- Highway 48 (Ontario)
Infobox road
marker_
state=ON
highway_name=Ontario Provincial Highway 48
type=hwy
alternate_name=Markham Road
route=48
maint=Ministry of Transportation
length_km=68.1
established=March 24 ,1937
decommissioned=1998
(FromKingston Road toYork Regional Road 73 )
(From Highway 12 to Highway 35)
direction=North/South
direction_a=North
terminus_a=jct|state=ON|Hwy|12|city1=Beaverton
direction_b=South
terminus_b=jct|state=ON|RR|73|city1=Markham|county1=York|name1=16th Avenue
counties=York
Durham
cities=Markham
Stouffville
East Gwillimbury
Georgina
Brock (Beaverton)
system=Ontario King's Highway
previous_type=Hwy
previous_route=41
next_type=Hwy
next_route=49Highway 48 is a King's highway in
Southern Ontario stretching fromMarkham, Ontario northward to near Beaverton in the township ofBrock, Ontario .Before downloading in 1998, Highway 48 extended from Highway 401 in
Toronto to Highway 35 inCoboconk with a total length of 128 km.History
Highway 48 began as an
unpaved road onMarch 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 the former Highway 46 (nowYork Regional Road 40 ) at Bolsover with a length of 100 km. A bypass was built to Beaverton and the final 28 km was added in 1975.The
Toronto section (from Highway 401 toSteeles Avenue ) is now known asMarkham Road . The York Region section (fromSteeles Avenue toYork Regional Road 73 ) was renamed York Regional Road 68.The Kawartha Lakes section (from Highway 12 to Highway 35) is now known as Portage Road and Durham Regional Highway 48.
Highway 48's concurrent section with Highway 12 prior to 1998 is designated as a Trans-Canada Highway route.
Attractions
* Spring Lakes Golf and Country Club
* Maple of Ballantrae Golf Club
* Ballantrae Golf and Country Club
* Lyndhurst Golf Course
* Pines of Georgina Golf Club
* Gamebridge Lock 41 National Park
* Mitchell Lake
* Balsam Lake Provincial Parkee also
*
List of Ontario provincial highways References
External links
* [http://www.onthighways.com/highway_48.htm Ontario’s Highways]
* [http://members.aol.com/hwys/OntHwys/OntHwys21-69.html Ontario Highways 21–69]
* [http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Hwy48.htm History of King’s Highway 48]
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