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 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by KDOT | ||||
Length | 61.556 mi (99.065 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | North 20th Street in Fredonia | |||
East end | ||||
Location | ||||
Counties | Wilson, Neosho, Crawford | |||
Highway system | ||||
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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
County | Location | mi[5] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Wilson | Fredonia | 0.000 | 0.000 | North 20th Street / Washington Street | Western terminus |
0.347 | 0.558 | Roundabout | |||
Altoona | 8.151 | 13.118 | |||
8.311 | 13.375 | ||||
Neosho | | 18.484 | 29.747 | ||
| 29.537 | 47.535 | Western end of US-59 concurrency | ||
| 30.459 | 49.019 | Eastern end of US-59 concurrency | ||
Crawford | Greenbush | 47.514 | 76.466 | Southern terminus of K-3 | |
Girard | 53.951 | 86.826 | |||
Franklin | 61.556 | 99.065 | Eastern terminus; road continues north as US-69 Bus. (620th Ave.) | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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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.