u.s. route 27 business (us 27 bus.) is a business route of us 27 that exists completely within the city limits of bainbridge, georgia. it is concurrent with state route 1 business (sr 1 bus.) for its entire length. it begins at an interchange with us 27/us 84/sr 1/sr 38, which is a freeway-grade bypass of downtown bainbridge. us 27 bus./sr 1 bus. travels to the north-northwest on tallahassee highway. the name changes to scott street at an intersection with college street. at shotwell street, they begin a concurrency with us 84 bus./sr 38 bus. the four highways head on a due-west direction. at south broad street, us 27 bus./sr 1 bus. ends its concurrency with us 84 bus./sr 38 bus. and begins one with sr 97/sr 309. they pass willis park and then split at calhoun street, with sr 97/sr 309 heading east and us 27 bus./sr 1 bus. heading west. they curve to the west-northwest and cross over the flint river. after this crossing, the local name changes to dothan road. at newton road, they begin a brief concurrency with sr 253; at spring creek road, sr 253 splits off. they then reach their northern terminus, another interchange with the us 27/us 84/sr 1/sr 38 bypass. here, us 84/sr 38 takes on the dothan road name; us 27/sr 1 uses the colquitt highway name. the roadway that would eventually become us 27 bus./sr 1 bus. was established at least as early as 1919 as part of sr 1. by the end of 1934, us 27 was designated on sr 1 in the area. by the end of 1939, this segment of us 27/sr 1 had a "completed hard surface". between the beginning of 1960 and the beginning of 1965, us 27 (and possibly sr 1) in the bainbridge area was shifted onto the bypass, at the time designated as sr 38 loop. the former path of us 27 was redesignated us 27 bus. by the beginning of 1977, sr 1 bus. was indicated to be designated on us 27 bus. in the city. in 1976, sr 38 loop was decommissioned, with the sr 38 mainline designated on its former path. the former path of sr 38 was redesignated as sr 38 bus.