4. EXISTING CONDITIONS
US 27 in the Highlands County is a 4-lane divided and 6-lane divided roadway with functional classification of principal arterial rural and principal arterial urban along the study area. Figure 4-1 shows the current lane configuration and functional classification along US 27 within the study area. Figure 4-2 shows the Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT), and Figure 4-3 shows daily truck percentages from Florida Traffic Online (FTO). The AADT ranges from 5,000 to 41,500 in the study area. The highest AADTs are observed along US 27 around the Lakeview Dr/Sebring. The truck percentage ranges from 6% to 43.4% in the study area with the highest truck percentages observed south of SR 70.