U.S. Route 27

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U.S. Route 27
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Length: 1373 mi[1] (2210 km)
Formed: 1926[1]
South end: Image:US 1.svg US 1 at Miami, FL
Major
junctions: 		Image:Florida's Turnpike shield.pngImage:Toll Florida 821.svg Florida's Turnpike (HEFT) at Hialeah Gardens, FL
Image:I-4.svg I-4 at Davenport, FL
Image:Florida's Turnpike shield.png Florida's Turnpike near Howey-in-the-Hills, FL
Image:I-75.svg I-75 at Ocala, FL
Image:I-10.svg I-10 at Tallahassee, FL
Image:I-185.svg I-185 at Columbus, GA
Image:I-24.svg I-24 at Chattanooga, TN
Image:I-64.svgImage:I-75.svg I-64/I-75 at Lexington, KY
Image:I-71.svgImage:I-74.svgImage:I-75.svg I-71/I-74/I-75 at Cincinnati, OH
Image:I-70.svg I-70 at Richmond, IN
North end: Image:I-69.svgImage:US 30.svgImage:Indiana 3.svg I-69/US-30/IN-3 at Ft. Wayne, IN
United States Numbered Highways
List - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Route 27 (US 27) is a north-south United States highway in the southern and midwestern United States. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 1 in Miami, Florida. The northern terminus is at Interstate 69 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.[2] From Miami it goes up the center of Florida, then west to Tallahassee, Florida, and north through such cities and towns as Columbus, Georgia; Rome, Georgia; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Lexington, Kentucky; Cincinnati, Ohio; Oxford, Ohio; Richmond, Indiana and Fort Wayne, Indiana. It once extended north through Lansing, Michigan, to Cheboygan, Mackinaw City, and for about 3 years as far as St. Ignace.

US 27 appeared in 1927, replacing what had been the western route of the Dixie Highway in many places.

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[edit] Route description

[edit] Florida

In Florida, US 27 has been designated the Claude Pepper Memorial Highway by the Florida State Legislature. It was named after long-time Floridian congressman Claude Pepper.

In Broward County, everything west of US 27 is protected wetlands. It is colloquially termed "Bloody 27" due to the high rate of crashes on it.

[edit] Georgia

Main article: U.S. Route 27 in Georgia

In Georgia, US 27 has been designated the Martha Berry Highway by the Georgia State Legislature. It was named after Martha Berry, founder of Berry College in Rome.

In Georgia, U.S. Highway 27 is a designated Governor's Road Improvement Program (GRIP) developmental highway corridor which will eventually be widened to 4-lanes (mostly divided) from the Florida state line to the Tennessee state line.

[edit] Tennessee

In Chattanooga, Tennessee, a portion of US 27 was once signed as Interstate 124. Though the designation still exists, it is no longer signed as such.[3] In and around the Chattanooga area, US 27 is sometimes referred to as Corridor J, the designation of a road in the Appalachian Development Highway System between Chattanooga and London, Kentucky intended to follow the route of US 27.

[edit] Kentucky

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Indiana

[edit] History

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US-27 no longer exists in Michigan. It has been replaced by I-69, I-75 and US-127.

Originally, the southern terminus of US 27 was in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1928, the route was extended south to Chattanooga, Tennessee, then to Tallahassee, Florida in 1934. In 1949, it was extended to its current terminus in Miami. At its northern end, US 27 originally terminated at Cheboygan, Michigan. In 1937, the route was extended concurrently with US 23 to Mackinaw City, where it ended at the Michigan State Auto Ferry Dock along with US 23 and US 31. After the completion of the Mackinac Bridge in 1957, US 27 was extended across the bridge to the current intersection of Interstate 75 and US 2 near St. Ignace. In 1961, what became I-75 was completed, enabling the roadway to be designated as I-75. At the same time, US 27 was truncated to an interchange with I-75 six miles (10 km) south of Grayling. In 2002, the northern terminus was moved to its current location.

From Grayling to Interstate 69 near Lansing, the road is now designated U.S. Route 127. US 27 signs were removed from I-69 between Lansing and Fort Wayne in 2001. Officially, the current northern terminus is at the junction of I-69, US-30, and State Road 3, but heading north on I-69 one will still see US-27 shields on some of the older overhead signs heading to the I-469 interchange on the northern edge of Fort Wayne.[4]

[edit] Indiana

On March 9, 2007, legislation was introduced in the Indiana House of Representatives to designate U.S. 27 as historic highway. Richmond, one of the cities U.S. 27 passes through, would have two historic highways passing through it. The original National Road (U.S. Route 40) runs through Richmond.

[edit] Michigan

Main article: U.S. Route 27 in Michigan

US 27 was one of the highways in Michigan to carry the TEMP I-75 designation when I-75 was being constructed along then M-76.

The at-grade routing of US 27 in Michigan has been largely superseded by Interstate 75, which follows a roughly similar route and in some places actually replaced the older highway. From Lansing north to I-75, the former US 27 is now U.S. Route 127; from Lansing south to Fort Wayne, US 27 was replaced by Interstate 69. In many places the route markers and the highway itself serve to connect local communities bypassed by the Interstate Highway.

[edit] Bannered routes

[edit] Williston-Perry alternate

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U.S. Route 27 Alternate
Location Williston-Perry, Florida

An Alternate U.S. 27 routing exists in Florida. From Perry to Chiefland it also has the hidden Florida Department of Transportation designation of State Road 55 and is concurrent with US 19-98. Between Chiefland and Bronson it is (hidden) SR 500.

[edit] Columbus-Carrollton alternate

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U.S. Route 27 Alternate
Location Columbus-Carrollton, Georgia

Alternate US 27 is an alternate route of US 27 from Columbus to Carrollton in the U.S. state of Georgia. While the main line of US 27 passes through LaGrange, Alternate US 27 veers to the east to serve the towns of Warm Springs and Newnan.

[edit] See also

[edit] Related routes

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b US Highways from US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz
  2. ^ Endpoints of U.S. highways
  3. ^ Interstate 124 Tennessee @ Interstate-Guide.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
  4. ^ Historic US-27 at Michigan Highways

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