U.S. Route 27 in Michigan

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U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from Miami, Florida to Fort Wayne, Indiana. In the U.S. state of Michigan, it was a state trunkline highway that previously entered the state south of Coldwater and ended in the Straits Area. Old 27 is the former alignment of the old US 27 that was bypassed by freeways built in Michigan. Before the construction and designation of I-75 in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, US 27 was the main highway north from Grayling to Cheboygan. For a time, US 27 even extended from Cheboygan to St. Ignace over the Mackinac Bridge.^[1] This segment of highway runs between Grayling and I-75 north of Indian River (continuing on as M-27 northward).

[edit] Route description

The US 27 marker originally used in Michigan

At the time the designation "US 27" was removed from Michigan, the highway followed I-69 north from the Indiana/Michigan state line to Lansing. US 127 replaced it from Lansing to Grayling. North of Grayling, US 27 followed county roads paralleling today's modern I-75 freeway through Gaylord to Indian River. M-27 replaced US 27 to Cheboygan. US 27 ran concurrently with US 23 to Mackinac City from 1937-1961.

[edit] History

Since 2002, US 27 is no longer signed in Michigan. To eliminate the concurrency with I-69, US 27 was truncated at Fort Wayne, Indiana. From Lansing north, US 127 was extended northward over the US 27 freeway and divided highway segments to Grayling.^[2]

[edit] Major junctions

County	Location	Mile	Roads intersected	Notes
Branch	State Line	0.00	I-69	Modern US 27 was concurrent with I-69
	Coldwater		US 12	formerly US 112
Calhoun	Tekonsha		M-60
	Marshall		BL I-94	formerly US 12
			I-94
Eaton	Olivet		M-78
	Charlotte		M-50
			M-79
	Lansing		I-96	Modern I-69/US 27 followed I-96 around Lansing, OLD US 27 went through it
Ingham			M-99
			M-43
Clinton	DeWitt		US 127	Old US 27 met US 127 here
			I-96	modern US 27 was replaced by US 127 from here north; concurrency with I-69 ends
	St. Johns		M-21	US 127 freeway ends until south of Ithaca
Gratiot	Ashley		M-57
	Alma		M-46
Isabella	Mt. Pleasant		M-20
	Clare		OLD US 10	Old US 27 met Old US 10 here
Clare			US 10
	Harrison		M-61
Roscommon	Houghton Lake		M-55
Crawford	Grayling		I-75	Last northern terminus of US 27. Modern US 127 ends south of Grayling. Old US 27 joins I-75
			BL I-75	Old US 27 joins BL I-75, leaves I-75
			M-72	Old US 27/BL I-75 joins M-72
			M-93	Old US 27/BL I-75 joins M-93, leaves M-72
			BL I-75 M-93	Old US 27 leaves BL I-75/M-93
Otsego	Waters		C-38 (Mancelona Road)
	Gaylord		BL I-75	Old US 27 joins BL I-75
			BL I-75 M-32	Old US 27 leaves BL I-75, BL I-75 joins M-32
	Vanderbilt		C-48
Cheboygan	Wolverine		C-58
	Indian River		M-68
			M-27	Old US 27 follows M-27 north at the souther M-27 terminus on I-75 Exit 313
	Cheboygan		US 23 M-27	Northern terminus of US 27 from 1926-1937. US 27 followed US 23 north to Mackinac City from 1937-1961
	Mackinaw City		State Ferry Dock	US 27 ended at the State Ferry Dock at a common northern terminus for US 23/US27/US 31 from a 1937-1957
Emmet			Mackinac Bridge	US 27 was the first designation applied to the Mackinac Bridge when it opened in 1957
Mackinac	St. Ignace		US 2	US 27 terminated here at its furthest northern extant from 1957-c

Browse numbered routes
< M-26	MI		M-27 >

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• US-27 in Michigan - A tribute