Montana Secondary Highway 548
 Secondary Highway 548 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDT | ||||
| Length | 6.521 mi[1] (10.495 km) | |||
| Existed | 1969[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  S-424 northwest of Kalispell | |||
  US 93 Alt. US 93 | ||||
| East end |  US 2 in Evergreen | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Montana | |||
| Counties | Flathead | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Secondary Highway 548 (S-548), also known as West Reserve Drive and Old Reserve Drive, is a 6.521-mile-long (10.495 km) secondary state highway in Flathead County, Montana connecting S-424 across the northern rural areas of Kalispell to U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) in Evergreen.
Route description
S-548 begins at the junction with S-424 and McMannamy Draw. It proceeds east as Old Reserve Drive across rolling and flat terrain. It reaches Stillwater Road and passes Glacier High School before meeting the new US 93 Alternate and joining it for its last half mile (0.8 km) to US 93. Now under its original name, West Reserve Drive, S-548 proceeds east across the Stillwater River, intersects with Whitefish Stage Road, descends a hill, and crosses the Whitefish River before reaching its terminus at US 2 in Evergreen.
S-548 passes through mostly rural landscape outside the Kalispell city limits, and wildlife crossings should be expected at all times as animals search for food and water.
Prior to the realignment caused by the US 93 Alt. construction, S-548 was known throughout as West Reserve Drive, based on Evergreen's east/west divider at LaSalle Road (today's US 2).
S-548 is a paved two-lane road throughout, except for the four-lane segment where it is overlaid on US 93 Alt. and across US 93 east to Hutton Ranch Road. In the state road log, S-548 is a combined urban and secondary route. Corridor C000548 comprises S-548 and U-6737 (West Reserve Drive/Old Reserve Drive/Reserve Place).[1]
East Reserve Drive
Past US 2, East Reserve Drive (urban route U-6708) extends another 1.001 miles (1.611 km) to Helena Flats Road (U-6712) before coming totally under county construction funding and maintenance. East Reserve and Helena Flats provide a de facto rural bypass from north Evergreen, connecting the terminus of S-548 east and south to Montana Highway 35 (MT 35).[2]
Major intersections
The entire highway is in Flathead County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | 0.000 | 0.000 | S-424 | Western terminus of S-548; roadway continues west as McMannamy Draw | |
| | 3.000 | 4.828 | Stillwater Road | Roundabout; the first modern roundabout in Flathead County[3] | |
| | 3.436 | 5.530 | Reserve Place | S-548 original route before rebuild of US 93/S-548/US 93 Alt. intersection | |
| | 3.500 | 5.633 | US 93 Alt. | Southern end of US 93 Alt. overlap; approximate milepoint | |
| | 4.017 | 6.465 | US 93 – Kalispell, Whitefish | Northern terminus of US 93 Alt. and overlap | |
| | 4.207 | 6.771 | Hutton Ranch Road | ||
| | 5.026 | 8.089 | Whitefish Stage Road | S-292 corridor north to MT 40 | |
| Evergreen | 6.521 | 10.495 | US 2 | Eastern terminus of S-548; roadway continues east as East Reserve Drive | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b c d Staff (2013). "Montana Road Log" (PDF). Montana Department of Transportation. pp. 360, 523–524. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ^ Staff (2013). "Montana Road Log" (PDF). Montana Department of Transportation. pp. 510–511. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ^ Staff. "Kalispell Bypass". Montana Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 8, 2015.