State Road 47 in the
U.S. state
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of
Indiana
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is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in west-central and central Indiana. Although State Road 47 is signed as a north–south highway, it runs more east–west.
Route description
The southern terminus of State Road 47 is at
U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41, also U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, ...
just west of
Turkey Run State Park
Turkey Run State Park, Indiana's second state park, is in Parke County in the west-central part of the state along State Road 47, east of U.S. 41.
The first parcel of land was purchased for $40,200 in 1916, when Indiana's state park system ...
. Its northern terminus is in
Sheridan at
State Road 38.
State Road 47 rolls gently through the farmland in Boone and eastern Montgomery Counties. In western Montgomery and Parke Counties, segments of the road contain moderate hills and curves, especially near Turkey Run State Park.
History
State Road 47's initial segment ran northeast from U.S. Route 41 to Crawfordsville. The next segment ran east from Crawfordsville through Sheridan to
U.S. Route 31. The portion of State Road 47 between Sheridan and U.S. Route 31 was later decommissioned.
Major intersections
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Transportation in Boone County, Indiana
Transportation in Montgomery County, Indiana
Transportation in Parke County, Indiana
Transportation in Hamilton County, Indiana