page_title: U.S. Route 127
section_title: Michigan
hierarchical_section_title: U.S. Route 127 / Route description / Michigan
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking north down US Highway&#160;127, from the Grand River Avenue (BL I-69/M-43) overpass in Lansing
context_page_description: U.S. Route 127 is a 758-mile-long north–south U.S. Highway in the eastern half of the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at US 27 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The northern terminus is at Interstate 75 near Grayling, Michigan. Since 1987, it has been the core of the annual World's Longest Yard Sale, also known as the Highway 127 Corridor Sale, which now stretches 690 miles from Addison, Michigan, to Gadsden, Alabama. The sale, held every August, was started to demonstrate that the older U.S. Highway System has something to offer that the Interstate Highway System does not.
  In Michigan, US 127 tripled in length in 2002 at the expense of its parent, US 27.
context_section_description: In Michigan, US 127 runs from the Ohio border south of Hudson north to the junction with I-75, four miles (6.4 km) south of Grayling, a distance of 212.12 miles (341.37 km).
  The highway is the primary route connecting Lansing and central Michigan to Northern Michigan and the Mackinac Bridge; it serves the cities of Jackson, Lansing, and Clare.  From the south side of Jackson northerly, it is mostly a four-lane freeway, except for 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.
  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). 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. That stretch is generally named Meridian Road.
  In the non-freeway sections of the route, it is known as Bagley Road.
  A proposed I-73 would incorporate US 127 between Jackson and Grayling.
caption: US 127 through Lansing, Michigan. Much of the route is a four-lane freeway through this state.
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