State Route 48 (SR 48) is a
state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of
Alabama
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, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...
. The western terminus of the highway is at its intersection with
SR 9 at
Lineville. The highway continues eastward to the
Georgia
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state line, where it continues as
Georgia State Route 5
State Route 5 (SR 5) is a state highway that travels south-to-north through portions of Carroll, Douglas, Cobb, Cherokee, Pickens, Gilmer, and Fannin counties in the western and northern parts of the U.S. state of Georgia. The hi ...
(SR 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
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4).
Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...
–
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
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
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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
Pell City is a city in and one of the county seats of St. Clair County, Alabama, United States, other seat being Ashville. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,939. At the 2010 census, the city-limit population jumped to 12,695.
It was hom ...
to the
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
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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
See also
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References
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Transportation in Clay County, Alabama
Transportation in Randolph County, Alabama