U.S. Route 27 in Indiana

U.S. Route 27

US 27 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length: 117.78 mi[2] (189.55 km)
Existed: November 11, 1926[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: US 27 at Ohio state line
 

US 40 at Richmond
I-70 / US 35 near Richmond
US 36 near Lynn
US 33 near Decatur
US 224 at Decatur

I-469 / US 24 / US 33 at Fort Wayne
North end: I-69 / US 30 / SR 3 at Fort Wayne
Location
Counties: Union, Wayne, Randolph, Jay, Adams, Allen
Highway system

United States Numbered Highways
List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced

Indiana roads
Interstates • U.S. Routes • State Roads • Former

← SR 26 SR 28 →

U.S. Route 27 (US 27) enters Indiana in southeastern part of the state south of the village of Liberty. At Liberty, US 27 turns north, paralleling the Ohio state line. It intersects Interstate 70/U.S. Route 40 (I-70/US 40) at Richmond and continues north to Decatur. US 33 joins US 27 just south of Decatur and the two routes share a northwesterly alignment from Decatur to I-469/US 24 south of Fort Wayne. US 33 turns west and follows I-469 and US 24, while US 27 continues north into downtown Fort Wayne were northbound US 27 is on Spy Run Avenue and southbound is on 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 SR 3.

Contents

History

US 27 in Indiana is one of the original US Highways of 1926, then connecting Cheboygan, Michigan with Cincinnati through Fort Wayne.

In November 1967, Indiana completed Interstate 69, the last incomplete section being opened between Angola and the Michigan/Indiana state line, supplanting the old two-lane surface road as a through route. Interstate 69 north of Fort Wayne had been completed in stages, the designation of US 27 being moved to the new freeway. Some segments of old US 27 remained as state highways with designations as SR 327, SR 427, and SR 127. Parts of these routes, comprising what had been had been the old surface road, were eventually returned to country governments. Within greater Fort Wayne, US 27 was eventually diverted from Coldwater Road to what had been Indiana 3 (SR 3/Lima Road).

In 2001, Indiana removed the US 27 designation north of its interchange with I-69 as superfluous. Some rare signs are visible along I-69 on overhead signs as far north as Auburn.

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 through which US 27 passes, would have two historic highways passing through it as the original National Road (U.S. Route 40) runs through Richmond as well.


Major intersections

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Union
 West College Corner 0.00 US 27 south – Cincinnati Ohio state line
Liberty 7.39 SR 44 east (Eaton Street) – Camden Southern end of SR 44 concurrency
7.81 SR 101 south (South Main Street) – Brookville Northern terminus of SR 101
7.87 SR 44 west (Union Street) – Connersville Northern end of SR 44 concurrency
Wayne
 Richmond 20.08 SR 227 south – Boston Southern end of SR 227 concurrency
21.80-
22.03		 US 40 – Centerville, Dayton  
22.73 SR 227 north / SR 121 north – Middleboro, New Paris Northern end of SR 227 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 121
24.83-
25.03		 I-70 / US 35 – Indianapolis, Dayton Exit 151 on I-70
Randolph
 Lynn 38.06 US 36 – Losantville, Greenville  
Winchester 46.17-
46.35		 SR 32 – Parker City, Union City  
Ward Township 53.96 SR 28 (Main Street) – Ridgeville, Union City  
Jay
 Portland 64.56 SR 26 east – Fort Recovery Southern end of SR 26 concurrency
65.05 SR 26 west / SR 67 south – Hartford City, Muncie Northern end of SR 26 concurrency and southern end of SR 67 concurrency
Bryant 72.24 SR 18 west / SR 67 north – Marion,  Celina Northern end of SR 67 concurrency
Adams
 Geneva 75.81 SR 116 west – Bluffton Eastern terminus of SR 116
Berne 80.47 SR 218 (Main Street) – Warren, Mendon  
Monroe 86.52 SR 124 – Bluffton, Willshire  
Decatur 90.91 US 33 south – Willshire Southern end of US 33 concurrency
92.70 US 224 east – Van Wert Southern end of US 224 concurrency
92.92 US 224 west – Huntington Northern end of US 224 concurrency
Allen
 Fort Wayne 106.39 I-469 / US 33 north / US 24 – New Haven, Goshen, Huntington Northern end of US 33 concurrency
116.87 SR 930 (Coliseum Blvd.)  
117.78 I-69 / US 30 / SR 3 north – Indianapolis, Lansing  
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

See also

References

  1. ^ Weingroff, Richard F. (January 9, 2009). "From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System". Federal Highway Administration. http://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/numbers.cfm. Retrieved April 21, 2009. 
  2. ^ a b Reference Post Book. Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. 2004. U-27. http://www.in.gov/indot/files/StateWide_2004.pdf. 

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