History
US 127 debuted with the rest of the United States Numbered Highway System in 1926. This new designation replaced part or all of M-14, M-23, M-34 and M-80. US 127 originally ran from the Toledo, Ohio area through Adrian to Jackson and Lansing. The southern end of US 127 was rerouted in 1930 from Somerset south to Hudson and on to Cincinnati, Ohio. The section of former US 127 between Somerset and Toledo became US 223. The city of Mason was bypassed in 1954. The former route through town was designated BUS US 127 at the time. The US 127 expressway was first started in 1957 with an extension south of Mason to Leslie. A further extension to Jackson was opened in 1958. By 1964 this expressway was converted to full freeway, complete with interchanges and the BUS US 127. The US 127 freeway was extended north to the Lansing area by 1968. Near Lansing, it was routed along I-496 to the north side of Lansing and East Lansing to connect with US 27. The last extension of US 127 for another 11 years was completed in 1973 when the freeway was completed north to DeWitt. Two changes took place in the routing of US 127 in the 1980s as the I-69 freeway was completed. The northern Lansing bypass was completed in 1984 and I-69 was built through Clinton County in 1987. These changes routed I-69 along a portion of US 127 near DeWitt and removed a TEMP I-69 routing from US 127 on the east side of Lansing. The opening of the St. Johns Bypass on August 31, 1998 shortened US 127 by almost 2 miles (3 km) while US 27 was routed along the I-69 freeway between exits 87 and 89 to connect with the new freeway northward.
The Michigan Department of Transportation petitioned the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) for approval to remove US 27 from Michigan in 1999. This would remove the 88-mile (142 km) concurrency of I-69 and US 27 south of the Lansing area. MDOT proposed that US 127 be extended north over the former US 27 to Grayling. AASHTO approved this change on April 16, 1999 nearly tripling the highway from 83 miles (134 km) to 214 miles (344 km). The highway markers were changed over in 2002, converting US 27 and the BUS US 27 routes to US 127 and BUS US 127 routes. In 2011, an extra lane was added to the northbound lanes of US 127 between Grand River Avenue at mile marker 78 up to Lake Lansing Road, at exit 79. In 2012, another extra northbound lane was added between the entrance ramp from I-496 and exit 78 at Saginaw Street. MDOT is also expected to construct two auxiliary lanes for the southbound traffic in 2013; one between Lake Lansing Road (exit 79) and Saginaw Street/Grand River Avenue (exit 78), as well as between Saginaw Street and I-496 (exit 76).
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