Farm to Market Road 2448 (
FM 2448) is located in southwestern
Reeves County. It connects
I-10 east of
Balmorhea northward to
SH 17 northeast of
Saragosa. FM 2448 begins at exit 212 along I-10 east of Balmorhea. The two-lane road proceeds to the north across gentle terrain in a straight path for turning only to intersect SH 17 at its northern terminus northeast of Saragosa. The road has no junctions with any other state roads or highways between its endpoints, although Reeves County Road 306, which intersects FM 2448 about north of I-10, becomes
FM 1215 to the west. The road provides a more direct connection between points northward on SH 17 with points eastward on I-10 than SH 17 through Saragosa that intersects I-10 to the west. The current FM 2448 was designated on January 29, 1959.
FM 2448 (1956) FM 2448 was designated on November 21, 1956, as a route in Collin County from the former route of
FM 544 northward to
Bethany. The road was extended north to
SH 121 on September 27, 1957. That route was added as an extension to
FM 2478 on November 28, 1958, and that portion of FM 2478 was removed from the state highway system and given to the city of
Plano for maintenance on October 28, 1987. ==FM 2449==