 The entire routing of PA 48 is part of the Orange Belt, both reaching their southern termini at Pennsylvania Route 51, southeast of Elizabeth.Until 1998, the northern terminus of PA 48 was at the intersection of Old Haymaker and Center Roads, about 1/2 mile from its current terminus at U.S. Route 22 Business in Monroeville.PA 48 begins at an intersection with PA 51 in Forward Township, heading northeast on two-lane undivided Scenery Drive.