Texas State Highway 47
 State Highway 47 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 7.146 mi[1] (11.500 km) | |||
| Existed | 1987–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SH 21 near Bryan | |||
 FM 1688 in Bryan FM 1179 in Bryan | ||||
| East end |  FM 60 at College Station | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Brazos | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 47, or SH 47, runs from SH 21 at Texas A&M University-Riverside near Bryan southeastward to FM 60 near Easterwood Airport and Texas A&M University Research Park in College Station. This highway was designated on January 28, 1987.
Previous routes
SH 47 was originally planned on August 21, 1923, along a previous section of SH 1A and SH 1C from near the intersection of the Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana state borders, northwest through Atlanta, then northeast through Texarkana to the Arkansas border north of Texarkana.[2] On June 24, 1931, the highway was rerouted west from Atlanta to Daingerfield, replacing SH 48, while the old route southeast of Atlanta becoming part of SH 77[3] On April 19, 1938, SH 47 Bypass was designated from SH 47 to SH 1.[4] SH 47 Bypass extended north to SH 5 on October 24, 1938.[5] On September 26, 1939, this classification was canceled when the route was transferred to SH 11. SH 47 Bypass became Loop 14.
Junction list
The entire route is in Brazos County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | SH 21 – Caldwell, Bryan | Interchange | |||
| Bryan |  FM 1688 east (Leonard Rd) | ||||
| FM 1179 east (Villa Maria Rd) | Interchange | ||||
| HSC Parkway | Interchange | ||||
| College Station | FM 60 (Raymond Stotzer Pkwy) | Interchange | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 47". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676878.pdf.
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