Highway Designation File

Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
1.159 2010

STATE HIGHWAY LOOP NO. 48

Minute Order 016671, dated 09/25/1939

Austin Spur - From a point on US 290 near Montopolis Bridge to a connection with 5th St in Austin.  (Travis County)  Approved.



Adm. Order, dated 12/16/1948

From junction US 290 north of Montopolis Bridge westward to east city limits of Austin on E First St and including connection to E Fifth St, a total distance of approximately 0.675 mile.  (Travis County) Revised to include section from north of Montopolis Bridge to E 1st St (old location  US 290).



Minute Order 036569, dated 08/24/1954; Adm. Cir. 036-1954, dated 09/01/1954

Cancelled.  (Travis County)  Removed from Designated Highway System and relinquished to City of Austin.



Minute Order 044538, dated 08/29/1958; Adm. Cir. 008-1959, dated 01/01/1959; Adm. Desig. 001-1959

Canyon Loop - From US 87 near the north city limits of Canyon, eastward and southward to SH 217 approximately 1.0 mile east of US 87. (Randall County)  New Designation.



Minute Order 115523, dated 06/27/2019

In the city of Canyon, SL 48 was removed from the state highway system from US 87 near the Canyon city limit eastward and southeastward to SH 217, a distance of approximately 1.5 miles. Control, jurisdiction, and maintenance were transferred to the City of Canyon. (Randall County) Removal of Designation (Entire Route).