K-47 (Kansas highway)
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| Maintained by KDOT | ||||
| Length: | 61.556 mi (99.065 km) | |||
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| West end: | North 20th Street in Fredonia | |||
| East end: |
 US-69 in Franklin | |||
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| Counties: | Wilson, Neosho, Crawford | |||
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'K-47' is a 61.6-mile-long (99.1 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is an east-west route, and connects small towns in southeast Kansas.
Route description
K-47 begins a 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km) west of U.S. Highway 400 (US-400) at an intersection with North 20th Street in Fredonia. It then meets US-400 at a roundabout intersection east if the city. K-47 then travels east to Altoona, where it intersects US-75. The highway continues eastward through rural Wilson County until it meets US-169 in western Neosho County north of Thayer. It continues east to US-59, where it shares a short one-mile (1.6 km) concurrency with the U.S. Highway. K-47 resumes its easterly course, crossing the Neosho River, and passing through St. Paul before entering Crawford County. The highway then passes through Greenbush and intersects the southern terminus of K-3 before arriving in Girard, where it meets K-7. K-47 continues east seven miles (11 km)) where it terminates at US-69 in Franklin.[1]
History
K-47 has followed its current route since 2005, and was much shorter previously.[2] Some time before 1956, the western terminus was at K-96 (now US-400) north of New Albany, following current-day county roads 1100 Road and Barber Road. Its eastern terminus was at US-59, and the rest of the route was an old routing of K-57.[3][4]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[5] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Wilson | Fredonia | 0.0 | 0.0 | North 20th Street / Washington Street | KDOT lists this as west end of K-47 for mileage purposes |
| 0.35 | 0.56 |  US-400 | Western terminus; roundabout; road continues west as Washington Street | ||
| Altoona | 8.3 | 13.4 |  US-75 | ||
| Neosho | | 18.5 | 29.8 |  US-169 | |
| | 29.5 | 47.5 |  US-59 north | Western end of US-59 concurrency | |
| | 30.5 | 49.1 | US-59 south | Eastern end of US-59 concurrency | |
| Crawford | Greenbush | 47.5 | 76.4 |  K-3 | |
| Girard | 53.9 | 86.7 |  K-7 | ||
| Franklin | 61.556 | 99.065 | US-69 | Eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
Kansas portal
U.S. Roads portal
References
- ↑ Kansas Department of Transportation (2015). There's No Place Like Kansas: Official State Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (2015–16 ed.). Scale not given. Topeka: Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ↑ Kansas Department of Transportation (2005). Kansas as Big as you Think: Official State Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (2005–06 ed.). Scale not given. Topeka: Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ↑ State Highway Commission of Kansas (1956). Kansas Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ↑ State Highway Commission of Kansas (1953). Kansas Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ↑ Kansas Department of Transportation (2014). "2014 Condition Survey Report". Topeka: Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 2, 2015.