State Highway 47 (SH‑47) 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
Fremont County,
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...
, United States, that connects
U.S. Route 20
U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest east to New England. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a major coast-to-coast route. S ...
(US 20) in
Ashton with the
Mesa Falls Scenic Byway (northeast of
Warm River).
Route description
SH‑47 starts at an intersection with US 20 and heads due east as Main Street through Ashton. The highway continues east after an intersection with the northern terminus of
Idaho State Highway 32
State Highway 32 (SH-32) is a state highway in Idaho. It runs from SH-33 to SH-47.
Route description
SH-32 begins at an intersection with SH-33 near the town of Tetonia. It makes a series of shallow turns, eventually heading due west, befo ...
, passing through
Marysville as East 1300 North. Slowly, SH‑47 bends to the north as Mesa Falls Scenic Byway, going through
Warm River and crossing over the same-named river. SH‑47 ends in the
Targhee National Forest Targhee may refer to:
* Targhee National Forest, now the Caribou-Targhee National Forest a federally protected woodland in Idaho and Wyoming, United States
* Targhee sheep, a domestic breed developed within and named for the forest
* Grand Targhee ...
.
Major intersections
See also
*
List of state highways in Idaho
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is responsible for the establishment and classification of a state highway network, including of roads that are classified as Interstate Highways, U.S. Highways, and state highways within the state of Id ...
References
External links
047
Transportation in Fremont County, Idaho
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