The route was at first known as State Route 16 from 1918 to 1940 ; the State Route 16 designation was needed in the 1940 renumbering to match other states .
So the road was SR 27 from 1940 to the final decommissioning in 1953 .
The route was at first known as State Route 16 from 1918 to 1940 ; the State Route 16 designation was needed in the 1940 renumbering to match other states , and so the road was SR 27 from 1940 to the final decommissioning in 1953 .