The road begins at a single-point urban interchange on Bangerter Highway at exit 13 and heads east on 7800 South.

An overlap with SR-68 in West Jordan was added in 2000, rerouting SR-48 to turn north at SR-68 and then east on 7000 South to the former alignment at Main Street in Midvale.

[5] In 2012, the construction of the Mountain View Corridor in West Jordan made the New Bingham Highway discontinuous.

As a result, SR-48 was slightly realigned to follow 9000 South and 5600 West to connect segments of the New Bingham Highway.

[5] The portion of SR-48 between the Mountain View Corridor and Bangerter Highway was transferred to the city of West Jordan, splitting SR-48 into two segments.