U.S. Route 27 in Florida

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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 27 in Florida. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 27.

U.S. Highway 27 marker

U.S. Highway 27

Claude Pepper Memorial Highway
Map
US 27 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length496.352 mi[1] (798.801 km)
Existed1934–present
Major junctions
South end US 1 in Miami
Major intersections
North end
SR 1 towards Bainbridge, GA
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesMiami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Hendry, Glades, Highlands, Polk, Lake, Sumter, Marion, Levy, Alachua, Columbia, Suwannee, Lafayette, Taylor, Madison, Jefferson, Leon, Gadsden
Highway system
←
SR 26A
→ US 29
← SR 62SR 63→ SR 64

U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) in

divided highway
.

Between Miami and Ocala, US 27 follows SR 25; between Leesburg and Williston, it follows SR 500; between Williston and High Springs, it follows SR 45; between High Springs and downtown Tallahassee, it follows SR 20; within downtown Tallahassee, it follows SR 61; and, between Tallahassee and the Georgia border, it follows State Road 63 (SR 63).

Concurrencies include SR 80 between South Bay and Clewiston, SR 78 from Moore Haven to Citrus Center, US 98 between Sebring and western Frostproof, and US 441 between Leesburg and Ocala, which also includes a concurrency with US 301 between Belleview and Ocala. Others include US 41 between Williston and High Springs, SR 20 between High Springs and Tallahassee, US 129 in Branford, US 19 between Perry and Capps, and SR 61 in Tallahassee.

Route description

Miami through Central Florida

Southern terminus in Miami

US 27 begins its northward journey as North 36th Street in Midtown Miami, heading west from US 1 for 4.4 miles (7.1 km) before turning northwest to pass under the western terminus of SR 112 (Airport Expressway), while also passing under Interstate 95 (I-95) without a direct interchange. It then proceeds northwest for five miles (8.0 km) as South Okeechobee Road, parallel to the Miami Canal, forming the southwest boundary of the city of Hialeah. After an interchange with SR 826 (Palmetto Expressway), it continues northwest as North Okeechobee Road for five miles (8.0 km) before an interchange with the Homestead Extension of the Florida Turnpike. After another four miles (6.4 km), the highway curves to the north and, after passing the northern terminus of SR 997 (Krome Avenue), crosses into Broward County.

US 27, looking north near the Everglades
US 27, looking south toward the I-75 interchange
The Lake Placid Tower on US 27, similar to the Citrus Tower further north in Clermont, also on US 27

In Broward County, the highway passes protected wetlands and heavy-duty powerlines on the west and the outer reaches of the suburban communities of

Alligator Alley (exit 23) which is an elaborate partial cloverleaf interchange with flyovers from US 27, loop ramps from I-75, and no reentry to either road. From here, the road is surrounded by Everglades-related wilderness and recreational areas before curving to the north toward South Bay, where it intersects SR 80 and overlaps the road before curving west along the shores of Lake Okeechobee. The highway skirts the southwestern shore of Lake Okeechobee and then heads west through Lake Harbor and then Clewiston, before making a sharp turn to the north toward Moore Haven, where it crosses the Mamie Langdale Memorial Bridge over the Caloosahatchee Canal and makes another sharp turn to the west. The road then intersects with SR 78, which it overlaps until reaching Citrus Center, then proceeds in a northerly direction toward the central Florida communities such as Lake Placid, where it intersects SR 70
.

The southern terminus of the concurrency with

CR 640, US 27 becomes slightly less rural as it approaches an unnumbered partial cloverleaf interchange with SR 60 in Lake Wales. North of this point, US 27 becomes a six-lane highway and remains that way until reaching SR 540 in Waverly, where the road narrows down to four lanes again. The widening of US 27 to a six-lane highway, however, continues in Polk County between here and SR 542 in Dundee. North of here, US 27 runs through Lake Hamilton and curves around the eastern shores of the lake for which the community was named. After passing by a pair of gated communities and crossing over a bridge between Middle Lake Hamilton, and the ironically named larger Little Lake Hamilton, it curves north and intersects SR 544. Taking a turn to the northeast after passing by Lake Henry, US 27 encounters another unnumbered interchange with US 17/US 92 in Haines City and immediately passes over another CSX Transportation railroad line that is used by Amtrak's Silver Star and Silver Meteor lines. With the exception of a segment between Hammock Lake and Tower Lake, most of US 27 remains a commercial strip, especially as it enters Davenport, and approaches quarter-cloverleaf interchanges on the southeast and northwest corners of the bridge over I-4
at exit 55.

Citrus Ridge to Santos

US 27 in Minneola, looking south toward the Florida Citrus Tower

North of I-4, US 27 contains more unnumbered interchanges. The first of which is a trumpet interchange with

US 441 Alternate (US 441 Alt.) around Lake Weir into Belleview
but still remains a scenic route.

Golf cart bridge over US 27/US 441

Around the Lake–

CR 328, where a police station exists between the median. Supports for a bridge that was intended to run over the canal exist behind the police station. To the west of this intersection is the Santos Trailhead of the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway.[3]

Santos through High Springs

US 27 entering Fellowship from the south

Before US 27/US 301/US 441 enters

CR 326 near Emathla
.

The last intersections at the Marion–

CR 346, then a former Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad right-of-way, and finally SR 24. After SR 24, US 27/US 41 curves back northwest but heads straight northward through SR 26 in Newberry, and both remain as such until US 41 reaches High Springs, joins US 441 toward Lake City
, and points north.

High Springs to Tallahassee

The Frank Norris Bridge in Branford

US 27 heads west along unsigned

US 129 Alt., which followed US 27 across the river into Lafayette County until it reached SR 349
in Grady.

US 27 in Mayo near the SR 51 intersection with the M. Pico Building on the right

The road runs through the rural community of

CR 348 in Townsend
before US 27 becomes surrounded by swampland as it enters Taylor County.

US 27 at the Aucilla River, which is the Madison–Jefferson county line

Swampland continues to surround US 27 until it comes close to

service roads for the next few miles, passing Governor's Square, the Centre of Tallahassee, and many state office buildings. US 27 runs west along this stretch of road however, and the Apalachee Parkway ends at SR 61 (Monroe Street) in front of the Florida State Capitol building. US 27 and SR 20 make a sharp turn north along SR 61, but, at the intersection of US 90
, SR 20 turns west while US 27 continues north along SR 61.

North from Tallahassee

State Road 63 marker

State Road 63

LocationTallahassee–Georgia state line, near Hinson
Construction of Apalachee Parkway in Tallahassee, April 1957

After the intersection with US 90, hidden SR 63 officially begins at the intersection of North Monroe Street and Thomasville Road, where

CR 158
(Tharpe Street) and is the beginning of SR 63's alternate street name of Old Quincy Highway.

SR 63 approaches its only suffixed auxiliary route in the form of

CR 356. After crossing a bridge that runs over a small portion of Lake Jackson, the road simultaneously intersects the northern terminus of SR 263
and southern terminus of CR 157 and CR 361.

The road runs along the west side of

SR 1
.

History

A US 27 shield used in Florida prior to 1993

US 27 first entered Florida in 1934, terminating at Tallahassee. In 1949, it was extended to its current terminus in Miami.

From 1956 until 1993, US 27 signs in Florida featured white numbering on a green shield.[6] The "color-coding" of U.S. Highways by the Florida Department of Transportation was stopped when the state could no longer use federal funds to replace the signs with anything but the standard black-and-white version; a few green US 27 signs remain.


Shortly after its second landfall, Hurricane Irma's eye traveled roughly along the entire course of US 27 in Florida north of Lake Placid.

In January 2021, Representative Anthony Sabatini announced he will sponsor an amendment to name the section of US 27 in Florida as the President Donald J. Trump Highway after former President Donald Trump.[7]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Biscayne Boulevard / SR 5) to I-95 / I-195 – Miami Beach
I-195 exit 2B; southern end of SR 25 concurrency
1.1381.831 US 441 (Northwest 7th Avenue / SR 7)
1.3952.245Northwest 10th Avenue to
Express Lanes
north
1.6512.657 SR 933 (Northwest 12th Avenue)
2.6604.281

 To SR 112 / I-95 / Northwest 22nd Avenue
3.1715.103

 SR 9 (Northwest 27th Avenue) to SR 112 / I-95 – Airport
Hialeah4.4057.089
 SR 948 west (Northwest 36th Street)
4.437.13

 SR 112 east to I-95 – Miami Beach		Southbound exit and northbound entrance
4.7357.620 SR 953 (LeJeune Road) – Miami International Airport
6.0189.685
 SR 944 east (Northwest 54th Street / Hialeah Drive) / Curtiss Parkway
6.78510.919
 SR 823 north (Red Road / West 4th Avenue)		No access from US 27 south
Hialeah–Hialeah Gardens line9.4315.18 SR 826 – AirportInterchange
Hialeah Gardens10.84417.452
 SR 932 east (Northwest 103rd Street)
12.15919.568
 To I-75 / Hialeah Gardens Boulevard / Northwest 116th Way
14.48923.318 Florida's Turnpike Extension (SR 821) – Orlando, HomesteadTurnpike exit 35
​19.24730.975
Key West
Former SR 27 south
BrowardPembroke Pines23.21837.366

 SR 820 east (Pines Boulevard) to I-75
24.72039.783

 To SR 822 / I-75 / Sheridan Street
SR 818 / I-75 / Griffin Road – Everglades Holiday Park
Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Naples
I-75 exit 23
CR 827
South Bay73.528118.332


 SR 80 east (Main Street / West Palm Beach Road) to US 441 / SR 715 – Belle Glade, West Palm Beach		Southern end of SR 80 concurrency
CR 835
south (Evercane Road)
CR 832
)
​95.958154.429
CR 720
west
Big Cypress Seminole Reservation
Northern end of SR 80 concurrency
CR 720
east
​103.9167.2Daniels Road to River RoadInterchange
Moore Haven104.2167.73rd Street to North Frontage RoadSouthbound exit and northbound entrance; interchange
​106.129170.798
 SR 78 east – Lakeport, Seminole Reservation, Okeechobee		Southern end of SR 78 concurrency
​110.110177.205
 SR 78 west – LaBelle		Northern end of SR 78 concurrency
Harrisburg120.599194.085
 SR 29 south – LaBelle, Immokalee
​121.677195.820
CR 733
north (3rd Street)
CR 733
south)
​127.979205.962
CR 17
north (Detjens Dairy Road)
CR 731 south – Venus
Bairs Den140.536226.171 SR 70 – Arcadia, Okeechobee
​144.825233.073
CR 29
south
​144.946233.268Old State Road 8
CR 17
north (South Main Avenue)
147.043236.643
CR 621 east – Downtown
​148.589239.131
CR 621 west (Lake June Road) – Lake June in Winter Scrub State Park
​150.296241.878
CR 17
north
​157.342253.217

 US 98 south (SR 700) / SR 66 west – Airport, Zolfo Springs, Sebring International Raceway, Okeechobee, Spring Lake		Southern end of US 98/SR 700 concurrency
Amtrak, truck route to SR 17
160.847258.858
Sebring Historic District
162.830262.049
CR 634 west – Highlands Hammock State Park
163.596263.282
CR 634
east)
165.816266.855Sebring Parkway (
CR 634A east) - Sebring
Avon Park171.572276.118

 SR 17 south / SR 64 west (Main Street) – Wauchula, Zolfo Springs, Avon Park Air Force Range, Historical District, Airport
173.074278.536
CR 64
Polk​177.968286.412
 SR 17 north (Scenic Highway) / North Avon Park Cut-Off – Frostproof
​182.234293.277
Ft. Meade, Frostproof, Indian Lake Estates
Northern end of US 98/SR 700 concurrency
​183.995296.111
CR 630A east – Frostproof, Indian Lake Estates
​190.269306.208
CR 640 east / Alta / Bab Cut-Off Road – Babson Park, Webber International University
CR 17B
east (Hunt Brothers Road)
194.20312.53
Lake Wales Medical Center
196.100315.592Mountain Lake Cut Off Road North - Bok Tower Gardens
198.530319.503
CR 17A east (Chalet Suzanne Road) / Thompson Nursery Road – Historic Chalet Suzanne
Winter Haven200.143322.099
 SR 540 west (Cypress Gardens Boulevard) / Waverly Road – Legoland, Winter Haven, Waverly
Dundee202.883326.509
 SR 542 west (Dundee Road) – Winter Haven, Dundee
CR 546
east (Kokomo Road)
Winter Haven207.432333.829 SR 544 – Winter Haven, Auburndale, Grenelefe
SR 600) to SR 17 – Haines City, Lake Alfred
Interchange
210.327338.488
CR 17
(Old Polk City Road / Main Street) – Business District
212.866342.575
CR 547 east / Sanders Road – Davenport
SR 400) – Orlando, Tampa, St. Petersburg
I-4 exit 55
219.750353.653Deen Still Road / Ronald Reagan Parkway (
CR 54 east) - Loughman
Disney World, Kissimmee
Interchange
227.892366.757
CR 474 west
​232.477374.135
 SR 516 east (Lake-Orange Expressway)
Clermont240.96387.79 SR 50 – Clermont, OrlandoInterchange; access to South Lake Hospital
CR Old 50
east (Washington Street)
243.536391.933Main AvenueFormer
CR 561
south
244.029392.727
CR 561A
south
​246.165396.164
CR 561 north – Astatula
Northern end of CR 561 concurrency
Groveland249.52401.56 SR 19 – Howey-in-the-Hills, Tavares, GrovelandInterchange
249.689401.835
Miami
Turnpike exit 285
​252.209405.891
CR 565
south
​253.551408.051
 Florida's Turnpike north (SR 91) – Ocala		Turnpike exit 289
CR 48 to Florida's Turnpike north – Okahumpka, Howey-in-the-Hills
​259.879418.235
CR 33 south – Mascotte, Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
CR 25A north (Connell Road) – Flat Island Preserve
262.107421.820
CR 25A south – Flat Island Preserve
262.741422.841


 SR 44 (Dixie Avenue / South Street) to I-75 / US 441 south – Wildwood, Eustis
264.329425.396
 US 441 south (SR 500) – Orlando		south end of US 441/SR 500 concurrency
see US 441 (mile 289.300-320.451)
MarionOcala295.480475.529



 US 301 north / US 441 north (North Pine Avenue / SR 200 / SR 500) / SR 492 east (Bonnie Heath Boulevard) to SR 40 – Gainesville, Silver Springs		Northern end of US 301/US 441/SR 200/SR 500 concurrency
298.29480.05 I-75 (SR 93) – Lake City, TampaI-75 exit 354
​301.680485.507
CR 225A
​304.972490.805
CR 225
north
CR 464B
west
CR 326 – Morriston, Zuber
​316.027508.596
CR 316
east
CR 335
north
​317.248510.561
CR 316
(Northeast 30th Street)
​318.555512.665
CR 318
east
CR 323
south (Southeast 8th Street)
319.602514.350
US 27 Alt. north / US 41 south / SR 121 south (Noble Avenue / SR 45 south / SR 500 north) – Dunnellon, Tallahassee
Northern end of SR 500 concurrency; southern end of US 41/SR 121/SR 45 concurrency
see US 41 (mile 375.158-408.641)
AlachuaHigh Springs353.085568.235

 SR 20 south (Northeast 1st Avenue) / US 41 north (North Main Street / SR 45) – Alachua, Lake City		Northern end of US 41/SR 45 concurrency; southern end of SR 20 concurrency
Santa Fe RiverBridge over the Santa Fe River
CR 138
west
​359.182578.047
CR 778
east
CR 18 east – Worthington Springs
362.999584.190
Ichetucknee Springs, Lake City
Ichetucknee RiverBridge over the Ichetucknee River
CR 137
north
​372.470599.432
CR 49 north – Bell, Live Oak
Southern end of US 129 concurrency
Branford376.544605.989
 US 129 north (Southwest Suwannee Avenue / SR 249) – Live Oak, Jasper		Northern end of US 129 concurrency
Suwannee RiverFrank R. Norris Bridge
Lafayette​377.889608.153
 SR 349 south – Old Town
​380.720612.709
CR 405
Former SR 354
​384.766619.221
CR 416
Former SR 354A
​385.435620.298
CR 411
Former SR 251
​385.561620.500
CR 412
Former SR 251
​386.785622.470
CR 412
Former SR 251
​389.321626.551
CR 405 – Convict Spring
Former SR 354
Mayo394.061634.180 SR 51 (Fletcher Avenue) – Steinhatchee, Live Oak
394.382634.696
CR 300
Former SR 251A
​395.457636.426
CR 320
Former SR 251
​397.779640.163
CR 536
Former SR 53
​398.874641.925
CR 292 – Lafayette Blue Springs State Park
Former SR 251B
​400.632644.755
CR 350 south
Former SR 251/SR 350
CR 534 – Day, Dowling Park, Madison
Former SR 53
CR 348 east
Former SR 348
Taylor​416.660670.549Fenholloway RoadFormer SR 356
​416.864670.878San Pedro RoadFormer SR 356
​417.613672.083
CR 30 west (Foley Road) – Foley
​418.838674.054Foley Cut OffFormer SR 356C
​420.331676.457Buckeye Nursery RoadFormer
SR 361
north
​420.457676.660Plantation RoadFormer
SR 361
south
Perry421.925679.022 US 221 (Jefferson Street / SR 55)
422.350679.706
US 221 Truck south (Byron Butler Parkway / Hampton Springs Avenue / SR 30) – Cross City, St. Petersburg
Southern end of US 19/US 221 Truck concurrency
423.309681.250
CR 356 (West Julia Street)
Former SR 356 west
423.615681.742West Ash StreetFormer SR 356 east
​424.399683.004Andrew Reams RoadFormer SR 356B; southbound access only
​425.144684.203
CR 359A
(Wright Road / Slaughter Road)		Northern end of US 221 Truck concurrency
​426.672686.662
CR 361
(Pisgah Road / Harrison Blue Road)
CR 14
east (Alton Wentworth Road)
CR 150
east (Southwest Overstreet Avenue)
CR 257A
south (South Salt Road)
445.244716.551
CR 257B north to I-10 – Aucilla
SR 57) to I-10 – Monticello
Northern end of US 19 concurrency
CR 259 (Waukeenah Highway) – Wacissa
​458.141737.306
 SR 59 to I-10 – Wacissa, Lloyd
CR 2195 (W.W. Kelley Road) – Chaires, Capitola, Wakulla Correctional Institution
​466.679751.047
CR 2197
south (Williams Road)
SR 261) – National Guard Armory, Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee International Airport
472.342760.161
CR 373
south (Blair Stone Road)
472.86760.99Old St. Augustine Road (
CR 2196
)		Eastbound access only
473.144761.451
CR 265
south (Magnolia Drive)
474.1763.0Franklin Boulevard (
CR 1557
north)		Northbound exit and southbound entrance; interchange
474.222763.186
CR 1559
south (Calhoun Street)
474.287763.291
 SR 61 south (Monroe Street)		Southern end of SR 61 concurrency
474.388763.453
 SR 366 west (Jefferson Street)
474.740764.020 US 90 (Tennessee Street / SR 10 / SR 20 west) – Florida State University, Quincy, MonticelloNorthern end of SR 20 concurrency
475.126764.641
SR 63
; no left turn southbound
476.073766.165
CR 158
west (Tharpe Street)
478.17769.54 I-10 (SR 8) – Lake City, PensacolaI-10 exit 199
480.070772.598
CR 0356 west (Fred George Road) / Crowder Road – Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park
CR 0361 (Capital Circle Northwest / Old Bainbridge Road) – Tallahassee International Airport
CR 270
west (Shady Rest Road)
​488.750786.567
CR 159
south (Scotland Road)
Havana489.948788.495
 SR 159 north – Quincy
490.787789.845
CR 12A east (9th Avenue) – Quincy
491.039790.251
CR 12
east (5th Avenue East)
CR 159A
south (Potter Woodbery Road)
​493.391794.036
CR 12B
east (Glade Road)
CR 157 south (Concord-Bainbridge Road) to SR 111 / Darsey-Calvary Road – Calvary, GA
​496.352798.801
SR 1 north – Attapulgus, Bainbridge
Georgia state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Related routes

See also: Special routes of U.S. Route 27

At least five special routes of US 27 have existed in Florida, although only one exists today:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on July 30, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Dovell, J. E. (1948). "Thomas Elmer Will, Twentieth Century Pioneer" (PDF). Tequesta. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 23, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway". Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Archived from the original on October 28, 2011.
  4. ^ Ichetucknee to O'Leno Bicycle Trail (PDF) (Map). High Springs, Florida: Yellow Bellied Sliders Bicycling Society, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 25, 2016.
  5. ^ "Office of Greenways and Trails". Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Archived from the original on November 10, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  6. ^ State Road Department of Florida (1957). Official Florida Road Map (PDF) (Map). State Road Department of Florida. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 27, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  7. ^ Staff (January 20, 2021). "Florida lawmaker wants to rename state highway after Trump". WTVT. Tampa, Florida. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.

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