page_title: U.S. Route 27 in Indiana
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: U.S. Route 27 in Indiana / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking north on Meridian Street (U.S. Route 27) from the Main Street intersection in downtown Portland, Indiana, United States. This block is part of the Portland Commercial Historic District, a historic district that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_page_description: US Highway 27 is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Miami, Florida, to Fort Wayne in the US state of Indiana. In Indiana, it is a State Road that enters the state in College Corner, Ohio, and West College Corner, Indiana. The 117.78 miles of US 27 that lie within Indiana serve as a major conduit. Most of the highway is listed on the National Highway System. Various sections are rural two-lane highway, urbanized four-lane divided highway. The northernmost community along the highway is Fort Wayne in the northeast part of the state. The highway ends at an interchange with Interstate 69 north of downtown Fort Wayne after serving the east central and northeast regions of Indiana.
  US 27 passes through farm fields and urban areas, and parallel to the Ohio state line. The highway is included in the Gene Stratton Memorial Highway. Historical landmarks along the highway include the Levi Coffin House, Portland Commercial Historic District and the Allen County Court House.
  US 27 was first designated as a US Highway in 1926.
context_section_description: US 27 enters Indiana heading northwest from Ohio, parallel to CSX railroad track, in the town of West College Corner.  In West College Corner the highway passes through the center of town, on a street named Liberty Avenue.  The route continues northwest towards Liberty, as a two-lane rural highway passing through farmland.  On the way to Liberty the road passes through Cottage Grove and crosses the Indiana Eastern Railroad. In Liberty the highway has an all-way stop at SR 44, this intersection is the southern end of the SR 44 concurrency.  In the center of Liberty the two road end the concurrency at a traffic light with SR 101, with US 27 heading north, SR 44 heading west and SR 101 heading south.  US 27 leaves Liberty heading due north as a two-lane rural highway.  The road enters Richmond from the south, with a series of curves and a traffic light at SR 227.  US 27 and SR 227 begin a concurrency at this traffic light and both routes head north, heading for downtown Richmond.  The concurrency passes over the Indiana Eastern Railroad tracks, as a four-lane undivided road.  In downtown Richmond the roadway becomes one-way streets, begins after O street, with northbound on ninth street and southbound of eighth street.  The two street head straight through downtown passing residential areas, before reaching commercial areas.  At C Street the one-way pairs end and the road passes over Norfolk Southern railroad tracks.  After the railroad tracks the concurrency with SR 227 ends with SR 227 heading northeast.  US 27 continues northerly as a four-lane undivided highway.  The road leaves Richmond having a single-point urban interchange, with Interstate 70 (I–70) and US 35.  The route heads northwest from Richmond towards Portland, as a two-lane rural highway passing through farmland with a few houses.  The road passes through Fountain City and passed the Levi Coffin House, a building on the National Historic Landmark list.
  The highway passes through Lynn and then has an intersection with US 36.  North of US 36 the highway heads towards Winchester.  The road passes Winchester on the east side.  While in Winchester US 27 pass a mix of commercial, residential and farmland, the route also has an interchange with SR 32.  The road begins a concurrency with SR 26 south of the Portland Commercial Historic District, a historic district that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  The concurrency passes through the historic district as a four-lane road with a center turn lane.  North of the historic district the concurrency with SR 26 ends and a concurrency with SR 67 begins.  After SR 26, the two route head through commercial properties, with a few houses, as a two-lane street with a center turn lane. The concurrency heads north leaving Portland as a two-lane rural highway, passing through farmland with a few houses.  The concurrency enters Bryant and on the north side of town the concurrency ends with SR 67.  The route has a traffic-light at SR 124 west of Monroe.  At this traffic light the road becomes a four-lane divided highway, heading north towards Fort Wayne.  On the way to Fort Wayne, the route passes through Decatur and at a traffic light a  concurrency with US 33 begins.  As the two highways head farther into Decatur  US 224 joins the other two routes in a concurrency with three routes.  US 224 leaves the concurrency heading due west for Huntington.  The other two routes continue north-northwest leaving Decatur and heading for Fort Wayne.
  The concurrency with US 33 ends at a diamond interchange with I–469 on the south side of Fort Wayne.  North of I–469, the road becomes known as Decatur Road and continues northwest passing through farmland with houses.  The name of the road changes to Lafayette Street at a traffic light with Anthony Boulevard.  North of this traffic light the road enters commercial areas followed by residential areas.  The road becomes a four-lane undivided highway north of Pettit Avenue.  The route becomes one-way pairs at McKinnie Avenue with northbound on Lafayette Street and Spy Run Avenue 
caption: Looking north on Meridian Street (U.S. Route 27) from Main Street in downtown Portland
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