Missouri Route 248

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Route 248 Length: 55 mi (88 km) Established: Decommissioned: Present Direction: East-West From: Branson To: Cassville Cities on route: Branson Reeds Spring Junction Reeds Spring Crossroads Galena Cassville

Route 248 is a highway in southwest Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at U.S. Highway 65 in Branson. Its western terminus is at Route 76/Route 86/Route 112 (all multiplexed) in Cassville.

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Missouri 248 begins at an interchange with U.S. Route 65 at the northern terminus of Business US 65. The highway proceeds west through northern Branson as the Shepherd of the Hills Expressway, a four-lane boulevard. It eventually turns north as a two-lane highway and leaves Branson. North of Branson, it intersects Route 465. Seven miles north of Branson, it begins a five mile concurrency with U.S. Route 160. At Reeds Spring Junction, the road leaves US 160 and begins a short concurrency (about one mile) with Route 13.

Missouri 248 continues west to Reeds Spring, where it joins Missouri State Highways 265 and 413. The three roads will be united to Galena. This section of highway is a windy, hilly, two-lane highway making switchbacks through the Ozark Mountains. The entire section of highway is marked with no-passing stripes. At Galena is the Y-Bridge, placed on the National Register of Historic Places (closed to vehicles). Just north of the bridge is the western terminus of Route 176. Missouri 248/265/413 turns west, crossing James River. Missouri 248 then leaves the concurrency, heading into downtown Galena. The highway then leaves Galena on a northwesterly direction.

At Crossroads (five miles west of Galena) is an intersection with Route 173. Twelve miles west of Crossroads, Missouri 248 intersects Route 39 one miles south of Jenkins. The highway becomes fairly straight, though still hilly as it heads into Cassville. Missouri 248 ends in downtown Cassville at the concurrency of Missouri State Highways 76, 86, and 112.