Highway 47 is a

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in the Canadian province of

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. It runs from

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at the

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until Highway 49 near

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. Highway 47 is about long. Highway 47 is unpaved for , from the

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crossing until the intersection with Highway 1.

History

Prior to the renumbering of the

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in 1976, the section of Highway 47 between Springside and Preeceville was known as Highway 314. The northern extension of Highway 47 coincided with the renumbering of Highway 14 between

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and the

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border to Highway 16. The section of Highway 47 between Melville and Willowbrook was originally part of Highway 10, which turned east at Willowbrook along present-day Highway 52 to

Yorkton Yorkton is a city located in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is about 450 kilometres north-west of Winnipeg and 300 kilometres south-east of Saskatoon and is the sixth largest city in the province. As of 2017 the census population of the ...

. Highway 10 was realigned in the 1960s and the former north-south section became part of Highway 47.

Major intersections

From south to north:

References

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