is a highway in northwestern
Missouri . Its northern terminus is at the
Iowa state line where it continues as
Iowa Highway 148 . Its southern terminus is at
U.S. Highway 71 /
U.S. Highway 136 northeast of
Maryville . It is one of the few highways in Missouri with an even number, but designated as a north-south route (
Route 112 and
Route 108 also are).
In 2002 the highway was realigned for 1.9 miles north of Pickering with a new bridge over the
102 River . The alignment removed two sharp curves, narrow road and a grade in both directions. Two other new bridges were built, one over the 102 River less than one mile north of Hopkins and the other over the Beard Branch one mile south of Hopkins. In 2006 the highway was resurfaced for all but two miles. That two miles on the very south was part of a realignment of the highway in 1993.
On September 14, 1933, 148 (then Highway 27) north of Hopkins, was the scene of a gun fight between the
Missouri Highway Patrol and Harold B. Thornbrugh a Kansas outlaw, who was wanted for the murder of a
Omaha, Nebraska special duty police officer Otto Peterson. Thornbrugh was killed and a trooper wounded.Gunman Wanted in Omaha Police Killing Is Slain - The Lincoln Star - September 15, 1933
