| State: | TX |
| Type: | SH |
| Route: | 47 |
| Alternate Name: | Riverside Parkway |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Length Mi: | 7.146 |
| Established: | 1987 |
| Direction A: | South |
| Direction B: | North |
| Terminus A: | at College Station |
| Junction: | in Bryan in Bryan |
| Terminus B: | near Bryan |
| Counties: | Brazos |
| Previous Type: | SH |
| Previous Route: | 46 |
| Next Type: | SH |
| Next Route: | 48 |
State Highway 47 (SH 47) runs from FM 60 near Easterwood Airport and the West Campus of Texas A&M University in College Station to SH 21 at Texas A&M University-Riverside near Bryan. This highway was designated on January 28, 1987. Designed primarily to provide a shorter route between SH 21 west of Bryan and the Texas A&M main campus in College Station, SH 47 was completed in August 1996.[1]
thumb|left|100pxSH 47 was originally planned on August 21, 1923, along a previous section of SH 1A and SH 1C from near the Texas–Arkansas–Louisiana tripoint, northwest through Atlanta, then northeast through Texarkana to the Arkansas state line north of Texarkana.[2] 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[3] On April 19, 1938, SH 47 Bypass was designated from SH 47 to SH 1.[4] SH 47 Bypass extended north to SH 5 on October 24, 1938.[5] On September 26, 1939, this classification was canceled when the route was transferred to SH 11. SH 47 Bypass became Loop 14.