Alabama State Route 48

State Route 48 marker

State Route 48
Route information
Maintained by ALDOT
Length: 34.321 mi[1] (55.234 km)
Existed: 1940 – present
Major junctions
West end: SR 9 at Lineville
  US 431 at Wedowee
East end: SR 5 to SR 100 at Georgia state line southwest of Bowdon, GA
Location
Counties: Clay, Randolph
Highway system
  • Alabama State Routes
← SR 47SR 49 →

State Route 48 (SR 48) is a 34.321-mile-long (55.234 km) state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. The western terminus of the highway is at its intersection with SR 9 at Lineville. The highway continues eastward to the Georgia state line, where it continues as Georgia State Route 5.

Route description

SR 48 is routed along two-lane roadways for its entire length. It serves as a feeder route to connect Lineville with U.S. Route 431 (US 431), a major north–south highway in the eastern part of the state. East of the Clay–Randolph county line, the highway crosses over Lake Wedowee. The orientation of the route is generally eastward as it travels from Lineville to Wedowee. At Wedowee, SR 48 intersects US 431 and turns to the northeast, continuing this trajectory as it leads to the Georgia state line.

History

The original routing of SR 48 is quite different from the route that it has today. When the route was formed in 1940, it traveled from Pell City to the Georgia state line east, rather than northeast, of Wedowee. That route has now been replaced by SR 34 from Pell City to Talladega, SR 77 from Talladega to Ashland, and SR 9 from Ashland to Lineville. The old section of SR 48 east of Wedowee is now designated as Randolph County Route 56.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
ClayLineville0.0000.000 SR 9 (East Main Street)Western terminus
RandolphWedowee15.54925.024 US 431 south (South Main Street / SR 1) – Roanoke, OpelikaWest end of US 431/SR 1 concurrency
15.67225.222 US 431 north (North Main Street / SR 1) – OxfordEast end of US 431/SR 1 concurrency
​34.32155.234 SR 5 north – BowdonGeorgia state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

Route map: Bing / Google

KML is from Wikidata
  1. 1 2 Milepost Maps (PDF) (Map) (1999 ed.). Alabama Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
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