K-47 (Kansas highway)

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.

K-47
K-47 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length61.556 mi (99.065 km)
Major junctions
West endNorth 20th Street in Fredonia
East end US-69 in Franklin
Location
CountiesWilson, Neosho, Crawford
Highway system
  • Kansas State Highway System
← K-46K-48 →

Route description

K-47 begins one-quarter 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
CountyLocationmi[5]kmDestinationsNotes
WilsonFredonia0.0000.000North 20th Street / Washington StreetWestern terminus
0.3470.558 US-400 – Parsons, WichitaRoundabout
Altoona8.15113.118
US-75 Bus. (Quincy Street)
8.31113.375 US-75 – Yates Center, Neodesha
Neosho​18.48429.747 US-169 – Iola, Coffeyville
​29.53747.535 US-59 north (Ottawa Road) – ErieWestern end of US-59 concurrency
​30.45949.019 US-59 south (Ottawa Road) – ParsonsEastern end of US-59 concurrency
CrawfordGreenbush47.51476.466 K-3 north – Hepler, WalnutSouthern terminus of K-3
Girard53.95186.826 K-7 (Summit Street) – Ft. Scott, Columbus
Franklin61.55699.065
US-69 Bus. north (620th Avenue) / US-69 – Ft. Scott, Pittsburg, Arma		Eastern terminus; road continues north as US-69 Bus. (620th Ave.)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Kansas Department of Transportation (2014). "2014 Condition Survey Report". Topeka: Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
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