Alabama State Route 48

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 Interstate US State ← SR 47 SR 49 →

State Route 48 (SR-48) is a 34-mile-long (55 km) route in the eastern part of the state. The western terminus of the route is at its junction with SR-9 at Lineville. The route continues eastward to the Georgia state line, where it continues as Georgia State Route 5.

Route description

State Route 48 is routed along two-lane roadways for its entire existence. It serves as a feeder route to connect Lineville with U.S. Highway 431, a major north–south route in eastern Alabama. East of the border between Clay County and Randolph County, the route passes over Lake Wedowee. The orientation of the route is generally eastward as it travels from Lineville to Wedowee. At Wedowee, State Route 48 junctions US-431 and turns to the northeast, continuing this trajectory as it leads to the Georgia state line.

History

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 That route has now been replaced by State Route 34 from Pell City to Talladega, State Route 77 from Talladega to Ashland, and State Route 9 from Ashland to Lineville.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

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Clay	Lineville	0.000	0.000	SR 9 (East Main Street)
Randolph	Wedowee	15.549	25.024	US 431 south (South Main Street / SR-1) – Roanoke, Opelika	West end of US-431/SR-1 overlap
		15.672	25.222	US 431 north (North Main Street / SR-1) – Oxford	East end of US-431/SR-1 overlap
		34.321	55.234	SR 5 north – Bowdon	Georgia state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. Milepost Maps (PDF) (Map) (1999 ed.). Alabama Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 1, 2012.