Florida State Road 48

State Road 48
State Road 48
Route information
	Maintained by FDOT
Length	2.167 mi (3.487 km)
Major junctions
West end	I-75 near Bushnell
East end	US 301 in Bushnell
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Highway system
	Florida State Highway System; Interstate; US; State Former; Pre‑1945; ; Toll; Scenic;

State Road 48 (SR 48) is a short east–west state highway in Bushnell, Florida. It runs from Interstate 75 (I-75) at exit 314 to U.S. Highway 301 (US 301). Segments formerly a part of the state road are now designated County Road 48 (CR 48) where they are under county maintenance.

History

Previously, SR 48 was much longer than it is today. It originally ran from US 41 in Floral City, in Citrus County. Within Floral City itself, it is called East Orange Avenue, while east of the city it is known as East Bushnell Road. After crossing the Withlacoochee River it wound through western Sumter County along part of the DeSoto Trail before reaching Bushnell.

In the early 21st century, FDOT widened SR 48 to four lanes between east of CR 317 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, and road remains two lanes wide both under I-75 and into downtown Bushnell until in intersects CR 475 and CR 548. From there it turns south as a four-lane boulevard before intersecting with US 301.

Returning to its county road status, the former SR 48 runs concurrently with US 301 along East Noble Road, then with CR 476 along North Florida Street and South Florida Street, until it reaches East Seminole Avenue, and turns east before leaving Bushnell's city limits, and heads through the rest of rural Sumter County. North of the city of Webster it intersects with SR 471 as it heads towards Center Hill.

Northeast of Center Hill, SR 48 crossed the Sumter–Lake county line and was named Leesburg Highway. In Okahumpka, the road runs concurrently with CR 33, then turned at 1st Street, taking the designation from CR 470 on its way to SR 19 in Howey-in-the-Hills. Former sections are now designated CR 48 in Citrus, Sumter and Lake counties.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]^[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Citrus	Floral City	0.000	0.000	US 41 (South Florida Avenue / SR 45) – Tampa, Inverness
		1.7^[3]	2.7	CR 39 south (South Istachatta Road)
		2.1^[3]	3.4	To CR 39A
Withlacoochee River		4.0	6.4	Bridge
Sumter		4.6^[3]	7.4	CR 575 south
		12.116	19.499	west end of state maintenance
		12.17	19.59	I-75 (SR 93) – Ocala, Lake City, Tampa	I-75 exit 314
	Bushnell	14.030	22.579	CR 475 north (Main Street) – Lake Panasoffkee	west end of SR 475 overlap
		14.283	22.986	US 301 north (East Noble Avenue / 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	US 301 north (SR 35) / 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); west end of CR 476 overlap
		15.1^[3]	24.3	CR 476A north (East Seminole Avenue)	east end of CR 476 overlap
	Bevilles Corner	18.7^[3]	30.1	SR 471 – Sumterville, Webster, Sumter County Fair Grounds
	Center Hill	22.2^[3]	35.7	CR 478 west (Virginia Avenue)
	Center Hill	22.5^[3]	36.2	CR 469 south
Lake	Leesburg	31.2^[3]	50.2	CR 33 south – Mascotte	west end of CR 33 overlap
	Okahumpka	31.7^[3]	51.0	CR 33 north / CR 470 west to Florida's Turnpike – Leesburg, Sumterville	east end of CR 33 overlap
	Leesburg	32.8^[3]	52.8	US 27 (SR 25) to Florida's Turnpike south
	Howey-in-the-Hills	39.8^[3]	64.1	SR 19 – Tavares
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Route transition