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V'Ger:
Why was this highway removed? In removing it and rerouting 37, they added two new routes, 121 and 116. Wouldn't it have made more sense to keep it's original alignment?

TheStranger:
I think the concept behind this had to do with making 37 a single east-west route to match the physical alignment of the road.  (48 was reused in the 1964 renumbering for a still-unbuilt desert highway from Route 14 north of Lancaster to Route 58 near Edwards AFB, originally incorporating a portion of what has always been Route 138 between Interstate 5 and Route 14.)

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