 Before the completion of I @-@ 69 near Marshall in late 1967 , US 27 followed 17 Mile Road and Kalamazoo Avenue into Marshall . That routing was turned back to local control after the completion of I @-@ 69 to I @-@ 94 . M @-@ 227 came into existence nearly 35 years after the completion of I @-@ 69 in southern Michigan and , except for the section of old US 27 , was long a collection of unnumbered local surface roads . It was designated as a part of Governor John Engler 's Rationalization program on October 1 , 1998 and first signed in 2001 . 
