South Dakota Highway 47

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Highway 47
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Route of SD 47 (in red)
Route information
Maintained by SDDOT
Length240.866 mi [1] [2] [3]  (387.636 km)
Existed1927–present
Major junctions
South endN-137.svg N-137
North end37th Avenue Southeast at the North Dakota border
Highway system
  • South Dakota State Trunk Highway System
SD 46.svg SD 46 SD 48.svg SD 48

South Dakota Highway 47 (SD 47) is a state route that runs north to south across the central portion of South Dakota. It begins at an unnumbered highway at the North Dakota border north of Eureka, and ends at the Nebraska border, where it becomes Nebraska Highway 137. It is just under 241 miles (388 km) in length.

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History

When initially established in the mid-1920s, South Dakota 47 extended from U.S. Highway 16 at Pukwana to U.S. Highway 18 at Wheeler, along what is currently portions of South Dakota Highway 50 and Charles Mix County Highway 49. Several alignment changes have occurred since then:

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi [1] [2] [3] kmDestinationsNotes
Keya Paha 0.0000.000N-137.svg N-137 southContinuation into Nebraska
Gregory Burke 12.52620.159US 18.svgLewis and Clark Trail.svg US 18 east / Lewis and Clark Trail Eastern end of US 18 concurrency
Gregory 20.60733.164US 18.svgSD 251.svg US 18 west / SD 251 southNorthern terminus of SD 251, western end of US 18 concurrency
30.92349.766SD 44.svg SD 44
Lyman 57.04091.797SD 49.svg SD 49 southNorthern terminus of SD 49
66.827–
66.951
107.548–
107.747
I-90.svg I-90  Chamberlain I-90 exit 251.
Reliance 69.696112.165SD 248.svgLewis and Clark Trail.svg SD 248  / Lewis and Clark Trail
Buffalo Fort Thompson 89.034143.286SD 249.svg SD 249 northSouthern terminus of SD 249
89.639144.260SD 34.svgLewis and Clark Trail.svg SD 34 east / Lewis and Clark Trail Southern end of SD 34 concurrency
Hyde 99.110159.502SD 34.svgLewis and Clark Trail.svg SD 34 west / Lewis and Clark Trail Northern end of SD 34 concurrency
Highmore 120.931194.620US 14.svg US 14  Pierre, Huron
138.539222.957SD 26.svg SD 26 eastWestern terminus of SD 26
Faulk 157.633253.686US 212.svg US 212 eastEastern end of US 212 concurrency
Potter 171.602276.167US 212.svg US 212 westWestern end of US 212 concurrency
181.590292.241SD 20.svg SD 20 eastSouthern end of SD 20 concurrency
Walworth 185.270298.163SD 20.svg SD 20 westNorthern end of SD 20 concurrency
199.254320.668US 12.svg US 12 westWestern end of US 12 concurrency
Edmunds Bowdle 206.415332.193US 12.svg US 12 eastEastern end of US 12 concurrency
215.665347.079SD 253.svg SD 253 southNorthern terminus of SD 253
McPherson Eureka 227.833366.662SD 10.svg SD 10 westWestern end of SD 10 concurrency
228.764368.160SD 10.svg SD 10 eastEastern end of SD 10 concurrency
McIntosh 240.866387.63637th Avenue SoutheastContinuation into North Dakota
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

SD 47W.svg

Highway 47W

Location Fort Thompson Reliance
Length19 mi (31 km)
Existed1965 (approx.)–1976 [4]

South Dakota Highway 47W was a state route located in central South Dakota. SD 47W designated around 1965, on a newly constructed road linking Fort Thompson and Reliance. This designation was used only for 10 years; it was made part of South Dakota Highway 47 when a portion of that route was realigned.

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References

  1. 1 2 "State Highway Log: Mitchell Region" (PDF). South Dakota Department of Transportation. January 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "State Highway Log: Pierre Region" (PDF). South Dakota Department of Transportation. January 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "State Highway Log: Aberdeen Region" (PDF). South Dakota Department of Transportation. January 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Numbers Changed on Some Highways". The Rapid City Journal. February 27, 1975. p. 21. Retrieved December 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg

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