Route 47 is a north–south
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 the
Pioneer Valley region of the
U.S. state of
Massachusetts. Its southern terminus is at
Route 116 in
South Hadley and its northern terminus is at
Route 63 in
Montague.
Route description
Route 47 begins at
Route 116 in
South Hadley near the northwest corner of the
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite historically women's colleges in the Northeastern United States.
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campus. It heads northwestward towards the southwest corner of
Hadley, crossing into that town near the Hockanum Flat, a bend in the
Connecticut River
The Connecticut River is the longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for through four states. It rises 300 yards (270 m) south of the U.S. border with Quebec, Canada, and discharges at Long Island ...
. It then follows within half a mile of the river before turning onto Middle Street, crossing through the town center and intersecting
Route 9 just over a mile east of the
Calvin Coolidge Bridge
The Calvin Coolidge Memorial Bridge is a major crossing of the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts, connecting the towns of Northampton and Hadley. The bridge carries Route 9 across the river, where it connects to Interstate 91.
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into
Northampton
Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; ...
.
Route 47 turns right when Middle Street meets the river again, following the river's path into the North Hadley section of town, passing the
Porter-Phelps-Huntington House and the North Hadley Sugar Shack along the way. It then passes into the town of
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...
. In Sunderland it continues along the east banks of the river, intersecting Route 116 once more in that town's center, just east of the
Sunderland Bridge. It then bends northeastward, and ends just a half-mile into the Montague Center village of
Montague at
Route 63.
Major intersections
References
External links
* {{Commons category inline, Massachusetts Route 47
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