U.S. Route 27 enters Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

 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

Interstate 70 in Indiana

In the U.S. state of Indiana, Interstate 70 travels east–west across the state passing through Indianapolis. Interstate 70 crosses into Indiana near Terre Haute and crosses into Ohio in Richmond. It covers 156.60 miles in Indiana. It parallels U.S...

/U.S. Route 40 (I-70/US 40) at Richmond and continues north to Decatur. US 33

U.S. Route 33 in Indiana

U.S. Route 33 is a mainly two-lane U.S. Highway running through northeast Indiana. The highway travels from southeast to northwest.-Route description:...

 joins US 27 just south of Decatur and the two routes share a northwesterly alignment from Decatur to I-469/US 24

U.S. Route 24 in Indiana

U.S. Route 24 In Indiana, US 24 runs east from the Illinois state line to Huntington. At Huntington, US 24 turns northeast and runs to Fort Wayne; it then overlaps Interstate 69 and Interstate 469 to bypass the city before entering Ohio at the state line east of Fort Wayne...

 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

Interstate 69 in Indiana

Interstate 69 presently exists in two discontinuous segments in Indiana. The original highway, completed in November 1971, runs northeast from the state capital of Indianapolis, to the city of Fort Wayne, and then proceeds north to the state of Michigan...

/US 30. (Lima Road continues north from this point as SR 3

Indiana State Road 3

State Road 3 in the U.S. State of Indiana is a discontinuous state road running through east central Indiana from near the Michigan state line to near the Ohio River...

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History

US 27 in Indiana is one of the original US Highways of 1926, then connecting Cheboygan, Michigan

Cheboygan, Michigan

Cheboygan is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 5,295. It is the county seat of Cheboygan County....

 with Cincinnati through Fort Wayne.

In November 1967, Indiana completed Interstate 69, the last incomplete section being opened between Angola

Angola, Indiana

Angola is a city in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana, United States. The population was 8,612 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Steuben County . Angola was founded by Thomas Gale and Cornelius Gilmore. Angola is home to Trine University...

 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

Auburn, Indiana

Auburn is a city in DeKalb County, Indiana, United States. The population was 13,086 at the 2010 census. Founded in 1836 by Wesley Park , the city is the county seat of DeKalb County. Auburn is also known as Home of the Classics.-Geography:...

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On March 9, 2007, legislation was introduced in the Indiana House of Representatives

Indiana House of Representatives

The Indiana House of Representatives is the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The House is composed of 100 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. House members serve two-year terms without term limits...

 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

U.S. Route 40

U.S. Route 40 is an east–west United States highway. As with most routes whose numbers end in a zero, U.S. 40 once traversed the entire United States. It is one of the original 1920s U.S. Highways, and its first termini were San Francisco, California, and Atlantic City, New Jersey...

) runs through Richmond as well.

Major intersections

External links

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