Oklahoma State Highway 48

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State Highway 48

Length:

160.5 mi (258.3 km)

South end:

OK-78 N of Durant

North end:

US 64 S of Cleveland

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State Highway 48 (SH-48/OK-48) is a state highway in eastern Oklahoma that runs nearly 161 miles from Bryan County to Pawnee County.^[1] SH-48 has one lettered spur in Johnston County.

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OK-48 begins at SH-78 six miles north of Durant. Running north, it is five miles to the first highway intersection, OK-22, just west of Kenefic. Highway 48 continues on to the north, passing through the community of Folsom, and at Coleman, OK-48A spurs off to the west, towards the town of Milburn.

Seven miles ahead is Wapanucka, and the junction with OK-7. Nine miles past Wapanucka, OK-31 intersects, heading to the east, and in seven more miles Highway 48 reaches the town of Tupelo. Just north of Tupelo, OK-48 intersects OK-3, and then continues for 13 miles to Allen, where it joins OK-1 for a seven-mile duplex to Atwood.

At Atwood, OK-48 splits off to the north, crosses the Canadian River, and soon enters the city of Holdenville, seat of Hughes County. OK-48 meets US 270 Business in Holdenville, then intersects US 270 just north of town. OK-48 intersects with OK-9 in northwestern Hughes County, and then turns to the east the the junction with OK-99A, just west of Bearden.

Highway 48 turns back to the north soon after leaving Bearden, and crosses the North Canadian River just south of the I-40 junction. Two miles after I-40, OK-48 crosses OK-56 five miles west of Okemah, then US 62 five miles after that, just west of Castle.

The 25 miles between US 62 and the OK-16 junction in Bristow is very rural, with no settlements of any size. At Bristow, OK-48 joins OK-16 and OK-66 for a short triplex through town. OK-16 branches off just north of downtown Bristow, and OK 48/OK 66 intersect with I-44/Turner Turnpike at Bristow's northern edge.

Four miles after I-44, OK-66 splits off the the east, and Highway 48 continues north eight miles to OK-33, then another nine miles to OK-51, two miles west of Mannford. OK-48 crosses the Cimarron River and skirts the western edge of Keystone Lake as it travels its final few miles, intersecting with US 412/Cimarron Turnpike just before terminating at US 64, eight miles south of Cleveland.