Ohio State Route 47

State Route 47
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	105.23 mi[1] (169.35 km)
Existed:	1933 – present
Major junctions
West end:	SR 32 in Union City
	US 127 near Dawn I‑75 near Sidney US 68 in Bellefontaine
East end:	SR 98 / SR 423 in Waldo
Location
Counties:	Darke, Shelby, Logan, Union, Delaware, Marion
Highway system
Ohio Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← SR 46 SR 48 →

State Route 47 (SR 47) is a state highway running from the Indiana border at Union City to Waldo, about ten miles (16 km) 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.

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",^[2] 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.^[3]

History

Intersection of Main Street and Sandusky Avenue in downtown Bellefontaine, Ohio

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Darke	Union City	0.00	0.00	SR 32 (West Pearl Street) / State Line Road	Indiana state line
	Brown Township	7.64	12.30	SR 49 – Fort Recovery, Greenville
	Ansonia	10.51	16.91	SR 118 (Main Street)
	Richland–York township line	13.88	22.34	US 127 – Celina, Greenville
	Versailles	18.54	29.84	SR 185 north (Greenlawn Avenue)	Western end of SR 185 concurrency
		18.80	30.26	SR 121 south (West Street) / SR 185 south / Main Street	Northern terminus of SR 121; eastern end of SR 185 concurrency
Shelby	Cynthian Township	27.73	44.63	SR 66 – Fort Loramie, Piqua
	Sidney	37.78– 37.89	60.80– 60.98	I‑75 – Dayton, Toledo	Exit 92 (I-75)
		39.26	63.18	SR 29 (Ohio Avenue)	Western end of SR 29 westbound concurrency
		39.35	63.33	SR 29 east (East Court Street) / South Main Avenue	Eastern end of SR 29 westbound concurrency; western end of SR 29 eastbound concurrency
		39.52	63.60	SR 29 west (North Main Avenue) / East North Street	Eastern end of SR 29 eastbound concurrency
	Salem Township	47.37	76.23	SR 65 north – Jackson Center	Southern terminus of SR 65
Logan	Pleasant Township	56.13	90.33	SR 235 – Lakeview, De Graff
	Bellefontaine	64.20	103.32	US 68 south (Canby Street)	Western end of US 68 southbound concurrency
		64.30	103.48	US 68 north (Main Street) / SR 540 begins	Eastern end of US 68 northbound concurrency; western end of US 68 southbound concurrency; western terminus of SR 540
		64.40	103.64	US 68 east (Madriver Street) / SR 540 (Sandusky Avenue)	Eastern end of US 68 southbound concurrency; eastern end of SR 540 concurrency
	Bokes Creek Township	74.22	119.45	SR 292 – Ridgeway, East Liberty
Union	York Township	83.46	134.32	SR 739
		85.69	137.90	SR 31 – Kenton, Marysville
	Richwood	92.26	148.48	SR 37 south (Franklin Street) / Ottawa Street	Western end of SR 37 concurrency
		92.33	148.59	SR 37 north (Franklin Street) / Blagrove Street	Eastern end of SR 37 concurrency
Delaware	Thompson Township	96.07	154.61	SR 4 south – Marysville	Western end of SR 4 concurrency
Marion	Prospect Township	96.74	155.69	SR 4 north – Marion	Eastern end of SR 4 concurrency
	Prospect Township–Prospect municipal line	98.21	158.05	SR 257 south (Prospect Dublin Road)	Northern terminus of SR 257
	Prospect	98.44	158.42	SR 203 (Main Street)
	Waldo Township	104.46	168.11	SR 229 east	Western terminus of SR 229
	Waldo	105.23	169.35	SR 98 north to US 23 / SR 423 north – Bucyrus, Marion	Southern termini of SR 98 and SR 423
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. "DESTAPE". Ohio Department of Transportation. July 3, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
   • Darke County
   • Shelby County
   • Logan County
   • Union County
   • Delaware County
   • Marion County
2. "5533.646 Pfc. Douglas E. Dickey Memorial Highway". Ohio Revised Code. LAW Writer. March 22, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
3. Baker, Steve (December 23, 2012). "Portion SR 47 Ansonia to honor war hero". WHIO-TV. Retrieved August 30, 2015.