End of historic US highway 48 [ii] |
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Note: not to be confused with the original US 48 [i] (which served California during the 1920s and '30s), or the current US 48 (serving Virginia and West Virginia). Maryland and West Virginia secured permission for a new US route a few years before the highway was actually built. Below is an agenda item from AASHO's October 1969 meeting...
That was westbound on US 40, which formerly exited there, and US 48 began straight ahead. In 1986, AASHTO approved an eastward extension of the US 48 designation:
By Feb. 2007, that tipping truck sign was a bit wider, and it was topped with flashing lights. In June 1989, AASHTO agreed to decommission the US 48 designation, replacing it with the I-68 designation, although it may have been 1991 by the time signage along the highway was actually changed:
Research and/or photo credits: Andy Field; Dan Moraseski; Alex Nitzman; Tim Reichard; Dale Sanderson
Page originally created 2003;
last updated Jan. 25, 2020.
last updated Jan. 25, 2020.