State Highway 47 (SH 47) runs from
FM 60 near
Easterwood Airport and
Texas A&M University
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Research Park in
College Station
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to
SH 21 at
Texas A&M University-Riverside near
Bryan
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Facilities and structur ...
. This highway was designated on January 28, 1987.
Previous routes
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SH 47 was originally planned on August 21, 1923, along a previous section of
SH 1A and SH 1C from near the intersection of the Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana state borders, northwest through
Atlanta
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, then northeast through
Texarkana to the Arkansas border north of Texarkana. On June 24, 1931, the highway was rerouted west from Atlanta to
Daingerfield, replacing
SH 48, while the old route southeast of Atlanta became part of
SH 77 On April 19, 1938, SH 47 Bypass was designated from SH 47 to SH 1. SH 47 Bypass extended north to SH 5 on October 24, 1938.
On September 26, 1939, this classification was canceled when the route was transferred to
SH 11. SH 47 Bypass became
Loop 14.
Junction list
References
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Transportation in Brazos County, Texas
Bryan, Texas
College Station, Texas
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