The Highway 127 Corridor Sale, also called the 127 Yard Sale, is an outdoor

second-hand Used goods mean any item of personal property offered for sale not as new, including metals in any form except coins that are legal tender, but excluding books, magazines, and postage stamps. Risks Furniture, in particular bedding or upholstere ...

sale held annually for four days beginning the first Thursday in August along

U.S. Route 127 U.S. Route 127 (US 127) is a north–south U.S. Highway in the eastern half of the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at US 27 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The northern terminus is at Interstate 75 (I-75) near G ...

(US 127). The event has been promoted as "The World's Longest

Yard Sale A garage sale (also known as a yard sale, tag sale, moving sale and by many other namesSome rarely used names include "attic sale," "basement sale," "rummage sale," "thrift sale," "patio sale," "lawn sale," and "jumble sale".) is an informal ...

History

The original idea came from

Fentress County, Tennessee Fentress County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,489. Its county seat is Jamestown. History Fentress County was formed on November 28, 1823, from portions of Morgan, Overton ...

, county executive Mike Walker, and was established in 1987. When it began, the sale route followed US 127 from Covington, Kentucky, to

Chattanooga Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ...

, Tennessee. A few years after the event was established, the Lookout Mountain Parkway was added to the route, extending it from Chattanooga southward through northwestern

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and northeastern

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to Gadsden. In 2006, the route was extended northward from Covington, through

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to the

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border, making its last major stops around

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, and points northward. In 2010, the sale was extended northward to

Hudson, Michigan Hudson is a city in Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,307 at the 2010 census. The city is mostly surrounded by Hudson Township, but the two are administered autonomously. History Hudson was named for Dr. Daniel H ...

. In 2012, it was extended again to north of Addison, Michigan, totaling an approximate end-to-end distance of .

Southern extension of the yard sale route

The Lookout Mountain Parkway extension of the yard sale route through Alabama and Georgia include the roadways listed below. In

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: *Tabor Road off

Alabama State Route 211 State Route 211 (SR 211) is a state highway that serves as a connection between Gadsden, Alabama, Gadsden and Interstate 59 in Alabama, Interstate 59 (I-59) in Reece City, Alabama, Reece City in central Etowah County, Alabama, Etowah County. SR 2 ...

(Noccalula Road) from Gadsden northeast to Collinsville *

Alabama State Route 176 State Route 176 (SR 176) was created in September 1980 along previous County/Secondary State Roads 81 and 89 in DeKalb County and part of County/Secondary State Road 89 in Cherokee County. Part of the route took over what had been State Route 2 ...

from Collinsville to Dogtown, Alabama, *DeKalb County to

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, and *

Alabama State Route 117 State Route 117 (SR 117) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Alabama. It travels northwest from the Georgia state line southeast of Mentone to the Tennessee state line north of Bass. Route description Alabama State Route 117 b ...

to the Georgia state line. In Chatooga, Dade, and Walker Counties, Georgia: *

Georgia State Route 48 State Route 48 (SR 48) is a east–west state highway located entirely in Chattooga County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects the Alabama state line with Summerville, via Cloudland and Menlo. ...

to the GA 157 junction in Cloudland, Georgia, *

Georgia State Route 157 State Route 157 (SR 157) is a state highway that travels south-to-north through portions of Chattooga, Walker, and Dade counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. Route description SR 157 begins at an inter ...

north to the GA 136 junction, * Georgia State Route 136 west to the GA 189 junction, and * Georgia State Route 189 to the Tennessee state line on

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. In southern Hamilton County,

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: *

Tennessee State Route 148 State Route 148 (SR 148) is state highway in Hamilton County in southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Route description SR 148 begins at Georgia State Route 189 at the TN-GA border in both Lookout Mountain, Tennessee and Lookou ...

in Lookout Mountain, and * from the SR 148 junction to the

Interstate 24 Interstate 24 (I-24) is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. It runs diagonally from I-57, south of Marion, Illinois, to Chattanooga, Tennessee, at I-75. It travels through Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, ...

interchange in downtown Chattanooga. Downtown Chattanooga is the only area along the yard sale route that is not participating in the yard sale due to high volume of traffic. Bargain hunters/travelers looking to continue shopping are to use I-124/

US 27 U.S. Route 27 (US 27) is a north–south United States Highway in the southern and midwestern United States. The southern terminus is at US 1 in Miami, Florida. The northern terminus is at Interstate 69 (I-69) in Fort Wayne, Indiana. F ...

north to exit at the Signal Mountain Road exit, where US 127 begins.

Media

The event was featured on

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in 2006.

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External links

Highway 127 Corridor Sale Official Site

127YardSale.com
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History

Southern extension of the yard sale route

Media

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