Interstate 248 (I-248) is a beltway loop auxiliary Interstate Highway of Interstate 48 (I-48) encircling around Highway City in the states of Nevada and Utah. It is locally known as Interstate Beltway in Intertropolis, Nevada and U.S. Route Beltway in Routeville, Utah. Altogether in the metro, I-248 is called the Highway City Beltway. It connects the three most important highways to Highway City: I-21, I-23 and I-48, as well as a borderline tollway called Town Separator. It also has interchanges with three U.S. highways to Highway City: US 47, US 86 and US 389. With all these highways in Highway City, I-248 is one of Intertropolis and Routeville's most important and heavily traveled major highways, with I-48 being the most congested in the metropolis of Highway City.
I-248 normally runs in the clockwise direction, starting and ending at the Town Separator in the south part of Highway City. This means that I-248 starts from the Town Separator in southeastern Intertropolis and ends at the Town Separator in southwestern Routeville.
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Highway City[]
Map of Highway City.
Intertropolis, Nevada[]
The I-248 starts at the border at a junction with the Town Separator and heads west. The route starts as a 3 lane Interstate (in each direction) albeit with noise barriers and subjected to the usual 70mph speed limit. After a few kilometers, there is a limited access junction with U.S. Route 47, which can only be accessed by clockwise traffic only. Just a kilometer later, there is another limited access junction with Interstate 21, which can only be accessed by anticlockwise traffic only.
After that junction, the Interstate assumes a northernly direction and soon after this we meet U.S. Route 86 providing access to Intertropolis and California.
Routeville, Utah[]
- Main article: U.S. Route Beltway