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 Route 248 | ||||
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 MO 248 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained byMoDOT | ||||
| Length | 55.833 mi[1] (89.855 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |    Route 76 /Route 86 /Route 112 inCassville | |||
| Major intersections |   US 160 /Route 13 inReeds Spring | |||
| East end |  US 65 inBranson | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Missouri | |||
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Route 248 is a highway in southwesternMissouri. Its western terminus is atRoute 76/Route 86/Route 112 inCassville. Its eastern terminus is atU.S. Route 65 inBranson.
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Route 248 begins at adiverging diamond interchange[2] with U.S. Route 65 at the northern terminus of Business US 65. The highway proceeds west through northern Branson as the Shepherd of the Hills Expressway, which despite its name is a four-lane boulevard with no controlled-access interchanges. It eventually turns north as a two-lane highway and leaves Branson (Shepherd of the Hills Expressway continues westward as a separate highway from an intersection nearKirby Van Burch's theater). North of Branson, it intersectsRoute 76 (the Ozark Mountain Highroad). Seven miles north of Branson, it begins a five-mile (8 km)concurrency withU.S. Route 160. At Reeds Spring Junction, the road leaves US 160 and begins a short concurrency (about one mile) withRoute 13.
Route 248 continues west to Reeds Spring, where it joinsRoutes 265 and413. The three roads will be united to Galena. This section of highway is a windy, hilly, two-lane highway making switchbacks through theOzark Mountains. The entire section of highway is marked with no-passing stripes. At Galena is theY-Bridge, placed on theNational Register of Historic Places (closed to vehicles). Just north of the bridge is the western terminus ofRoute 176. Route 248/265/413 turns west, crossingJames River. Route 248 then leaves the concurrency, heading into downtown Galena. The highway then leaves Galena on a northwesterly direction.
AtCrossroads (five miles west of Galena) is an intersection withRoute 173. Twelve miles west of Crossroads, Route 248 intersectsRoute 39 one mile (1.6 km) south ofJenkins. The highway becomes fairly straight, though still hilly as it heads into Cassville. Route 248 ends in downtown Cassville at the concurrency of Routes 76, 86, and 112.
Route 248 was initiallyRoute 148, numbered in the mid-1950s to replaceRoute 80 betweenElsey andBranson when the rest becameUS 160. A late 1950s extension ofRoute 76 replaced all of Route 148 except the portion north ofCape Fair, which becameRoute 173; Route 148 was then reassigned to the nearby formerRoute 44 fromCassville toGalena and part of Route 76 east fromReeds Spring. It has since been extended back east to Branson along formerUS 65.
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Barry | Cassville | 0.000 | 0.000 | Route 76 /Route 86 /Route 112 | |
| Jenkins Township | 14.138 | 22.753 |  Route 39 –Aurora,Shell Knob | ||
| Stone | Lincoln Township | 27.261 | 43.872 |  Route 173 –Elsey,Cape Fair | |
| Galena | 31.768 | 51.126 |    Route 265 north /Route 413 north –Crane | Western end of Route 265 / Route 413 overlap | |
| 32.152 | 51.744 |   Route 176 east toUS 160 | |||
| Reeds Spring | 39.721 | 63.925 |  Route 265 south /Route 413 south | Eastern end of Route 265 / Route 413 overlap | |
| 41.164 | 66.247 | Route 13 south –Branson West | Western end of Route 13 overlap | ||
| 41.960 | 67.528 |  US 160 west /Route 13 north –Spokane,Springfield | Eastern end of Route 13 overlap; western end of US 160 overlap | ||
| Taney | Branson Township | 46.867 | 75.425 | US 160 east –Forsyth | Eastern end of US 160 overlap |
| 49.632 | 79.875 | Route 76 toUS 65 | FormerlyRoute 465 | ||
| Branson | 53.626 | 86.303 |   Shepherd of the Hills Expressway (Red Route west) | Western end of Red Route overlap | |
| 53.885 | 86.720 |   CR 165 south (Gretna Road) | Western end of CR 165 overlap; formerlyRoute 165 | ||
| 55.713– 55.833 | 89.661– 89.855 | US 65 /Route 76 –Harrison,Springfield   US 65 Bus. south / Branson Landing Boulevard (Red Route east) /CR 165 ends | Diverging diamond interchange; eastern end of Red Route and CR 165 overlaps; roadway continues as US 65 Business | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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