U.S. Route 48
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| U.S. Route 48 |
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| Corridor H | |||||||||
| Length: | 148 mi[citation needed] (238 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 2002 | ||||||||
| West end: |  I-79 at Weston, WV |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 119 at Buckhannon, WV US 250 at Harding, WV US 33 near Elkins, WV US 219 at Davis, WV US 220 at Moorefield, WV |
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| East end: |   I-81 and SR 55 at Strasburg, VA |
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U.S. Route 48 or Corridor H is part of the Appalachian Development Highway System. It is an east-west United States highway that runs 148 mi (238 km) from northern Virginia to central West Virginia. Its US 48 designation was commissioned in 2002. Before 2002, sections east of Moorefield, West Virginia, were known as West Virginia Route 55 and Virginia's State Route 55 to Interstate 81 and sections north of Elkins, West Virginia, as US 219. At the present time, West Virginia has not signed US 48 within its borders. Interestingly, US 48 is one of the few US route numbers to be used three times for three separate roadways. US 48 originally started out in Northern California in the 1920s, before being replaced by US 50, then US 48 was the old name of Interstate 68, before it reached interstate highway status, and now, for the third use of the route number, it is the future route designation of Corridor H. Another interesting fact is that the US 48/US 219 concurrently running highway designation will also have been used twice when the section of US 48/US 219 is completed from Parsons to Elkins, WV. It was first used on the segment of US 48/US 219 from Grantsville to Keyser's Ridge, MD. This designation for Corridor H also goes against the common practice of putting E-W US highway route numbers in ascending order as you move south through the country. The last use of US 48 was between US 40 to the north and US 50 to the south, whereas the upcoming use will be between US 50 to the north and US 60 to the south.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] West Virginia
The US 48 designation has not yet been applied in West Virginia due to major segments of highway either under construction or under planning. The designation will follow Corridor H from Interstate 79 in Weston eastward to Virginia.
US 48 will intersect the following highways:
- Interstate 79 at Weston.
- US 119 North at Buckhannon.
- US 250 at Harding.
- U.S. Highway 219 at Kerens.
When Corridor H is complete, US 48 will pass by Moorefield, Elkins, and Buckhannon.
[edit] Virginia
US 48 is sparsely signed along current State Route 55. It intersects and ends at Interstate 81 northwest of Strasburg.
[edit] History
The Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 was passed as part of an effort to stimulate economic growth in Appalachian rural areas. The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) was created by the act, which also authorized the ARC to create the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS). The Appalachian region, as defined by the act, stretches from Mississippi to New York. Congress defined it to "provide a highway system which, in conjunction with the Interstate System and other Federal-aid highways in the Appalachian region, will open up an area or areas where commerce and communication have been inhibited by lack of adequate access". 23 transportation corridors were to be developed as part of the ADHS, and Corridor H was designated in 1965.
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