
US 27, looking north near the Everglades US 27, looking south towards the I-75 interchange The Lake Placid Tower on US 27, similar to the Citrus Tower further north in Clermont, also on US 27 After another four miles (6 km), the highway curves to the north and, after passing the northern terminus of Krome Avenue (SR 997), crosses into Broward County. After an interchange with the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826), it continues northwest as North Okeechobee Road for five miles (8 km) before an interchange with the Homestead Extension of the Florida Turnpike. It then proceeds northwest for five miles (8 km) as South Okeechobee Road, parallel to the Miami Canal, forming the southwest boundary of the city of Hialeah. 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 the Airport Expressway (State Road 112, SR 112), while also passing under I-95 without a direct interchange. Route description Miami through Central Florida Southern terminus in Miami 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. For most of its length in the state, US 27 is a divided highway.īetween 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).Ĭoncurrencies include State Road 80, between South Bay and Clewiston, SR 78 from Moore Haven to Citrus Center, US 98 between Sebring and West Frostproof, US 441 between Leesburg and Ocala, which also includes a concurrency with US 301 between Belleview and Ocala. Will, the founder of Okeelanta, Florida, had worked for almost twenty years to get the state to build a road from Miami to the area south of Lake Okeechobee. Will Memorial Highway by the Florida Legislature in 1937 when that portion was known as Florida State Road 26. The stretch running from Miami to South Bay was originally designated the Thomas E. It was named after long-time Florida statesman Claude Pepper, who served in both the U.S. Throughout the state, US 27 has been designated the Claude Pepper Memorial Highway by the Florida Legislature. It runs 496 miles (798 km) from the South Florida Metropolitan Area northwest to the Tallahassee Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Route 27 ( US 27) in Florida is a north–south United States Highway.

Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Hendry, Glades, Highlands, Polk, Lake, Sumter, Marion, Levy, Alachua, Columbia, Suwannee, Lafayette, Taylor, Madison, Jefferson, Leon, Gadsden Florida's Turnpike Extension in Hialeah Gardens.
