Highway 48 (Ontario)

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The portion of Highway 48 between York Regional Road 73 and Steeles Avenue could be referred to as York Regional Road 68. Click here if you meant to search for this portion of the road.

Highway 48 is a highway in Southern Ontario that extends from its junction with Highway 7 to Highway 12/Durham Regional Road 48 in Beaverton.

Before downloading in 1998, Highway 48 extended from Highway 401 in Toronto to Highway 35 in Coboconk with total length of 128 km.

1 History
2 Today
3 See also
4 Attractions
5 External links

[edit] History

Highway 48 began as an unpaved road in March 24, 1937 at 9.6 km and was paved in 1947. In 1954 it was extended to 82 km to connect to Port Bolster by the Department of Highways (with gravel sections). In 1962, it was extended to Hwy 46 at Bolsover with length of 100km A bypass was built to Beaverton and the last 28 km added in 1975.

[edit] Today

The Toronto section (from Highway 401 to Steeles Avenue) is now known as Markham Road and York Region section (from Steeles Avenue to Highway 7) was renamed York Regional Road 68.