The intersection also includes Norfolk Southern Railway's Richmond District rail line, which passes through the center of the junction at-grade.

[1][2] SR 147 passes through the Southampton neighborhood of Richmond's Southside before meeting Riverside Dr at a partial cloverleaf interchange at the south end of the Huguenot Memorial Bridge, where the highway reduces to a two-lane undivided road.

At the north end of the bridge, SR 147 expands to a four-lane divided highway that curves east and intersects River Road just west of the Richmond city limit.

The state highway becomes Cary Street at its intersection with Three Chopt Road in the center of the Rio Vista neighborhood, whose riverfront contains the Wilton House Museum.

SR 147 continues southeast through the affluent Windsor Farms neighborhood, which contains the historic, imported homes Agecroft Hall and Virginia House.