List of highways numbered 48

The following highways are numbered 48:

Canada

Ontario Highway 48

India

National Highway 48 (India)

Iran

Road 48

Japan

Route 48 (Japan)

New Zealand

New Zealand State Highway 48

United Kingdom

British A40 (Highnam-Carmarthen)

British M48 (Olveston-Magor)

United States

U.S. Route 48

Alabama State Route 48

Arizona State Route 48

Arkansas Highway 48

California State Route 48

Delaware Route 48

Florida State Road 48

Georgia State Route 48

Idaho State Highway 48

Illinois Route 48

Indiana State Road 48

Iowa Highway 48

Kentucky Route 48

Louisiana Highway 48

Maryland Route 48 (former)

M-48 (Michigan highway)

Minnesota State Highway 48

Mississippi Highway 48

Missouri Route 48

Montana Highway 48

Nevada State Route 48

New Jersey Route 48

New Mexico State Road 48

New York State Route 48

North Carolina Highway 48

North Dakota Highway 48

Ohio State Route 48

Oklahoma State Highway 48

• Oklahoma State Highway 48A

Illinois Route 48

Illinois Route 48 is a north–south highway with its southern terminus at I-55 and Illinois Route 127 in Raymond and its northern terminus at Illinois Route 54 east of Clinton. This is a distance of 85.38 miles (137.41 km).

Route description

Illinois 48 runs southwest to northeast from Interstate 55 to east of Clinton. It is an undivided surface street for its entire length. It also serves the cities of Raymond, Harvel, Taylorville and Decatur.

History

SBI Route 48 ran from Onarga to Raymond via the current Illinois 48 and Illinois 54. The portion from DeWitt to Onarga became U.S. Route 54 in 1942, but in 1972 U.S. 54 was pulled back to its current terminus in Pittsfield, and Illinois 54 was implemented from Springfield to Onarga.

References

Delaware Route 48

Delaware Route 48 (DE 48) is a state highway in New Castle County, Delaware. The route runs from DE 41 in Hockessin east to U.S. Route 13 Business (US 13 Bus.) in downtown Wilmington. The route passes through suburban areas of Wilmington such as Lancaster Pike, intersecting DE 100 and DE 141. DE 48 continues into Wilmington as Lancaster Avenue and intersects DE 2, where it splits into the one-way pair of Lancaster Avenue eastbound and Second Street westbound. Upon reaching downtown Wilmington, the route intersects Interstate 95 (I-95)/US 202 and DE 4 before continuing to the eastern terminus.

What is now DE 48 was originally built as the Lancaster Pike in 1817, a turnpike that was to connect Wilmington to the Gap and Newport Turnpike. The turnpike became county maintained in 1877. The Lancaster Pike became DE 48 by 1936, with the route continuing east through Wilmington to the Wilmington-Penns Grove Ferry across the Delaware River, where it connected to Route 48 in Penns Grove, New Jersey. The ferry was discontinued in 1949 and the eastern terminus of DE 48 was cut back to its current location by 1952.