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U.S. Route 27 in Michigan

January 01, 1970

This article is about the former section of highway in Michigan. For the entire length of the current highway, see U.S. Route 27.

US Highway 27 (US 27) is a part of the US Highway System that now runs from Miami, Florida, to Fort Wayne, Indiana. In the US state of Michigan, it was a north–south state trunkline highway that entered the state south of Kinderhook and ended south of Grayling. Its route consisted of a freeway concurrency with Interstate 69 (I-69) from the state line north to the Lansing area before it followed its own freeway facility northward to St. Johns. From there north to Ithaca, US 27 was an expressway before continuing as a freeway to a terminus south of Grayling.

US Highway 27

US 27 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length218.195 mi[1] (351.151 km)
ExistedNovember 26, 1926 (1926-11-26)[2][3]–April 16, 1999 (1999-04-16)[4]
HistorySigns were removed in 2002[5]
Major junctions
South end I-69 / US 27 at Indiana state line
Major intersections US 12 near Coldwater

I-94 in Marshall
I-96 near Lansing
I-69 / US 127 near East Lansing

US 10 near Clare
North end I-75 near Grayling
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesBranch, Calhoun, Eaton, Clinton, Gratiot, Isabella, Clare, Roscommon, Crawford
Highway system
← M-26→ M-27

Created with the rest of the US Highway System on November 11, 1926, US 27 replaced a pair of state highways between the state line and the Cheboygan area. For a time, US 27 even extended from Cheboygan to St. Ignace over the Mackinac Bridge. The highway was converted into a series of freeways starting in the late 1950s. The northernmost section between Grayling and Mackinaw City, bypassing Cheboygan, became part of I-75, and US 27 was truncated to Grayling. Starting in the 1960s, the southern sections were included in I-69. The last section of Interstate in Michigan was completed in 1992 when I-69/US 27 opened southwest of Lansing. In the 1990s, a bypass of St. Johns north of Lansing was built, the last freeway segment of US 27 to open under that designation. On April 16, 1999, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) approved the removal of the US 27 designation from the state of Michigan; this change was put into place when the highway number was removed from signage in 2002. Former segments of US 27 from its pre-freeway configuration are still state highways in the form of M-27 between Indian River and Cheboygan or the various business routes in the state that previously bore Business US 27 (Bus. US 27) designations.

Route description edit

Southern Michigan edit

I-69/US 27 in Michigan began at the Indiana state line southeast of Kinderhook, just north of an interchange with the Indiana Toll Road (I-80/I-90). From there, I-69/US 27 ran northward through a mixture of Southern Michigan farmland and woodland in Branch County. A few miles north of the state line, the freeway passes Coldwater Lake State Park and its namesake body of water; north of the lake, there is a welcome center for the northbound lanes. I-69/US 27 curved around the east side of Coldwater, connecting to the city's business loop on the south of town. The freeway intersects the northern end of the business loop immediately east of downtown at an interchange that also features US 12 (Chicago Road). A third interchange, some three miles (4.8 km) further north, features a distribution center for Walmart stores in the region. Further north, the freeway curves around to the northwest into Calhoun County and crosses over the St. Joseph River. I-69/US 27 turned back northward and bypassed Tekonsha to the town's west, intersecting M-60 in the process.[6][7]

Curving around Nottawa Lake, I-69/US 27 continued northward through southern Calhoun County. It passed through an interchange that marked the southern terminus of M-227, a highway that runs northward into Marshall. The freeway crosses the Kalamazoo River and through an interchange with M-96 west of downtown Marshall. From that interchange northward, the BL I-94 designation was overlaid on I-69/US 27; the business loop ends at the cloverleaf interchange with I-94 northwest of Marshall. North of I-94, I-69/US 27 had one more interchange before crossing into Eaton County.[6][7]

 
Aerial view looking north from the I-496 interchange along I-96/I-69/Former US 27 west of Lansing

In southern Eaton County, the freeway parallels the Battle Creek River north of the junction with M-78. Near Olivet, I-69/US 27 began to turn in a northeasterly direction. As it continued in that direction, it ran to the north side of Olivet. On the south side of Charlotte, I-69/US 27 turned northward, traversing an area to the east of downtown and crossing the former routing of US 27, which is now part of the business loop for the city. Further north, the freeway has a junction with M-50, a bridge over the Battle Creek River, and an interchange with the northern end of the business loop next to Fitch H. Beach Airport. North of the airport, I-69/US 27 turned northeasterly again and paralleled Lansing Road, the former route of US 27/M-78. The freeway meets the southern end of M-100 near Potterville and continues onto the Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area. Southwest of the state's capital city, I-69/US 27 crossed over Lansing Road near Lansing Delta Township Assembly, a factory for General Motors; northeast of the complex, I-69/US 27 merged into I-96. The combined I-96/I-69/US 27 ran northward through the suburban edges of the Lansing area, intersecting the western ends of I-496 and the BL I-69 for Lansing. The freeway enters Clinton County, and just north of a crossing of the Grand River, I-69/US 27 turned eastward to separate from I-96. As a part of the larger interchange with I-96, I-69/US 27 crossed BL I-96 (Grand River Avenue) without any connections.[6][7]

Mid-Michigan to Grayling edit

After leaving the I-96 concurrency, I-69 changes cardinal orientation and is signed as east–west from that point on. The freeway continues parallel to the Looking Glass River through suburban areas north of Capital Region International Airport. North of East Lansing, I-69/US 27 met US 127 at a cloverleaf interchange, and US 27 turned northward to separate from I-69. The US 27 freeway ran through farmland and crossed the Looking Glass River. At Price Road, US 27 met its southernmost business loop, the Bus. US 27 for St. Johns. The freeway continues due north and intersects M-21 east of town before it turns northwesterly to round the northern side of St. Johns. North of downtown, US 27 met the northern end of the business loop and the freeway ends. Continuing northward as an expressway, the highway has four lanes divided by a median with at-grade intersections at the cross roads.[6][7]

In Gratiot County, US 27 was named Bagley Road. North of Wilson Road, the expressway crosses the Maple River on a causeway through a wetland area in the Maple River State Game Area.[6][7] North of the river, the expressway has an interchange with M-57 then crosses a branch line of the Great Lakes Central Railroad[7][8] About six miles (9.7 km) further north, US 27 turned to the northwest, separating from Bagley Road. The expressway transitions back to a full freeway as the trunkline turns north and curves around the east side of Ithaca, meeting the southern end of Ithaca's business loop at Center Road, and the opposite end north of town.[6][7]

Further north, US 27 angled northwesterly between Alma and St. Louis. Each city has its own business loop, accessible on the south side through a pair of partial interchanges at Lincoln and State roads. The freeway crosses the Pine River before intersecting M-46 and the two business loops at another pair of interchanges north of downtown Alma. After US 27 crossed into Isabella County, it turned northwesterly near Shepherd. After a few miles, a short freeway spur carrying the Bus. US 27 for Mount Pleasant splits off and the main freeway turns back to the north. The two highways continue in parallel through town before turning to converge north of Mount Pleasant by the airport. After the freeway stub at the northern end of the business loop merges in, the main freeway crosses the Chippewa River.[6][7]

US 27 continued through northern Isabella County to pass east of Rosebush. South of the Clare County line in Clare, US 27 met the southern end of Clare's Bus. US 27. The freeway turns northeasterly, crosses Bus. US 10 and the county line before merging with US 10. US 27/US 10 curved around Lake Shamrock on the northern end of town before meeting the northern end of Bus. US 27/Bus. US 10. The freeway continues north, past a welcome center in the median, and US 10 splits off to the west.[6][7]

North of Clare, US 27 ran through forest, where it passed to the east of Harrison. On the east side of that town, the freeway crosses between Little Long and Sutherland lakes before meeting the northern end of the Harrison business loop. The freeway then crosses into Roscommon County. East of the community of Houghton Lake Heights and the city of Houghton Lake, US 27 intersected M-55. North of that interchange, the freeway parallels the western shore of Houghton Lake and crosses the Muskegon River. The freeway then turns a bit northeasterly toward Higgins Lake and follows that lake's western shore before crossing into Crawford County. Once across the county line, US 27 curved around to the northeast for about 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) before terminating at I-75 south of Grayling.[6][7]

History edit

Predecessor highways edit

 
Map of the pre-statehood Indian trails

The first major overland transportation corridors in the future state of Michigan were the Indian trails.[9] Only one of these followed part of the path of US 27; the Mackinac Trail roughy paralleled the route of US 27 from Grayling north.[10]

The State Trunkline Highway System was created on May 13, 1913, by an act of the Michigan Legislature; at the time, no one of the system's divisions corresponded to US 27. Division 3 followed a course from Lansing northward to an intersection with Division 2. Combined with the northernmost sections of Division 2 to the Straits of Mackinac, these highways roughly described the future route of US 27.[11] In 1919, the Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD)[a] signposted the highway system for the first time,[14] and two different highways followed sections of the future US 27 corridor. The original M-29 ran from the Indiana state line north to Lansing. The second highway was M-14 from Lansing north to Cheboygan.[15]

United States Numbered Highways era edit

 
The US 27 marker originally used in Michigan

On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO),[2][b] and the new US 27 replaced M-29 from the state line northward to Lansing; from Lansing northward, US 27 replaced M-14 to Cheboygan.[17] By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27 to run north and east of Lansing to a junction with M-47 near Pittsburg.[18] In 1929, the route of US 27/M-18 was realigned south of Roscommon on the east side of Higgins Lake. The same year, another realignment moved US 27 to run due north from the Clinton–Gratiot county line to M-43 at Ithaca, and a third change rounded a corner near Shepherd in Isabella County.[19][20]

When a new roadway was built in the St. Louis area in 1930, the former routing into Alma was redesignated US 27A; another US 27A was created in Shepherd around the same time.[21][22] By the middle of 1936, the US 27/M-78 routing through Lansing was split into two. The mainline was restricted to cars only and moved to run along Capitol Avenue. The former routing was restricted to trucks only and designated as a truck route.[23] By the end of the year, another realignment straightened out a series of turns from the county line northward to Wolverine in Cheboygan County.[24][25] The following year, US 27 was extended to follow US 23 between Cheboygan and Mackinaw City. That year, the last section of the highway was also paved southwest of Houghton Lake.[26][27] In 1938, the route of US 27 on the north side of downtown Lansing was realigned on an extended Larch Street.[28][29] The US 27A loop into Shepherd was removed the next year.[30][31]

In the latter half of 1940, US 23 was rerouted to follow the Lake Huron shoreline northwest of Alpena; after this change was completed, US 27's concurrency with US 23 was shortened to start in downtown Cheboygan instead of south of town.[32][33] Later in the decade, US 27 was rerouted to run to the west of Houghton and Higgins lakes in 1949.[34][35] The next year, the truck route designation in Lansing was decommissioned when the mainline was rerouted to replace it.[36][37] In the early 1950s, the highway was rerouted to the south of St. Johns, and by early 1952 a business loop was created for the city; this four-lane divided highway extended as far south as the DeWitt area.[38][39] By the end of 1952, a four-lane divided highway segment opened southwest of Lansing to bypass Millett.[39][40]

Conversion to freeways edit

 
US 27 before relocation and conversion to a freeway near Clare

The first planning maps from 1947 for what later became the Interstate Highway System did not include a highway along US 27's route; instead a highway further west connecting South Bend, Indiana, with Kalamazoo was included.[41] This alternative highway was maintained on the 1955 plan for the "National System of Interstate and Defense Highways",[42] and numbered I-67 in August 1957.[43] By June 1958, this freeway had been shifted further east and renumbered I-69, connecting Indianapolis, Indiana, with Marshall; no connections north and east to Lansing were planned as part of the Interstate Highway System.[44]

The Mackinac Bridge was opened to traffic on November 1, 1957;[45] a new section of freeway and an interchange connected US 2 to the bridge on the northern end, and a new approach road connected to U.S. Route 31 in Michigan and US 27 in Mackinaw City on the southern end.[46] The US 27 designation was initially extended across the bridge from Mackinaw City to St. Ignace.[47] In November 1960, sections of I-75 freeway opened from Indian River north to the southern Mackinac Bridge approaches in Mackinaw City,[48] and US 27 was removed from the bridge.[49]

In 1961, the MSHD had proposed that the section of US 27 south of Lansing be built as an electronic highway under a bid through General Motors;[50] the testing for such a roadway was ultimately done at Ohio State University instead.[51] That October, the first segment of I-75 near Grayling opened, connecting M-18 with the city.[52] By the end of the year, the former segment of US 27 between Grayling and Gaylord was turned back to local control, and the section of highway between Indian River and Cheboygan was redesignated M-27. After this individual segment of freeway was completed, there was a gap between Gaylord and Indian River that was designated "TO I-75" on maps along the former segment of US 27, and US 27 was truncated to about five miles (8.0 km) south of Grayling. Also by the end of the same year, the highway was shifted to follow a new freeway routing from the southwest of Ithaca to Grayling, bypassing Ithaca, St. Louis, Mount Pleasant, Clare and Harrison. The old route was turned over to local control except through the aforementioned cities where it was reused for business loops. The US 27A through Alma was also bypassed by the new freeway, and it was redesignated Bus. US 27 as well. Another non-freeway bypass was built around Charlotte, and the former route was redesignated Bus. US 27.[49][53]

In August 1962, the section of I-75 between Gaylord and Vanderbilt was completed.[54] On December 12, 1962, I-96 was completed around the Lansing area,[55] and M-78 was rerouted to follow it. The route of US 27/M-78 through downtown Lansing became US 27/Bus. M-78.[56] On October 11, 1967, the first segment of I-69/US 27 was scheduled to open between the Indiana state line and Tekonsha.[57] By the end of the year, the freeway was extended north to Marshall. The former route of US 27 in Coldwater was redesignated as a Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69) as well.[58]

The MSHD requested additional Interstate Highway mileage in 1968 under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 including an extension of I-69 from Marshall to Port Huron;[59] this extension was approved as far as I-75/US 23 in Flint on December 13, 1968.[60] This extension encompassed the US 27 corridor between Marshall and Lansing.[61]

In 1970, the I-69/US 27 freeway was extended from Marshall to just south of Olivet.[62][63] The next year, the freeway was extended north to, and incorporated, the previous Charlotte bypass. Bus. US 27 through Charlotte remains unchanged.[63][64] In 1973, the M-78 concurrency from Olivet northeasterly along US 27 was removed, and the connection along US 27 northeast of the existing I-69 freeway was designated TEMP I-69.[65][66] The following year, Bus. US 27 in Charlotte was renumbered as a BL I-69.[66][67] In the middle of 1974, Indiana and Michigan petitioned AASHTO to decommission the US 27 designation north of Fort Wayne, Indiana, including the entire length in Michigan; this request was denied.[68]

A northern freeway bypass of the Lansing area opened in 1984. MDOT rerouted US 27 to follow I-96 around the west side of the city and over the new freeway to reconnect with the exiting routing north of Lansing. The former US 27 through downtown Lansing was redesignated Bus. US 27 at that time.[69][70] Three years later in January 1987, MDOT dropped a proposal to reroute US 27 south of Lansing to the Jackson area, and from there west along M-60 to reconnect with I-69/US 27 at Tekonsha.[71] Another segment of freeway opened later that year in Clinton County between US 127 near DeWitt and TEMP I-69 near Bath.[72][73]

In 1991, MDOT and the Indiana Department of Transportation petitioned AASHTO to remove the US 27 designation from its concurrency with I-69 in the two states; this request was denied by the association's Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering at its October 11, 1991, meeting because it would have resulted in a section of US 27 north of Lansing disconnected from the remainder of the highway south of Fort Wayne.[74] The final segment of I-69/US 27 to be completed was located southwest of Lansing. It opened on October 17, 1992, when the ribbon was cut by Governor John Engler. This Interstate Highway segment was the last in the state and completed Michigan's portion of the Interstate Highway System.[75] At the time it was complete, I-69 was concurrent with US 27 from the state line north to the DeWitt area (exit 87) and then concurrent with US 127 to exit 89.[76]

A few years later, the statutory definition of the I-73 corridor was amended in 1995 to have a branch that would encompass the section of US 27 north of Lansing. This new Interstate was to follow US 223 and US 127 between Toledo, Ohio, and Lansing before continuing north to I-75 near Grayling. From Grayling northward, the I-73 corridor was defined to follow I-75 to Sault Ste. Marie.[77][c]

The St. Johns Bypass on US 27 opened on August 31, 1998;[79] US 27 was extended along I-69 about two miles (3.2 km) to connect to the bypass, and US 127 was removed from its short concurrency with I-69. After this opening, US 27 was a full freeway in Michigan from the state line north to St. Johns and from Ithaca to the Grayling area.[80] The last signalized intersection on US 27 in the state was removed in 2000 when the junction with M-57 was converted to an interchange in southern Gratiot County.[81][82]

Decommissioning in Michigan edit

 

The previous year, MDOT petitioned AASHTO to decommission the US 27 designation in the state; the change was approved by AASHTO on April 16, 1999.[4] The department considered three options to build the southern segments of I-73 in 2000;[83] MDOT abandoned further study of these southern alignments after June 12, 2001, diverting remaining funding to safety improvement projects along the corridor.[84] The department stated there was a "lack of need" for sections of the proposed freeway, and the project website was closed down in 2002.[85]

The approved removal of US 27 was finally done in the middle of 2002.[5] MDOT's stated reason for the modification was to "reduce confusion along the US 27/US 127 corridor".[86] After US 27's signage was removed, the highway north of the Lansing area was renumbered US 127, and the US 27 designation was removed from I-69.[86] All of the business loops were updated to reflect their new parent highway.[87]

On August 19, 2010, the Michigan House of Representatives passed a resolution recognizing "Old US 27" as a historic road in the state.[88] According to press reports in 2011, a group advocating on behalf of I-73 is working to revive the freeway project in Michigan. According to an MDOT spokesman, "to my knowledge, we’re not taking that issue up again."[89]

Exit list edit

At the time the US 27 designation was decommissioned in Michigan, only the interchanges along the section concurrent with I-69 used exit numbers.

CountyLocationmi[1]kmExitDestinationsNotes
BranchKinderhook Township0.0000.000 
  
  I-69 south / US 27 south – Fort Wayne		Indiana state line
2.6174.2123 Copeland Road – Kinderhook
Ovid–Coldwater township line9.70115.61210 
  BL I-69 north (Fenn Road) – Coldwater
Coldwater12.60720.28913 
   BL I-69 south / US 12 – Quincy, Coldwater
Coldwater–Girard township line16.02425.78816Jonesville Road
CalhounTekonsha Township22.54636.28423Tekonsha, GirardExit for Old US 27 which follows Main Street in Tekonsha and Marshall Road in Branch County
24.62739.63325  M-60 – Three Rivers, Jackson
Fredonia Township31.53250.74632  M-227 (F Drive South)
Marshall36.207–
36.217		58.270–
58.286		36 
  BL I-94 east (Michigan Avenue) – Marshall
 
  M-96 west (Michigan Avenue)		Southern end of BL I-94 concurrency
Marshall Township38.132–
38.150		61.368–
61.396		38  I-94 – Detroit, Chicago
 
  BL I-94 east		Northern end of BL I-94 concurrency; exit 108 on I-94
Convis Township41.89667.42542N Drive North
EatonWalton Township48.22977.61748  M-78 – Bellevue, Olivet
50.40681.12151Ainger Road – Olivet
Carmel–Eaton township line56.67691.21157 
  BL I-69 north (Cochran Road) – Charlotte
Charlotte59.54995.83560  M-50 – Charlotte, Eaton Rapids
61.10898.34461 
  BL I-69 south (Lansing Road) – Charlotte
Potterville66.388106.84166 
  M-100 north (Hartel Road) – Potterville, Grand Ledge
Windsor Township70.270113.08970Lansing Road
Delta Charter Township72.720–
72.743		117.031–
117.069		72 
  I-96 east – Detroit		Southern end of I-96 concurrency; concurrency uses I-96 exit numbers; signed as exit 97 southbound
74.877120.50395 
  I-496 east – Downtown Lansing		Western terminus of I-496
76.341122.85993 
   BL I-69 east / M-43 (Saginaw Highway) – Grand Ledge		Signed as exits 93B (east) and 93A (west)
ClintonWatertown Township78.653–
80.292		126.580–
129.217		91 
  I-96 west – Grand Rapids		Northern end of I-96 concurrency; I-69 changes between north–south and east–west signage; signed on I-69 westbound as exit 81 with access to and eastbound entrance from Frances Road
DeWitt Township83.081133.70684Airport Road
84.820136.50585DeWittConnects to DeWitt Road
86.315138.91187Old US 27
88.227–
88.256		141.988–
142.034		89 
  I-69 east – Flint
 
  US 127 south – Lansing, Jackson		Northern end of I-69 concurrency; signed as exits 89A (US 127 south) and 89B (US 27 north)
DeWitt–Olive township line91.777147.701Round Lake Road – DeWitt
Olive Township96.787155.764 
 
  Bus. US 27 north (Price Road) – St. Johns		Signed as Price Road only southbound
Bingham Township101.807163.842  M-21 – Ionia, Owosso
105.257169.395 
 
  Bus. US 27 south (Old US 27) – St. Johns		Signed as Old US 27 only northbound
Greenbush Township106.142170.819Northern end of freeway; southern end of expressway
GratiotWashington Township115.392185.705  M-57 (Cleveland Avenue) – Greenville, Chesaning
North Star Township121.760195.954Bagley Road northNorthern end of expressway; southern end of freeway
Ithaca123.717199.103 
 
  Bus. US 27 north (Washington Road) – Ithaca		Signed only as Washington Road southbound
Emerson Township125.028201.213 
  Bus. US 27 (Polk Road) – Ithaca		Signed only as Polk Road northbound
Emerson–Bethany township line129.053207.691 
 
  Bus. US 27 north (Lincoln Road) – Alma		Northbound exit and southbound entrance; southern terminus of business loop through Alma
Bethany–Pine River township line129.373208.206 
 
  Bus. US 27 north (State Road) – St. Louis		Southern terminus of business loop through St. Louis
Pine River Township131.543211.698 
 
   Bus. US 27 south / M-46 – St. Louis		Northern terminus of business loop for St. Louis; signed as M-46 only northbound
133.010214.059 
  Bus. US 27 – Alma		Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northern terminus of business loop for Alma
IsabellaCoe Township141.024226.956Wright Avenue, Blanchard Road – Shepherd
Union Charter Township145.297233.833 
 
  Bus. US 27 north – Mt. Pleasant		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
148.713239.330  M-20 (Pickard Street) – Big Rapids, Midland
150.150241.643 
 
  Bus. US 27 south – Mt. Pleasant		Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Rosebush155.249249.849RosebushConnects to Rosebush Road
Vernon Township162.158260.968 
 
  
 
  Bus. US 27 north to US 10 east – Clare		Northbound entrance and southbound exit; access to eastbound US 10 via Bus. US 10
ClareClare164.065–
164.312		264.037–
264.435		 
  US 10 east – Midland		South end of US 10 concurrency; southbound exit and northbound entrance
165.787266.808 
 
  
 
  Bus. US 27 south / Bus. US 10 east – Clare		Signed as Old 27 only southbound
165.911–
166.589		267.008–
268.099		Michigan Welcome Center
168.369270.964 
  
  US 10 west to M-115 – Reed City, Cadillac		Northern end of US 10 concurrency
Hatton Township173.830279.752Mannsiding Road – Lake George
Hayes Township176.201283.568 
 
   Bus. US 27 north / M-61 – Harrison		Signed as M-61 only southbound
182.162293.161 
 
  Bus. US 27 south – Harrison		Signed as Old 27 only northbound
RoscommonRoscommon Township195.939315.333Snow Bowl Road
Houghton Lake Heights200.555322.762  M-55 – Lake City, West Branch
Lyon Township207.596334.093West Higgins Lake Road
CrawfordBeaver Creek Township212.276341.625Military Road – Camp Grayling, RoscommonSigned only as Military Road southbound
217.719–
218.195		350.385–
351.151		 
  I-75 north – Mackinac Bridge		Exit 249 on I-75; northbound exit to I-75 northbound and southbound entrance from I-75 southbound
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Related trunklines edit

Main articles: Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan and Business routes of U.S. Route 127 in Michigan

Over its history, US 27 had several business loops associated with it. Since the conversion of the highway into a freeway starting in the 1950s, these business loops served Marshall, Charlotte, Lansing, St. Johns, Ithaca, Alma, St. Louis, Mount Pleasant, Clare and Harrison. The business loops north of Lansing were redesignated as business loops of US 127 in 2002 while the Charlotte loop had been reassigned BL I-69 with the completion of I-69 through the area. In addition, Michigan had a US 27A designation through Alma and a Truck US 27 in Lansing.

Marshall business route edit

 

 

Business US Highway 27

LocationMarshall
Length2.986 mi[1] (4.806 km)
Existed1967[90][91]–1972[64][92]

Business US Highway 27 (Bus. US 27) was a business route running through downtown Marshall. The designation ran concurrently with BL I-94 from I-69/US 27 on Michigan Avenue easterly from that freeway into downtown. At the intersection with Kalamazoo Avenue, Bus. US 27 turned northward, separating from BL I-94. The business route ended north of downtown at an interchange with I-94 after running for about three miles (4.8 km).[64]

In 1967, the first segment of I-69 opened in Michigan,[57] bypassing Marshall to the east. The state shifted US 27 out of downtown Marshall to follow the new freeway. From the temporary end of I-69 at I-94, US 27 followed I-94 back to its existing routing north of Marshall. The former route of US 27 through downtown Marshall was then redesignated Bus. US 27, using BL I-94 to connect to the new freeway carrying US 27 west of downtown.[90][91] This arrangement lasted until 1972 when the Bus. US 27 designation was decommissioned and the section of highway between BL I-94 and I-94 turned over to local control.[64][92]

Major intersections
The entire highway was in Calhoun County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Marshall Township0.000–
0.025		0.000–
0.040		   I-69 / US 27 – Fort Wayne, Lansing
 
  BL I-94 east (Michigan Avenue)		Western end of BL I-94 concurrency
Marshall1.429–
1.453		2.300–
2.338		 
  BL I-94 east (Michigan Avenue)		Eastern end of BL I-94 concurrency
Marshall Township2.966–
2.986		4.773–
4.806		  I-94 – Chicago, Detroit
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Truck route edit

 

 

Truck US Highway 27

LocationLansing
Length1.529 mi[1][93] (2.461 km)
Existedc. 1936[23]–1950[36][37]

Truck US 27 was a former truck route through the city of Lansing. It started at the corner of Capitol Avenue and Main Street and ran along Main Street to Grand Avenue. There, it turned north on Grand Avenue to Kalamazoo Street and turned east on Kalamazoo over the Grand River. At Larch Street, Truck US 27 continued north to rejoin the mainline at the corner of Larch and Saginaw streets.[36]

By the middle of 1936, the US 27/M-78 routing through Lansing was split into two. The mainline was restricted to cars only and moved to run along Capitol Avenue. The former routing was restricted to trucks only and designated as a truck route.[23] In 1950, the bridge for Main Street over the Grand River was completed and mainline US 27/M-78 was rerouted to use it to connect to Larch Street. From there north, US 27/M-78 followed Larch Street supplanting the truck route, which was decommissioned at that time.[36][37]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The Michigan State Highway Department was reorganized into the Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation on August 23, 1973.[12] The name was shortened to its current form in 1978.[13]
  2. ^ AASHO was renamed the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) on November 13, 1973.[16]
  3. ^ The original defined alignment of I-73 would have simply run along I-75 to Detroit.[78]

References edit

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  US Highway 27
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January 01, 1970
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This article is about the former section of highway in Michigan For the entire length of the current highway see U S Route 27 US Highway 27 US 27 is a part of the US Highway System that now runs from Miami Florida to Fort Wayne Indiana In the US state of Michigan it was a north south state trunkline highway that entered the state south of Kinderhook and ended south of Grayling Its route consisted of a freeway concurrency with Interstate 69 I 69 from the state line north to the Lansing area before it followed its own freeway facility northward to St Johns From there north to Ithaca US 27 was an expressway before continuing as a freeway to a terminus south of Grayling US Highway 27US 27 highlighted in redRoute informationMaintained by MDOTLength218 195 mi 1 351 151 km ExistedNovember 26 1926 1926 11 26 2 3 April 16 1999 1999 04 16 4 HistorySigns were removed in 2002 5 Major junctionsSouth endI 69 US 27 at Indiana state lineMajor intersectionsUS 12 near Coldwater I 94 in Marshall I 96 near Lansing I 69 US 127 near East Lansing US 10 near ClareNorth endI 75 near GraylingLocationCountryUnited StatesStateMichiganCountiesBranch Calhoun Eaton Clinton Gratiot Isabella Clare Roscommon CrawfordHighway systemUnited States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Michigan State Trunkline Highway System Interstate US State Byways M 26 M 27 Created with the rest of the US Highway System on November 11 1926 US 27 replaced a pair of state highways between the state line and the Cheboygan area For a time US 27 even extended from Cheboygan to St Ignace over the Mackinac Bridge The highway was converted into a series of freeways starting in the late 1950s The northernmost section between Grayling and Mackinaw City bypassing Cheboygan became part of I 75 and US 27 was truncated to Grayling Starting in the 1960s the southern sections were included in I 69 The last section of Interstate in Michigan was completed in 1992 when I 69 US 27 opened southwest of Lansing In the 1990s a bypass of St Johns north of Lansing was built the last freeway segment of US 27 to open under that designation On April 16 1999 the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials AASHTO approved the removal of the US 27 designation from the state of Michigan this change was put into place when the highway number was removed from signage in 2002 Former segments of US 27 from its pre freeway configuration are still state highways in the form of M 27 between Indian River and Cheboygan or the various business routes in the state that previously bore Business US 27 Bus US 27 designations Contents 1 Route description 1 1 Southern Michigan 1 2 Mid Michigan to Grayling 2 History 2 1 Predecessor highways 2 2 United States Numbered Highways era 2 3 Conversion to freeways 2 4 Decommissioning in Michigan 3 Exit list 4 Related trunklines 4 1 Marshall business route 4 2 Truck route 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksRoute description editSouthern Michigan edit I 69 US 27 in Michigan began at the Indiana state line southeast of Kinderhook just north of an interchange with the Indiana Toll Road I 80 I 90 From there I 69 US 27 ran northward through a mixture of Southern Michigan farmland and woodland in Branch County A few miles north of the state line the freeway passes Coldwater Lake State Park and its namesake body of water north of the lake there is a welcome center for the northbound lanes I 69 US 27 curved around the east side of Coldwater connecting to the city s business loop on the south of town The freeway intersects the northern end of the business loop immediately east of downtown at an interchange that also features US 12 Chicago Road A third interchange some three miles 4 8 km further north features a distribution center for Walmart stores in the region Further north the freeway curves around to the northwest into Calhoun County and crosses over the St Joseph River I 69 US 27 turned back northward and bypassed Tekonsha to the town s west intersecting M 60 in the process 6 7 Curving around Nottawa Lake I 69 US 27 continued northward through southern Calhoun County It passed through an interchange that marked the southern terminus of M 227 a highway that runs northward into Marshall The freeway crosses the Kalamazoo River and through an interchange with M 96 west of downtown Marshall From that interchange northward the BL I 94 designation was overlaid on I 69 US 27 the business loop ends at the cloverleaf interchange with I 94 northwest of Marshall North of I 94 I 69 US 27 had one more interchange before crossing into Eaton County 6 7 nbsp Aerial view looking north from the I 496 interchange along I 96 I 69 Former US 27 west of Lansing In southern Eaton County the freeway parallels the Battle Creek River north of the junction with M 78 Near Olivet I 69 US 27 began to turn in a northeasterly direction As it continued in that direction it ran to the north side of Olivet On the south side of Charlotte I 69 US 27 turned northward traversing an area to the east of downtown and crossing the former routing of US 27 which is now part of the business loop for the city Further north the freeway has a junction with M 50 a bridge over the Battle Creek River and an interchange with the northern end of the business loop next to Fitch H Beach Airport North of the airport I 69 US 27 turned northeasterly again and paralleled Lansing Road the former route of US 27 M 78 The freeway meets the southern end of M 100 near Potterville and continues onto the Lansing East Lansing metropolitan area Southwest of the state s capital city I 69 US 27 crossed over Lansing Road near Lansing Delta Township Assembly a factory for General Motors northeast of the complex I 69 US 27 merged into I 96 The combined I 96 I 69 US 27 ran northward through the suburban edges of the Lansing area intersecting the western ends of I 496 and the BL I 69 for Lansing The freeway enters Clinton County and just north of a crossing of the Grand River I 69 US 27 turned eastward to separate from I 96 As a part of the larger interchange with I 96 I 69 US 27 crossed BL I 96 Grand River Avenue without any connections 6 7 Mid Michigan to Grayling edit After leaving the I 96 concurrency I 69 changes cardinal orientation and is signed as east west from that point on The freeway continues parallel to the Looking Glass River through suburban areas north of Capital Region International Airport North of East Lansing I 69 US 27 met US 127 at a cloverleaf interchange and US 27 turned northward to separate from I 69 The US 27 freeway ran through farmland and crossed the Looking Glass River At Price Road US 27 met its southernmost business loop the Bus US 27 for St Johns The freeway continues due north and intersects M 21 east of town before it turns northwesterly to round the northern side of St Johns North of downtown US 27 met the northern end of the business loop and the freeway ends Continuing northward as an expressway the highway has four lanes divided by a median with at grade intersections at the cross roads 6 7 In Gratiot County US 27 was named Bagley Road North of Wilson Road the expressway crosses the Maple River on a causeway through a wetland area in the Maple River State Game Area 6 7 North of the river the expressway has an interchange with M 57 then crosses a branch line of the Great Lakes Central Railroad 7 8 About six miles 9 7 km further north US 27 turned to the northwest separating from Bagley Road The expressway transitions back to a full freeway as the trunkline turns north and curves around the east side of Ithaca meeting the southern end of Ithaca s business loop at Center Road and the opposite end north of town 6 7 Further north US 27 angled northwesterly between Alma and St Louis Each city has its own business loop accessible on the south side through a pair of partial interchanges at Lincoln and State roads The freeway crosses the Pine River before intersecting M 46 and the two business loops at another pair of interchanges north of downtown Alma After US 27 crossed into Isabella County it turned northwesterly near Shepherd After a few miles a short freeway spur carrying the Bus US 27 for Mount Pleasant splits off and the main freeway turns back to the north The two highways continue in parallel through town before turning to converge north of Mount Pleasant by the airport After the freeway stub at the northern end of the business loop merges in the main freeway crosses the Chippewa River 6 7 US 27 continued through northern Isabella County to pass east of Rosebush South of the Clare County line in Clare US 27 met the southern end of Clare s Bus US 27 The freeway turns northeasterly crosses Bus US 10 and the county line before merging with US 10 US 27 US 10 curved around Lake Shamrock on the northern end of town before meeting the northern end of Bus US 27 Bus US 10 The freeway continues north past a welcome center in the median and US 10 splits off to the west 6 7 North of Clare US 27 ran through forest where it passed to the east of Harrison On the east side of that town the freeway crosses between Little Long and Sutherland lakes before meeting the northern end of the Harrison business loop The freeway then crosses into Roscommon County East of the community of Houghton Lake Heights and the city of Houghton Lake US 27 intersected M 55 North of that interchange the freeway parallels the western shore of Houghton Lake and crosses the Muskegon River The freeway then turns a bit northeasterly toward Higgins Lake and follows that lake s western shore before crossing into Crawford County Once across the county line US 27 curved around to the northeast for about 5 1 2 miles 8 9 km before terminating at I 75 south of Grayling 6 7 History editPredecessor highways edit nbsp Map of the pre statehood Indian trails The first major overland transportation corridors in the future state of Michigan were the Indian trails 9 Only one of these followed part of the path of US 27 the Mackinac Trail roughy paralleled the route of US 27 from Grayling north 10 The State Trunkline Highway System was created on May 13 1913 by an act of the Michigan Legislature at the time no one of the system s divisions corresponded to US 27 Division 3 followed a course from Lansing northward to an intersection with Division 2 Combined with the northernmost sections of Division 2 to the Straits of Mackinac these highways roughly described the future route of US 27 11 In 1919 the Michigan State Highway Department MSHD a signposted the highway system for the first time 14 and two different highways followed sections of the future US 27 corridor The original M 29 ran from the Indiana state line north to Lansing The second highway was M 14 from Lansing north to Cheboygan 15 United States Numbered Highways era edit nbsp The US 27 marker originally used in Michigan On November 11 1926 the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials AASHO 2 b and the new US 27 replaced M 29 from the state line northward to Lansing from Lansing northward US 27 replaced M 14 to Cheboygan 17 By the end of the next year M 78 was extended from Charlotte along US 27 to run north and east of Lansing to a junction with M 47 near Pittsburg 18 In 1929 the route of US 27 M 18 was realigned south of Roscommon on the east side of Higgins Lake The same year another realignment moved US 27 to run due north from the Clinton Gratiot county line to M 43 at Ithaca and a third change rounded a corner near Shepherd in Isabella County 19 20 When a new roadway was built in the St Louis area in 1930 the former routing into Alma was redesignated US 27A another US 27A was created in Shepherd around the same time 21 22 By the middle of 1936 the US 27 M 78 routing through Lansing was split into two The mainline was restricted to cars only and moved to run along Capitol Avenue The former routing was restricted to trucks only and designated as a truck route 23 By the end of the year another realignment straightened out a series of turns from the county line northward to Wolverine in Cheboygan County 24 25 The following year US 27 was extended to follow US 23 between Cheboygan and Mackinaw City That year the last section of the highway was also paved southwest of Houghton Lake 26 27 In 1938 the route of US 27 on the north side of downtown Lansing was realigned on an extended Larch Street 28 29 The US 27A loop into Shepherd was removed the next year 30 31 In the latter half of 1940 US 23 was rerouted to follow the Lake Huron shoreline northwest of Alpena after this change was completed US 27 s concurrency with US 23 was shortened to start in downtown Cheboygan instead of south of town 32 33 Later in the decade US 27 was rerouted to run to the west of Houghton and Higgins lakes in 1949 34 35 The next year the truck route designation in Lansing was decommissioned when the mainline was rerouted to replace it 36 37 In the early 1950s the highway was rerouted to the south of St Johns and by early 1952 a business loop was created for the city this four lane divided highway extended as far south as the DeWitt area 38 39 By the end of 1952 a four lane divided highway segment opened southwest of Lansing to bypass Millett 39 40 Conversion to freeways edit nbsp US 27 before relocation and conversion to a freeway near Clare The first planning maps from 1947 for what later became the Interstate Highway System did not include a highway along US 27 s route instead a highway further west connecting South Bend Indiana with Kalamazoo was included 41 This alternative highway was maintained on the 1955 plan for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways 42 and numbered I 67 in August 1957 43 By June 1958 this freeway had been shifted further east and renumbered I 69 connecting Indianapolis Indiana with Marshall no connections north and east to Lansing were planned as part of the Interstate Highway System 44 The Mackinac Bridge was opened to traffic on November 1 1957 45 a new section of freeway and an interchange connected US 2 to the bridge on the northern end and a new approach road connected to U S Route 31 in Michigan and US 27 in Mackinaw City on the southern end 46 The US 27 designation was initially extended across the bridge from Mackinaw City to St Ignace 47 In November 1960 sections of I 75 freeway opened from Indian River north to the southern Mackinac Bridge approaches in Mackinaw City 48 and US 27 was removed from the bridge 49 In 1961 the MSHD had proposed that the section of US 27 south of Lansing be built as an electronic highway under a bid through General Motors 50 the testing for such a roadway was ultimately done at Ohio State University instead 51 That October the first segment of I 75 near Grayling opened connecting M 18 with the city 52 By the end of the year the former segment of US 27 between Grayling and Gaylord was turned back to local control and the section of highway between Indian River and Cheboygan was redesignated M 27 After this individual segment of freeway was completed there was a gap between Gaylord and Indian River that was designated TO I 75 on maps along the former segment of US 27 and US 27 was truncated to about five miles 8 0 km south of Grayling Also by the end of the same year the highway was shifted to follow a new freeway routing from the southwest of Ithaca to Grayling bypassing Ithaca St Louis Mount Pleasant Clare and Harrison The old route was turned over to local control except through the aforementioned cities where it was reused for business loops The US 27A through Alma was also bypassed by the new freeway and it was redesignated Bus US 27 as well Another non freeway bypass was built around Charlotte and the former route was redesignated Bus US 27 49 53 In August 1962 the section of I 75 between Gaylord and Vanderbilt was completed 54 On December 12 1962 I 96 was completed around the Lansing area 55 and M 78 was rerouted to follow it The route of US 27 M 78 through downtown Lansing became US 27 Bus M 78 56 On October 11 1967 the first segment of I 69 US 27 was scheduled to open between the Indiana state line and Tekonsha 57 By the end of the year the freeway was extended north to Marshall The former route of US 27 in Coldwater was redesignated as a Business Loop I 69 BL I 69 as well 58 The MSHD requested additional Interstate Highway mileage in 1968 under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1968 including an extension of I 69 from Marshall to Port Huron 59 this extension was approved as far as I 75 US 23 in Flint on December 13 1968 60 This extension encompassed the US 27 corridor between Marshall and Lansing 61 In 1970 the I 69 US 27 freeway was extended from Marshall to just south of Olivet 62 63 The next year the freeway was extended north to and incorporated the previous Charlotte bypass Bus US 27 through Charlotte remains unchanged 63 64 In 1973 the M 78 concurrency from Olivet northeasterly along US 27 was removed and the connection along US 27 northeast of the existing I 69 freeway was designated TEMP I 69 65 66 The following year Bus US 27 in Charlotte was renumbered as a BL I 69 66 67 In the middle of 1974 Indiana and Michigan petitioned AASHTO to decommission the US 27 designation north of Fort Wayne Indiana including the entire length in Michigan this request was denied 68 A northern freeway bypass of the Lansing area opened in 1984 MDOT rerouted US 27 to follow I 96 around the west side of the city and over the new freeway to reconnect with the exiting routing north of Lansing The former US 27 through downtown Lansing was redesignated Bus US 27 at that time 69 70 Three years later in January 1987 MDOT dropped a proposal to reroute US 27 south of Lansing to the Jackson area and from there west along M 60 to reconnect with I 69 US 27 at Tekonsha 71 Another segment of freeway opened later that year in Clinton County between US 127 near DeWitt and TEMP I 69 near Bath 72 73 In 1991 MDOT and the Indiana Department of Transportation petitioned AASHTO to remove the US 27 designation from its concurrency with I 69 in the two states this request was denied by the association s Special Committee on U S Route Numbering at its October 11 1991 meeting because it would have resulted in a section of US 27 north of Lansing disconnected from the remainder of the highway south of Fort Wayne 74 The final segment of I 69 US 27 to be completed was located southwest of Lansing It opened on October 17 1992 when the ribbon was cut by Governor John Engler This Interstate Highway segment was the last in the state and completed Michigan s portion of the Interstate Highway System 75 At the time it was complete I 69 was concurrent with US 27 from the state line north to the DeWitt area exit 87 and then concurrent with US 127 to exit 89 76 A few years later the statutory definition of the I 73 corridor was amended in 1995 to have a branch that would encompass the section of US 27 north of Lansing This new Interstate was to follow US 223 and US 127 between Toledo Ohio and Lansing before continuing north to I 75 near Grayling From Grayling northward the I 73 corridor was defined to follow I 75 to Sault Ste Marie 77 c The St Johns Bypass on US 27 opened on August 31 1998 79 US 27 was extended along I 69 about two miles 3 2 km to connect to the bypass and US 127 was removed from its short concurrency with I 69 After this opening US 27 was a full freeway in Michigan from the state line north to St Johns and from Ithaca to the Grayling area 80 The last signalized intersection on US 27 in the state was removed in 2000 when the junction with M 57 was converted to an interchange in southern Gratiot County 81 82 Decommissioning in Michigan edit nbsp The previous year MDOT petitioned AASHTO to decommission the US 27 designation in the state the change was approved by AASHTO on April 16 1999 4 The department considered three options to build the southern segments of I 73 in 2000 83 MDOT abandoned further study of these southern alignments after June 12 2001 diverting remaining funding to safety improvement projects along the corridor 84 The department stated there was a lack of need for sections of the proposed freeway and the project website was closed down in 2002 85 The approved removal of US 27 was finally done in the middle of 2002 5 MDOT s stated reason for the modification was to reduce confusion along the US 27 US 127 corridor 86 After US 27 s signage was removed the highway north of the Lansing area was renumbered US 127 and the US 27 designation was removed from I 69 86 All of the business loops were updated to reflect their new parent highway 87 On August 19 2010 the Michigan House of Representatives passed a resolution recognizing Old US 27 as a historic road in the state 88 According to press reports in 2011 a group advocating on behalf of I 73 is working to revive the freeway project in Michigan According to an MDOT spokesman to my knowledge we re not taking that issue up again 89 Exit list editAt the time the US 27 designation was decommissioned in Michigan only the interchanges along the section concurrent with I 69 used exit numbers CountyLocationmi 1 kmExitDestinationsNotes BranchKinderhook Township0 0000 000 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp I 69 south US 27 south Fort WayneIndiana state line 2 6174 2123Copeland Road Kinderhook Ovid Coldwater township line9 70115 61210 nbsp nbsp BL I 69 north Fenn Road Coldwater Coldwater12 60720 28913 nbsp nbsp nbsp BL I 69 south US 12 Quincy Coldwater Coldwater Girard township line16 02425 78816Jonesville Road CalhounTekonsha Township22 54636 28423Tekonsha GirardExit for Old US 27 which follows Main Street in Tekonsha and Marshall Road in Branch County 24 62739 63325 nbsp M 60 Three Rivers Jackson Fredonia Township31 53250 74632 nbsp M 227 F Drive South Marshall36 207 36 21758 270 58 28636 nbsp nbsp BL I 94 east Michigan Avenue Marshall nbsp nbsp M 96 west Michigan Avenue Southern end of BL I 94 concurrency Marshall Township38 132 38 15061 368 61 39638 nbsp I 94 Detroit Chicago nbsp nbsp BL I 94 eastNorthern end of BL I 94 concurrency exit 108 on I 94 Convis Township41 89667 42542N Drive North EatonWalton Township48 22977 61748 nbsp M 78 Bellevue Olivet 50 40681 12151Ainger Road Olivet Carmel Eaton township line56 67691 21157 nbsp nbsp BL I 69 north Cochran Road Charlotte Charlotte59 54995 83560 nbsp M 50 Charlotte Eaton Rapids 61 10898 34461 nbsp nbsp BL I 69 south Lansing Road Charlotte Potterville66 388106 84166 nbsp nbsp M 100 north Hartel Road Potterville Grand Ledge Windsor Township70 270113 08970Lansing Road Delta Charter Township72 720 72 743117 031 117 06972 nbsp nbsp I 96 east DetroitSouthern end of I 96 concurrency concurrency uses I 96 exit numbers signed as exit 97 southbound 74 877120 50395 nbsp nbsp I 496 east Downtown LansingWestern terminus of I 496 76 341122 85993 nbsp nbsp nbsp BL I 69 east M 43 Saginaw Highway Grand LedgeSigned as exits 93B east and 93A west ClintonWatertown Township78 653 80 292126 580 129 21791 nbsp nbsp I 96 west Grand RapidsNorthern end of I 96 concurrency I 69 changes between north south and east west signage signed on I 69 westbound as exit 81 with access to and eastbound entrance from Frances Road DeWitt Township83 081133 70684Airport Road 84 820136 50585DeWittConnects to DeWitt Road 86 315138 91187Old US 27 88 227 88 256141 988 142 03489 nbsp nbsp I 69 east Flint nbsp nbsp US 127 south Lansing JacksonNorthern end of I 69 concurrency signed as exits 89A US 127 south and 89B US 27 north DeWitt Olive township line91 777147 701Round Lake Road DeWitt Olive Township96 787155 764 nbsp nbsp nbsp Bus US 27 north Price Road St JohnsSigned as Price Road only southbound Bingham Township101 807163 842 nbsp M 21 Ionia Owosso 105 257169 395 nbsp nbsp nbsp Bus US 27 south Old US 27 St JohnsSigned as Old US 27 only northbound Greenbush Township106 142170 819Northern end of freeway southern end of expressway GratiotWashington Township115 392185 705 nbsp M 57 Cleveland Avenue Greenville Chesaning North Star Township121 760195 954Bagley Road northNorthern end of expressway southern end of freeway Ithaca123 717199 103 nbsp nbsp nbsp Bus US 27 north Washington Road IthacaSigned only as Washington Road southbound Emerson Township125 028201 213 nbsp nbsp Bus US 27 Polk Road IthacaSigned only as Polk Road northbound Emerson Bethany township line129 053207 691 nbsp nbsp nbsp Bus US 27 north Lincoln Road AlmaNorthbound exit and southbound entrance southern terminus of business loop through Alma Bethany Pine River township line129 373208 206 nbsp nbsp nbsp Bus US 27 north State Road St LouisSouthern terminus of business loop through St Louis Pine River Township131 543211 698 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Bus US 27 south M 46 St LouisNorthern terminus of business loop for St Louis signed as M 46 only northbound 133 010214 059 nbsp nbsp Bus US 27 AlmaSouthbound exit and northbound entrance northern terminus of business loop for Alma IsabellaCoe Township141 024226 956Wright Avenue Blanchard Road Shepherd Union Charter Township145 297233 833 nbsp nbsp nbsp Bus US 27 north Mt PleasantNorthbound exit and southbound entrance 148 713239 330 nbsp M 20 Pickard Street Big Rapids Midland 150 150241 643 nbsp nbsp nbsp Bus US 27 south Mt PleasantSouthbound exit and northbound entrance Rosebush155 249249 849RosebushConnects to Rosebush Road Vernon Township162 158260 968 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Bus US 27 north to US 10 east ClareNorthbound entrance and southbound exit access to eastbound US 10 via Bus US 10 ClareClare164 065 164 312264 037 264 435 nbsp nbsp US 10 east MidlandSouth end of US 10 concurrency southbound exit and northbound entrance 165 787266 808 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Bus US 27 south Bus US 10 east ClareSigned as Old 27 only southbound 165 911 166 589267 008 268 099Michigan Welcome Center 168 369270 964 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp US 10 west to M 115 Reed City CadillacNorthern end of US 10 concurrency Hatton Township173 830279 752Mannsiding Road Lake George Hayes Township176 201283 568 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Bus US 27 north M 61 HarrisonSigned as M 61 only southbound 182 162293 161 nbsp nbsp nbsp Bus US 27 south HarrisonSigned as Old 27 only northbound RoscommonRoscommon Township195 939315 333Snow Bowl Road Houghton Lake Heights200 555322 762 nbsp M 55 Lake City West Branch Lyon Township207 596334 093West Higgins Lake Road CrawfordBeaver Creek Township212 276341 625Military Road Camp Grayling RoscommonSigned only as Military Road southbound 217 719 218 195350 385 351 151 nbsp nbsp I 75 north Mackinac BridgeExit 249 on I 75 northbound exit to I 75 northbound and southbound entrance from I 75 southbound 1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete accessRelated trunklines editMain articles Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan and Business routes of U S Route 127 in Michigan Over its history US 27 had several business loops associated with it Since the conversion of the highway into a freeway starting in the 1950s these business loops served Marshall Charlotte Lansing St Johns Ithaca Alma St Louis Mount Pleasant Clare and Harrison The business loops north of Lansing were redesignated as business loops of US 127 in 2002 while the Charlotte loop had been reassigned BL I 69 with the completion of I 69 through the area In addition Michigan had a US 27A designation through Alma and a Truck US 27 in Lansing Marshall business route edit nbsp nbsp Business US Highway 27LocationMarshallLength2 986 mi 1 4 806 km Existed1967 90 91 1972 64 92 Business US Highway 27 Bus US 27 was a business route running through downtown Marshall The designation ran concurrently with BL I 94 from I 69 US 27 on Michigan Avenue easterly from that freeway into downtown At the intersection with Kalamazoo Avenue Bus US 27 turned northward separating from BL I 94 The business route ended north of downtown at an interchange with I 94 after running for about three miles 4 8 km 64 In 1967 the first segment of I 69 opened in Michigan 57 bypassing Marshall to the east The state shifted US 27 out of downtown Marshall to follow the new freeway From the temporary end of I 69 at I 94 US 27 followed I 94 back to its existing routing north of Marshall The former route of US 27 through downtown Marshall was then redesignated Bus US 27 using BL I 94 to connect to the new freeway carrying US 27 west of downtown 90 91 This arrangement lasted until 1972 when the Bus US 27 designation was decommissioned and the section of highway between BL I 94 and I 94 turned over to local control 64 92 Major intersections The entire highway was in Calhoun County LocationmikmDestinationsNotes Marshall Township0 000 0 0250 000 0 040 nbsp nbsp I 69 US 27 Fort Wayne Lansing nbsp nbsp BL I 94 east Michigan Avenue Western end of BL I 94 concurrency Marshall1 429 1 4532 300 2 338 nbsp nbsp BL I 94 east Michigan Avenue Eastern end of BL I 94 concurrency Marshall Township2 966 2 9864 773 4 806 nbsp I 94 Chicago Detroit 1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 mi Concurrency terminus Truck route edit nbsp nbsp Truck US Highway 27LocationLansingLength1 529 mi 1 93 2 461 km Existedc 1936 23 1950 36 37 Truck US 27 was a former truck route through the city of Lansing It started at the corner of Capitol Avenue and Main Street and ran along Main Street to Grand Avenue There it turned north on Grand Avenue to Kalamazoo Street and turned east on Kalamazoo over the Grand River At Larch Street Truck US 27 continued north to rejoin the mainline at the corner of Larch and Saginaw streets 36 By the middle of 1936 the US 27 M 78 routing through Lansing was split into two The mainline was restricted to cars only and moved to run along Capitol Avenue The former routing was restricted to trucks only and designated as a truck route 23 In 1950 the bridge for Main Street over the Grand River was completed and mainline US 27 M 78 was rerouted to use it to connect to Larch Street From there north US 27 M 78 followed Larch Street supplanting the truck route which was decommissioned at that time 36 37 See also edit nbsp Michigan Highways portalNotes edit The Michigan State Highway Department was reorganized into the Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation on August 23 1973 12 The name was shortened to its current form in 1978 13 AASHO was renamed the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials AASHTO on November 13 1973 16 The original defined alignment of I 73 would have simply run along I 75 to Detroit 78 References edit a b c d Michigan Department of Transportation 2021 Next Generation PR Finder Map Michigan Department of Transportation Retrieved October 11 2021 a b Weingroff Richard F January 9 2009 From Names to Numbers The Origins of the US Numbered Highway System Federal Highway Administration Retrieved April 21 2009 Bureau of Public Roads amp American Association of State Highway Officials November 11 1926 United States 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