 State Route 48 | ||||
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| Maintained byUDOT | ||||
| Length | 4.562 mi[1] (7.342 km) | |||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SR-154 inWest Jordan | |||
| Major intersections |  SR-68 in West Jordan I-15 inMidvale | |||
| East end |  US 89 in Midvale | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Utah | |||
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State Route 48 (SR-48) is a highway completely withinSalt Lake County in northernUtah that connectsBangerter Highway withI-15 andUS-89. The route is laid on portions of 7800 South, Redwood Road, and 7200 South. When the route was formed in 1927, it passed through the center ofMidvale on Center Street. However, it was moved north onto 7200 South in 1965 to serve an exit of I-15.
The road begins at asingle-point urban interchange onBangerter Highway at exit 13 and heads east on 7800 South. After approximately 2 miles, the route turns north onto a concurrency withSR-68 for eight blocks before turning east onto 7000 South. The route turns southeast, crosses theJordan River and entersMidvale. The road turns into 7200 South and straightens out to the east. Asingle-point urban interchange occurs withI-15 at exit 297. The highway continues east three blocks before terminating atUS-89.[2]
The entire route is included as part of theNational Highway System.[3]
The state legislature added SR-48 to the state highway system in 1927, connectingBingham withSR-1 (US-91, nowUS-89) atMidvale Junction.[4] In order to serve the plannedI-15 interchange at 7200 South, SR-48 was moved in 1965 to turn north off Center Street onto Holden and Main Streets inMidvale and then east on 7200 South to US-89. As the city of Bingham de-annexed land, a short extension was made at the west end to the new city limits in 1968, but this and more was abandoned in 1973 to allow theKennecott Copper Corporation to relocate its guard station. Anoverlap withSR-68 inWest Jordan was added in 2000, rerouting SR-48 to turn north at SR-68 and then east on 7000 South to the former alignment at Main Street in Midvale.[5]
In 2012, the construction of theMountain View Corridor inWest Jordan made the New Bingham Highway discontinuous. As a result, SR-48 was slightly realigned to follow 9000 South and 5600 West to connect segments of the New Bingham Highway.[5]
The portion of SR-48 between the Mountain View Corridor and Bangerter Highway was transferred to the city of West Jordan, splitting SR-48 into two segments. The segment of SR-48 west of the Mountain View Corridor was renumbered as an extension ofSR-209. This moved the western terminus of SR-48 to Bangerter Highway.[5]
The entire route is inSalt Lake County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| West Jordan | 0.000– 0.053 | 0.000– 0.085 | SR-154 (Bangerter Highway) | Western terminus;single-point urban interchange | |
| 2.003 | 3.224 | SR-68 (Redwood Road) | South end of SR-68 overlap | ||
| 2.004 | 3.225 | 7000 South | North end of SR-68 overlap | ||
| Midvale | 3.814– 3.917 | 6.138– 6.304 | I-15 –Provo,Salt Lake City | ||
| 4.562 | 7.342 | US 89 (State Street) | Eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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48. From Midvale Junction to Bingham.
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