Texas State Highway 47
 State Highway 47 | ||||
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| John Sharp Parkway | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 7.146 mi[1] (11.500 km) | |||
| Existed | 1987–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  FM 60 at College Station | |||
 FM 1179 in Bryan FM 1688 in Bryan | ||||
| North end |  SH 21 near Bryan | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Brazos | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 47 (SH 47) runs from FM 60 near Easterwood Airport and the West Campus of Texas A&M University in College Station to SH 21 at Texas A&M University-Riverside near Bryan. This highway was designated on January 28, 1987.[1] SH 47 was completed in August 1996 and was designed primarily to provide a shorter route between the Texas A&M main campus in College Station and SH 21 west of Bryan.[2]
Previous routes
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SH 47 was originally planned on August 21, 1923, along a previous section of SH 1A and SH 1C from near the Texas–Arkansas–Louisiana tripoint, northwest through Atlanta, then northeast through Texarkana to the Arkansas state line north of Texarkana.[3] On June 24, 1931, the highway was rerouted west from Atlanta to Daingerfield, replacing SH 48, while the old route southeast of Atlanta became part of SH 77[4] On April 19, 1938, SH 47 Bypass was designated from SH 47 to SH 1.[5] SH 47 Bypass extended north to SH 5 on October 24, 1938.[6] On September 26, 1939, this classification was canceled when the route was transferred to SH 11. SH 47 Bypass became Loop 14.
Junction list
[edit]The entire route is in Brazos County. All exits are unnumbered.
| Location | mi[7] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| College Station | 0.00 | 0.00 |   FM 60 east – College Station, Texas A&M University | Southern terminus; serves Easterwood Airport | |
| Bryan | 0.8 | 1.3 |  FM 60 west / HSC Parkway | Northbound signed as HSC Pkwy. only | |
| 2.2 | 3.5 | FM 1179 east (Villa Maria Road) / Jones Road | North end of expressway | ||
| 3.4 | 5.5 | FM 1688 east (Leonard Road) | |||
| | 7.2 | 11.6 | SH 21 – Caldwell, Bryan | Partial interchange; western terminus; no access from SH 21 westbound | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
[edit]- 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 47". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Innovation Corridor - City of Bryan". City of Bryan. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
- ↑ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. August 21, 1923. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ↑ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. June 22, 1931. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ↑ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. April 18, 1938. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ↑ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. October 24, 1938. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ↑ "Overview of Texas SH 47". Google Maps. Google, Inc. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
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