Gribblenation

The corridor of US Route 27 in southern Florida serves an alternative path to reach the City of Miami over Interstate 75 and Florida's Turnpike.   US Route 27 south of Interstate 4 is especially scenic as it traverses the highlands of the Lake Wales Ridge, the southern shore of Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades.    Part 1; a general history of US Route 27 south of Tallahassee According to usends.com US Route 27 ("US 27") was extended from Chattanooga, TN to Tallahassee, FL during 1934.   US 27 can be seen with a south terminus at US 90 in Tallahassee on the 1936 Florida State Road Department Map.   On 6/10/1948 the Florida State Road Department made a formal request to the AASHO Executive Committee to extend US 27 from Tallahassee southward to Miami.  The Florida State Road Department made note that US 27 would need to use a temporary routing from Leesburg south to Sebring.  This temporary routing of US 27 was necessary due to numerous...