Route 47 is a highway in eastern

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. Its northern terminus is at

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near Winfield; its southern terminus is at

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in Bonne Terre.

Route description

The highway begins at

in Winfield, MO, where it travels due west towards

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and Hawk Point, where it turns south and meets

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in Warrenton. After Warrenton, the highway continues south to Marthasville, where it intersects with Route 94. The two highways share a concurrency through the Missouri River bottomlands for approximately 4 miles to near Dutzow. The highway still continues south across the Missouri River into

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, where it intersects Route 100. From Washington, Route 47 goes down to Union, where it meets up with

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. Route 47 runs concurrent with U.S. 50 very shortly before returning south towards St. Clair. At St. Clair, Route 47 meets

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, before joining up with Route 30. The highway now runs east with that route for about 8 miles, until returning south. This stretch of highway is very rural, narrow, and windy. It joins up with Route 21 for a short concurrency, before heading east towards Bonne Terre at its terminus with

History

Route 47 is one of the original 1922 state highways. Its original northern terminus was at Troy, its southern terminus was at Villa Ridge. The section between Washington and Villa Ridge becoming part of Route 100.

Major intersections

References

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