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List of highways numbered 48

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ60367218
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The following highways are numbered 48:

Australia

Illawarra Highway

Canada

Alberta Highway 48

Ontario Highway 48

Saskatchewan Highway 48

Czech Republic

D48 motorway (Czech Republic) part of European route E462

I/48; Czech: Silnice I/48

Greece

EO48 road

Hungary

Main road 48 (Hungary)

India

National Highway 48 (India)

Iran

Road 48

Italy

State road 48

Japan

Japan National Route 48

Korea, South

National Route 48

New Zealand

New Zealand State Highway 48

United Kingdom

British A48 (Highnam-Carmarthen)

British M48 (Olveston-Magor)

United States

U.S. Route 48

U.S. Route 48 (1926) (former)

U.S. Route 48 (1965-1991) (former)

Alabama State Route 48

County Route 48 (Lee County, Alabama)

Arkansas Highway 48

California State Route 48

Delaware Route 48

Florida State Road 48

County Road 48 (Citrus County, Florida)

County Road 48 (Sumter County, Florida)

Georgia State Route 48

Idaho State Highway 48

Illinois Route 48

Indiana State Road 48

Iowa Highway 48

Kentucky Route 48

Louisiana Highway 48

Maryland Route 48 (former)

M-48 (Michigan highway)

Minnesota State Highway 48

County Road 48 (Ramsey County, Minnesota)

County Road 48 (St. Louis County, Minnesota)

Mississippi Highway 48

Missouri Route 48

Montana Highway 48

Nebraska Highway 48 (former)

Nebraska Recreation Road 48B

Nevada State Route 48

New Jersey Route 48

County Route 48 (Bergen County, New Jersey)

County Route S48 (Bergen County, New Jersey)

County Route 48 (Monmouth County, New Jersey)

New Mexico State Road 48

New York State Route 48

County Route 48 (Allegany County, New York)

County Route 48 (Broome County, New York)

County Route 48 (Cayuga County, New York)

County Route 48 (Chautauqua County, New York)

County Route 48 (Chemung County, New York)

County Route 48 (Dutchess County, New York)

County Route 48 (Essex County, New York)

County Route 48 (Franklin County, New York)

County Route 48 (Genesee County, New York)

County Route 48 (Orange County, New York)

County Route 48 (Otsego County, New York)

County Route 48 (Putnam County, New York)

County Route 48 (Rensselaer County, New York)

County Route 48 (Schenectady County, New York)

County Route 48 (St.

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