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State Route 48
State Route 48
Route information
	Maintained by NPS and VDOT
Length	321.2 mi (516.9 km)
Existed	July 1935–present
Location
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Highway system
	Virginia Routes; Interstate; US; Primary; Secondary; Byways; History; HOT lanes;

State Route 48 (SR 48) is the unsigned designation for the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive from the North Carolina state line north to U.S. Route 340 (US 340) near Front Royal.^[2] Most of the road is maintained by the National Park Service, though the portion which is concurrent with SR 43 is maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).

Other Route 48s

The following highways in Virginia have also been known as State Route 48:

State Route 48, 1928 to the mid-1930s, now part of SR 40.
U.S. Route 48, early 2000s to the present, concurrent with the westernmost 14 miles (23 km) of SR 55.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Warren		0.0	0.0	US 340 to I-66 – Skyline Caverns, Luray, Front Royal	Northern terminus
Page	Thornton Gap	31.5	50.7	US 211 – Washington, DC, Luray	Thornton Gap Entrance Station, interchange
Rockingham	Swift Run Gap	65.5	105.4	US 33 – Richmond, Harrisonburg	Swift Run Gap Entrance Station, interchange
Augusta	Rockfish Gap	105.5	169.8	US 250 to I-64 – Charlottesville, Waynesboro	South end of Skyline Drive and north end of Blue Ridge Parkway; One-quadrant interchange; I-64 exit 99; mileposts reset to zero here
Augusta	Reids Gap	13.7	22.0	SR 664 (Beech Grove Road / Reeds Gap Road) – Waynesboro
Nelson		16.0	25.7	SR 814 (Campbells Mountain Road) to SR 56	Unpaved road
		16.1	25.9	SR 814 (Love Road) – Sherando Lake
	Tye River Gap	27.1	43.6	SR 56 – Montebello, Steele's Tavern	One-quadrant interchange
Rockbridge	Humphreys Gap	45.5	73.2	US 60 – Buena Vista, Amherst	One-quadrant interchange
Amherst	Otter Creek	61.3	98.7	SR 130 – Natural Bridge, Lynchburg	One-quadrant interchange
Bedford		63.9	102.8	US 501 – Big Island, Glasgow	One-quadrant interchange
Bedford	Peaks of Otter	85.9	138.2	SR 43 south – Bedford	North end of SR 43 overlap; north end of VDOT maintenance of SR 43 (southern segment)
Botetourt	Powell Gap	89.0	143.2	SR 618 north
	Bearwallow Gap	90.9	146.3	SR 43 north – Buchanan	Two-quadrant interchange; south end of SR 43 overlap; south end of VDOT maintenance of SR 43 (northern segment)
		105.9	170.4	US 460 (US 221) – Bedford, Roanoke	Two-quadrant interchange
Roanoke		112.3	180.7	SR 24 – Stewartsville, Vinton, Roanoke, Booker T. Washington National Monument	Two-quadrant interchange
		115.2	185.4	Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center, Virginia's Explore Park (Roanoke River Parkway)
		120.5	193.9	Mill Mountain Park & Zoo, Historic Roanoke Star, Downtown Roanoke (Mill Mountain Parkway)
		121.4	195.4	US 220 – Rocky Mount, Roanoke	Two-quadrant interchange
	Adney Gap	136.0	218.9	US 221	Connector road
Floyd		159.3	256.4	SR 860 (Shooting Creek Road)	Former SR 109
	Tuggle Gap	165.1	265.7	SR 8 – Floyd, Stuart	One-quadrant interchange
		174.0	280.0	SR 799 (Conner Grove Road)	former SR 102 north
		174.1	280.2	SR 758 (Woodberry Road)	former SR 102 south
		174.2	280.3	SR 758 (Buffalo Mountain Road)
Patrick	Meadows of Dan	177.7	286.0	US 58 (via US 58 Bus.) – Stuart, Hillsville	Parkway and US 58 grade-separated; two-quadrant interchange with US 58 Bus.
Patrick–Carroll county line	Willis Gap	192.1	309.2	SR 771 (Willis Gap Road)
Carroll		199.0	320.3	SR 608 (Lightning Ridge Road)
		199.2	320.6	SR 608 (Ranger Road)
	Fancy Gap	199.4	320.9	US 52 to I-77 – Mt. Airy, Hillsville	Two-quadrant interchange
Grayson	Low Gap	215.7	347.1	SR 89 – Mt. Airy, Galax	One-quadrant interchange
Grayson				Blue Ridge Parkway south	North Carolina state line; southern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

^ "Some Highways to Receive New Route Numbers". The Danville Bee. January 4, 1935. p. 3. Retrieved January 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2016 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2017.