Missouri Route 148

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Route 148
Maintained by MoDOT
Length:	14 mi (23 km)
North end:	Iowa Highway 148 at Iowa border
South end:	U.S. Route 71 north of Maryville
Major cities:	Hopkins Pickering
Missouri Highways < Route 147 Route 149 > Supplemental

Route 148 is a highway in northwestern Missouri. Its northern terminus is at the Iowa state line where it continues as Iowa Highway 148. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 71/U.S. Route 136 northeast of Maryville. It is one of the few highways in Missouri with an even number, but designated as a north-south route (Route 112 and Route 108 also are).

In 2002 the highway was realigned for 1.9 miles north of Pickering with a new bridge over the 102 River. The alignment removed two sharp curves, narrow road and a grade in both directions. Two other new bridges were built, one over the 102 River less than one mile north of Hopkins and the other over the Beard Branch one mile south of Hopkins. In 2006 the highway was resurfaced for all but two miles. That two miles on the very south was part of a realignment of the highway in 1993.

Route 148 was initially Route 27, established in 1922 between Savannah and Iowa. The part south of Mayville became part of US 71 in 1926, but the rest remained until it was renumbered to match Iowa Highway 148 in 1969.

On September 14, 1933, Route 148 (then Route 27) north of Hopkins was the scene of a gun fight between the Missouri Highway Patrol and Harold B. Thornbrugh, a Kansas outlaw who was wanted for the murder of Omaha, Nebraska special duty police officer Otto Peterson. Thornbrugh was killed and a trooper wounded.^[1]

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