U.S. Route 127
United States Highway 127 is a north-south
United States highway. In
Michigan,
US-127 nearly tripled in length in
2002 — at the expense of its own parent,
US-27.
As of
2004, the highway's northern terminus is a few miles south of
Grayling, Michigan, where it joins with
I-75 near mile marker 250. Its southern terminus (since 1958) is in
Chattanooga, Tennessee at an intersection with
US-27.
Southern terminus
Interstate 69 is the southern terminus. When US-27 was designated on this now unsigned state trunkline, it ran concurrent with I-69 for several decades.
Northern terminus
This unsigned state trunkline continues on as
BR US-127 into
St. Johns, MichiganThe highway passes through the following states:
As of
2004, the route is approximately 215 miles (346 km) long, after the US-127 designation replaced all of
US-27 north of
Lansing in 2002. In Michigan, US-127 runs from the Ohio border south of
Hudson north to the junction with
I-75, four miles (6 km) south of
Grayling.
Prior to
2002, US-127 ran from
I-69 north of
East Lansing southerly to the
Ohio border near
Hudson, a total of 83 miles (134 km). Fans have mistakenly referred to the freeway portion as
Interstate 127.
The highway is the primary route connecting
Lansing and central Michigan to Northern Michigan and the Mackinac Bridge. It serves the cities of
Hudson,
Jackson,
Lansing,
St. Johns,
Alma,
Mount Pleasant,
Clare, and
Houghton Lake. From the south side of Jackson northerly, it is mostly a four-lane freeway, with the notable exception of a 16 mile (26 km) stretch from north of St. Johns to just south of Ithaca, where access to the road is not limited and speeds are restricted to 55mph.
From the
Ohio border until
Jackson, the highway follows the course (with minor deviations) of the
Michigan Meridian used to
survey Michigan in the early
19th century.
Serves rural communities along the extreme western edge of Ohio before entering
Cincinnati through its northwestern suburbs.
Cosigned with
US 42 through Cincinnati's Northern Kentucky suburbs until five miles west of
Warsaw, then passing south through
Owenton,
Frankfort, bypassing
Lawrenceburg,
Harrodsburg and
Danville, veering south-southwest toward
Lake Cumberland and crossing into Tennessee in
Clinton County.
Serves rural areas in eastern
Middle Tennessee and western
East Tennessee, including
Crossville, then past
Signal Mountain and ending at its junction with US 27 in the northern
Chattanooga suburb
Red Bank.
The
Highway 127 Corridor Sale, or commonly
127 Yard Sale, is an annual event along the route, held for four days beginning the first Thursday in August. Commonly billed as the "World's Longest Yard Sale," the original idea came from
Fentress County, Tennessee county executive Mike Walker, and was established in
1987. The sale stretches approximately 450 miles, along US 127 from
Covington, Kentucky to
Signal Mountain, Tennessee near
Chattanooga, and then along the
Lookout Mountain Parkway through
Georgia before ending in
Gadsden, Alabama.
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U.S. Highway 27*
U.S. Highway 227*
Endpoints of US highways*
US-127 at Michigan Highways*
Highway 127 Corridor Sale Official Site
