SR 247 commences at an
intersection with
US 129/
US 341/
SR 11 (Perry Highway) northwest of Hawkinsville, in Pulaski County. US 129/SR 247 head northwest
concurrently, enter Houston County, and curve to the north at an intersection with
SR 247 Spur, east of
Perry. In
Kathleen, Georgia is an intersection with
SR 127. US 129/SR 247 meet
SR 96 in
Bonaire. In
Warner Robins, across from
Robins Air Force Base, is
SR 247 Connector. The concurrency enters Bibb County before passing
Middle Georgia Regional Airport a short distance south-southeast of an intersection with
US 41/
SR 11/
SR 49. Those three highways join the concurrency to the north. The five highways later run through
Rutland as they pass over a bridge for a former
Central of Georgia Railway line, and then turn north again where they encounter an interchange with Houston Avenue, a former segment of US 41/SRs 11/49. From that point on, the street name along this concurrency is Houston Road. Later, the routes enters some marshland which includes bridges with Tobesofkee Creek and Rocky Creek before finally entering
Macon, Georgia where it approaches a major intersection. US 41/SR 247 head to the northwest, Houston Avenue heads north, and US 129/SR 11/SR 49, as well as
US 41 Business (which begins here), head to the northeast. US 41/SR 247 have an
interchange with
Interstate 75 (I-75) and
SR 540. Farther to the north, they intersect
US 80/
SR 22, and then
SR 74, before meeting US 41 Business/
SR 19. There, US 41/SR 19 head northwest, while SR 247 heads north alone. It meets
US 23/
SR 87, just before meeting its northern terminus, a second interchange with I-75. ==Major intersections==