U.S. Route 127
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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.
Termini
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 the Chattanooga, Tennessee suburb of Red Bank at an intersection with US-27.Historic Termini
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, MichiganStates traversed
The 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 on the west side of Chattanooga.
Highway 127 Corridor Sale
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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