Ohio State Route 47
{{Short description|State highway in Ohio, US}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
| state = OH
| type = SR
| route = 47
| map = OH 47 map.svg
| length_mi = 105.23
| length_round = 2
- [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESDAR.pdf Darke County]
- [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESSHE.pdf Shelby County]
- [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESLOG.pdf Logan County]
- [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESUNI.pdf Union County]
- [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESDEL.pdf Delaware County]
- [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESMAR.pdf Marion County]
| established = 1933
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=IN|SR|32}} in Union City
| junction = {{Jct|state=OH|US|127}} near Dawn
{{Jct|state=OH|I|75}} near Sidney
{{Jct|state=OH|US|68}} in Bellefontaine
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = {{jct|state=OH|SR|98|SR|423}} in Waldo
| counties = Darke, Shelby, Logan, Union, Delaware, Marion
| previous_type = SR
| previous_route = 46
| next_type = SR
| next_route = 48
| browse = {{oh browse|previous_type=US|previous_route=68|route=SR 68|next_type=OH 1960|next_route=69}}
}}
State Route 47 (SR 47) is a state highway running from the Indiana border at Union City to Waldo, about {{convert|10|mi|km|spell=in}} south of Marion. In Bellefontaine, State Route 47 follows the path of different streets (even though neither are one-way) from Main Street and Sandusky Avenue to the intersection just north of Mary Rutan Hospital, about one-half mile north of the Main-Sandusky intersection. The westbound portion of State Route 47 goes down Main, while the eastbound portion goes north on Madriver Street during this stretch. Nobody really knows why the route was designated this way when none of the streets involved are one-way. It was State Route 68 until 1933, when U.S. Route 68 was commissioned. Since both roads run through a common county in Ohio (Logan), and also since there is a rule that there can be no Ohio State Routes with the same number as US highways within Ohio, the number was changed to 47.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}
Route description
The portion of SR 47 between SR 49 and US 127, near Ansonia in Darke County, is designated "Pfc. Douglas E. Dickey Memorial Highway",{{cite web | url = http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/5533.646 | title = 5533.646 Pfc. Douglas E. Dickey Memorial Highway | work = Ohio Revised Code | publisher = LAW Writer | date = March 22, 2013 | access-date = August 30, 2015}} in honor of a United States Marine and Darke County native who was mortally wounded in combat on March 26, 1967, in Vietnam, and who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism.{{cite news | url = http://www.whio.com//news/news/portion-sr-47-near-ansonia-honor-war-hero/nTdp5/ | title = Portion SR 47 Ansonia to honor war hero | publisher = WHIO-TV | last = Baker | first = Steve | date = December 23, 2012 | access-date = August 30, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110528/http://www.whio.com//news/news/portion-sr-47-near-ansonia-honor-war-hero/nTdp5/ | archive-date = March 4, 2016 | url-status = dead }}
History
Major intersections
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{{OHint
|county=Darke
|cspan=6
|location=Union City
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=IN|SR|32|name1=West Pearl Street|road|State Line Road}}
|notes=Indiana state line
}}
{{OHint
|township=Brown
|ctdab=Darke
|mile=7.64
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|49|city1=Fort Recovery|city2=Greenville}}
}}
{{OHint
|location=Ansonia
|mile=10.51
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|118|name1=Main Street}}
}}
{{OHint
|township1=Richland
|township2=York
|ctdab=Darke
|mile=13.88
|road={{jct|state=OH|US|127|city1=Celina|city2=Greenville}}
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|location=Versailles
|lspan=2
|mile=18.54
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|185|dir1=north|name1=Greenlawn Avenue}}
|notes=Western end of SR 185 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|mile=18.80
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|121|dir1=south|SR|185|dir2=south|name1=West Street|road|Main Street}}
|notes=Northern terminus of SR 121; eastern end of SR 185 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|county=Shelby
|cspan=6
|township=Cynthian
|ctdab=Shelby
|mile=27.73
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|66|city1=Fort Loramie|city2=Piqua}}
}}
{{OHint
|location=Sidney
|lspan=4
|mile=37.78
|mile2=37.89
|road={{jct|state=OH|I|75|city1=Dayton|city2=Toledo}}
|notes=Exit 92 (I-75)
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|mile=39.26
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|29|name1=Ohio Avenue}}
|notes=Western end of SR 29 westbound concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|mile=39.35
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|29|dir1=east|name1=East Court Street|road|South Main Avenue}}
|notes=Eastern end of SR 29 westbound concurrency; western end of SR 29 eastbound concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|mile=39.52
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|29|dir1=west|name1=North Main Avenue|road|East North Street}}
|notes=Eastern end of SR 29 eastbound concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|township=Salem
|ctdab=Shelby
|mile=47.37
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|65|dir1=north|city1=Jackson Center}}
|notes=Southern terminus of SR 65
}}
{{OHint
|county=Logan
|cspan=5
|township=Pleasant
|ctdab=Logan
|mile=56.13
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|235|city1=Lakeview|city2=De Graff}}
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|location=Bellefontaine
|lspan=3
|mile=64.20
|road={{jct|state=OH|US|68|dir1=south|name1=Canby Street}}
|notes=Western end of US 68 southbound concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|mile=64.30
|road={{jct|state=OH|US|68|dir1=north|name1=Main Street|SR|540|dir2=begins}}
|notes=Eastern end of US 68 northbound concurrency; western end of US 68 southbound concurrency; western terminus of SR 540
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|mile=64.40
|road={{jct|state=OH|US|68|name1=Madriver Street|SR|540|dir1=east|name2=Sandusky Avenue}}
|notes=Eastern end of US 68 southbound concurrency; eastern end of SR 540 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|township=Bokes Creek
|ctdab=Logan
|mile=74.22
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|292|city1=Ridgeway|city2=East Liberty}}
}}
{{OHint
|county=Union
|cspan=4
|township=York
|ctdab=Union
|lspan=2
|mile=83.46
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|739}}
}}
{{OHint
|mile=85.69
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|31|city1=Kenton|city2=Marysville}}
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|location=Richwood
|lspan=2
|mile=92.26
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|37|dir1=south|name1=Franklin Street|road|Ottawa Street}}
|notes=Western end of SR 37 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|mile=92.33
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|37|dir1=north|name1=Franklin Street|road|Blagrove Street}}
|notes=Eastern end of SR 37 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|county=Delaware
|township=Thompson
|ctdab=Delaware
|mile=96.07
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|4|dir1=south|city1=Marysville}}
|notes=Western end of SR 4 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|county=Marion
|cspan=5
|location=Gast Corner
|mile=96.74
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|4|dir1=north|city1=Marion}}
|notes=Eastern end of SR 4 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|location1=Prospect Township
|ctdab1=Marion
|location2=Prospect
|location_group=municipal
|mile=98.21
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|257|dir1=south|name1=Prospect Dublin Road}}
|notes=Northern terminus of SR 257
}}
{{OHint
|location=Prospect
|mile=98.44
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|203|name1=Main Street}}
}}
{{OHint
|township=Waldo
|ctdab=Marion
|mile=104.46
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|229|dir1=east}}
|notes=Western terminus of SR 229
}}
{{OHint
|location=Waldo
|mile=105.23
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|98|dir1=north|to2=yes|US|23|SR|423|dir3=north|city1=Bucyrus|city2=Marion}}
|notes=Southern termini of SR 98 and SR 423
}}
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