Автомагистраль US 27: От Майами до Форт-Уэйна

Highway in the United States

U. S. Route 27 or U. S. Highway 27 (US 27) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway in the Southern and Midwestern U. S. The southern terminus is at US 1 in Miami, Florida. The northern terminus is at Interstate 69 (I 69) in Fort Wayne, Indiana. 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 three years, even as far as St. Ignace. US 27 was first signed in 1926, replacing what had been the eastern route of the Dixie Highway in many states.

In Florida, US 27 has been designated the Claude Pepper Memorial Highway by the Florida Legislature. It was named after long time Florida U. S. Senator and Representative Claude Pepper. The stretch running from Miami to South Bay was originally designated the Thomas E. Will Memorial Highway by the Florida Legislature in 1937 when that portion was known as State Road 26 (SR 26). Will, the founder of Okeelanta, had been instrumental in getting the state to build the road from Miami to the area south of Lake Okeechobee. 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. Throughout its approximately 80 mile (129 km) stretch between Chattanooga and Harriman, US 27 traverses a valley between the Tennessee River to the east and the Cumberland Plateau to the west. The plateau's Walden Ridge escarpment is frequently visible to the west. From Chattanooga, the highway passes through Soddy Daisy. Here, it intersects State Route 111 (SR 111), which veers northwestward across the Plateau into Middle Tennessee. US 27 continues through Sale Creek and Graysville before reaching Dayton. At Dayton, it intersects SR 30, which connects Dayton with Pikeville to the west and Decatur to the east, and SR 60, which connects Dayton with Cleveland to the southeast. US 27 continues northward through Evensville before arriving at Spring City. At Spring City, it intersects SR 68, which connects the area to Crossville, atop the plateau to the west. From here, US 27 enters Roane County, running concurrently with US 70 going through the city of Rockwood. After US 70 splits to the east, US 27 runs concurrently with SR 61 through Harriman, where it is crossed by I 40. During this stretch, it forms part of the Harvey H. Hannah Memorial Highway and is signed as such. Just beyond Harriman, near the DeArmond community, US 27 ascends the Cumberland Plateau and continues northward across the plateau for its remaining 55 mile (89 km) or so in Tennessee. In Morgan County, the highway passes through Wartburg and Sunbright. At Elgin, it intersects SR 52, which connects the area with the historic village of Rugby and Fentress County to the west. Beyond Elgin, US 27 passes through Robbins, Huntsville, and Helenwood before reaching Oneida in Scott County. In Oneida, US 27 intersects SR 297, which continues westward into the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. A short time later, US 27 intersects with SR 456, which continues to SR 63. After coming to a stop, it then makes a sharp left turn to go through downtown Oneida. After a further , it then reaches Winfield. Winfield is the last sizable town that US 27 passes through in Tennessee before it reaches the community of Isham on the Kentucky border.

US 27 enters Kentucky near Whitley City. The first major town it goes through is Somerset, followed by Stanford, Lancaster, Nicholasville, and Lexington, where it begins a concurrency with US 68 that continues to Paris. US 27 continues north from there through Cynthiana, Falmouth, Alexandria, Cold Spring, Highland Heights, Fort Thomas, Southgate, and Newport before crossing into Ohio at Cincinnati via the Taylor–Southgate Bridge. From its junction with I 471 in Highland Heights through most of Campbell County, it is a four lane highway, as it is with the US 68 concurrency and south from Lexington to Kentucky Route 34. It has four lanes from the northern boundary of Pulaski County to just south of the Cumberland River (Lake Cumberland) bridge at Burnside.

US 27 crosses into Ohio and Downtown Cincinnati via the Taylor–Southgate Bridge. US 27 follows Mehring Way, Central Avenue, Ezzard Charles Drive, and Central Parkway through Downtown Cincinnati. US 27 briefly duplexes with I 75, exiting at I 74 for another brief duplex before exiting onto Colerain Avenue. US 27 then continues northwest eventually to Oxford and then reaches the Indiana border another 6 mile (10 km) northwest at College Corner. Overall, US 27 is in Ohio for 40.6 mile (65 km): 18.5 mile (30 km) in Hamilton County and another 22.1 mile (36 km) in Butler County.

US 27 enters the southeastern part of Indiana south of the town of Liberty. At Liberty, US 27 turns north, paralleling the Ohio state line. It intersects I 70 at Richmond and continues north to Decatur. US 33 joins US 27 just south of Decatur and the two routes share a northwesterly alignment on a divided surface highway from Decatur to I 469 south of Fort Wayne. US 33 turns west and follows I 469, while US 27 continues north into downtown Fort Wayne as Clinton Street. North of downtown, US 27 follows Lima Road to its terminus at I 69/US 30 (Lima Road continues north from this point as State Road 3, or SR 3).

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 I 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 6 mile (10 km) south of Grayling. In 2002, the northern terminus was moved to its current location. From Grayling to I 69 near Lansing, the road is now designated US 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 SR 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.

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

US 27 was one of the highways in Michigan to carry the "To I 75" designation when I 75 was being constructed. The at grade routing of US 27 in Michigan has been largely superseded by I 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 US 127; from Lansing south to Fort Wayne, US 27 was replaced by I 69. In many places the route markers and the highway itself serve to connect local communities bypassed by the Interstate Highway.

U. S. Route 127
U. S. Route 227