Florida State Road 48

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Floral City
East end	SR 19 in Howey-in-the-Hills
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Counties	Citrus, Sumter, Lake
Highway system
Florida State Highway System Interstate US State Former Pre‑1945 Toll Scenic
← SR 47 → SR 49

State Road 48 (SR 48) was an east–west

Route description

SR 48 ran from

and the Wahoo First Baptist Church.

East of CR 316A, the road becomes a four-lane undivided highway in Bushnell until it approaches Interstate 75, where it becomes a four-lane divided highway. The split section ends east of the vicinity of the Walmart Supercenter. The widened segment continues into downtown Bushnell until it intersects CR 475 and CR 548. From there, it turns south, overlapping CR 475 as a four-lane boulevard before intersecting with US 301.

The former SR 48 runs concurrently with southbound US 301 and westbound CR 476 along North Main Street, which becomes South Main Street at the intersection with West and East Central Avenues. The overlap ends at West Seminole Avenue, where CR 476 turns west towards

.

History

The route includes former segments of Florida State Roads 2, 22, 23, 210, 212, and 214, designated SR 48 as part of the 1945 great renumbering.

Sometime during the late 20th Century, FDOT began turning maintenance of SR 48 over to Citrus, Sumter, and Polk Counties. By that time, the only segment that was state-maintained was from Interstate 75 and U.S. Route 301.

The route used to include North West Street and West Noble Avenue in Bushnell until sometime in the early-1990s.

, through the transition to South Florida Avenue at the intersection with East Central Avenue until the intersection with West Seminole Avenue. From there, the route ran along where the current Sumter and Lake County Roads 48 exist today.

In the early 21st century, FDOT widened SR 48 to four lanes between east of CR 316A and Interstate 75 and made other improvements in front of a Walmart Supercenter. The widening did not lead to a re-extension of the state designation, though. The rest of the route was widened to four lanes in the mid-2010's.

As part of the widening project of Interstate 75 through Pasco, Hernando, and Sumter Counties during the 2010s,

to a state road. The route was finally eliminated in November 2016.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1][5]	km	Destinations	Notes
SR 45) – Tampa, Inverness
	​	1.7 CR 39 south (South Istachatta Road)
	​	2.1 CR 39A  / East Trails End Road
Withlacoochee River		4.0	6.4	Bridge
CR 575 south
	​	12.116	19.499	west end of state maintenance until November 2016
	​	12.17	19.59	SR 93) – Ocala, Lake City, Tampa	I-75 exit 314
	CR 475 north (Main Street) – Lake Panasoffkee	west end of SR 475 overlap
		14.283	22.986	SR 35) – Coleman, Ocala	east end of SR 475 overlap; west end of US 301 / SR 35 overlap; east end of SR 48 (becomes CR 48)
		14.816	23.844	CR 476 west (Seminole Avenue) – Dade City, Nobleton, Dade Battlefield Historic State Park	east end of US 301 / SR 35 overlap (and of state maintenance); the west end of CR 476 overlap
		15.1 CR 476A north (East Seminole Avenue)	east end of CR 476 overlap
	Bevilles Corner	18.7[6]	30.1	SR 471 – Sumterville, Webster, Sumter County Fair Grounds
	CR 478 west (Virginia Avenue)
		22.5 CR 469 south
CR 33 south – Mascotte	west end of CR 33 overlap
	CR 470 west to Florida's Turnpike – Leesburg, Sumterville	east end of CR 33 overlap
	SR 25) to Florida's Turnpike south
	Howey-in-the-Hills	39.8[6]	64.1	SR 19 – Tavares
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Route transition

References

External links

• Routes 40 - 49 at Florida's Great Renumbering
• Florida Route Log (SR 48)