					(len(bridge) == len(longestBridge) &&
+						calcStrengthOfBridge(bridge) > calcStrengthOfBridge(longestBridge)) {
+					// use this hacky append to create a copy of the bridge slice
+					// otherwise appends could modify the underlying array
+					longestBridge = append([][2]int{}, bridge...)
+				}
+				// also check if a recursive call had the longest bridge, update longest
+				if len(subLongestBridge) > len(longestBridge) ||
+					(len(subLongestBridge) == len(longestBridge) &&
+						calcStrengthOfBridge(subLongestBridge) > calcStrengthOfBridge(longestBridge)) {
+					longestBridge = append([][2]int{}, subLongestBridge...)
+				}
+
+				// backtrack
+				usedEdges[edge] = false
+				bridge = bridge[:len(bridge)-1]
+				if strength > bestStrength {
+					bestStrength = strength
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return bestStrength, longestBridge
+}
+
+func calcStrengthOfBridge(bridge [][2]int) int {
+	var sum int
+	for _, edge := range bridge {
+		sum += edge[0] + edge[1]
+	}
+	return sum
+}
+
+func getEdges(input string) (edges [][2]int) {
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(input, "\n") {
+		var pair [2]int
+		fmt.Sscanf(line, "%d/%d", &pair[0], &pair[1])
+		edges = append(edges, pair)
+	}
+	return edges
+}
diff --git a/2017/day24/main_test.go b/2017/day24/main_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dd5281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2017/day24/main_test.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/alexchao26/advent-of-code-go/util"
+)
+
+var example = `0/2
+2/2
+2/3
+3/4
+3/5
+0/1
+10/1
+9/10`
+
+func Test_magneticMoat(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input string
+		part  int
+		want  int
+	}{
+		{"example_part1", example, 1, 31},
+		{"actual_part1", util.ReadFile("input.txt"), 1, 1868},
+		{"example_part2", example, 2, 19},
+		{"actual_part2", util.ReadFile("input.txt"), 2, 1841},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := magneticMoat(tt.input, tt.part); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("magneticMoat() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}