Texas State Highway Loop 288

State Highway Loop 288
Loop 288 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	10.11 mi [1]  (16.27 km)
Existed	1955–present
Major junctions
West end	I-35 northwest of Denton [2]
Major intersections	US 77 [2] US 377  / US 380 [3]
South end	I-35E  / US 77 southeast of Denton [4]
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Former Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec
← Loop 287 → Loop 289

State Highway Loop 288 is a state highway in the city of Denton, Texas. The southern portion of the loop has shopping centers, restaurants, and interchanges, while at the north side of the loop, it is rural and turns into a highway, with side streets, and one traffic light for Kings Row. It was constructed in 1955, and was finished in the 1970s. On the north side of town, the loop runs next to the C. H. Collins Athletic Complex. The road begins at an interchange with Interstate 35 (I-35) on the northwestern corner of Denton and loops around the north, east and southeast sides of the city before ending at another intersection with I-35E adjacent to Denton's shopping mall. Loop 288 is signed as a truck route for traffic traveling east on US Highway 380 (US 380) towards McKinney.

History

Loop 288 was designated on September 21, 1955, from US 77 north to US 380 (then State Highway 24, SH 24). Iit was designated to only bypass downtown. It was extended westward to I-35W and northward and westward to I-35 on June 9, 1966. On October 21, 1977, the section from I-35E to I-35W was canceled.

On May 29, 1991, another section of Loop 288 was proposed from Farm to Market Road 2181 (FM 2181) to another point on Loop 288. The south portion of the route, will become Spur 288 when the new route of Loop 288 is built. The proposed route would follow new construction from Spencer Road to Colorado Boulevard, Mayhill Road from Colorado Boulevard to I-35 and FM 2499, part of FM 2499 from I-35 to just south of Robinson Road, and new construction (right-of-way had already been acquired for this section) from just south of Robinson Road to FM 2181. ^[5]

Junction list

The entire route is in Denton, Denton County. All exits are unnumbered.

mi	km	Destinations	Notes
0.0	0.0	Lillian Miller Parkway to FM 2181	Continuation south beyond I-35E
		I-35E (US 77)	Southern terminus; I-35E exit 463
2.3	3.7	FM 426 (McKinney Street)
3.7	6.0	US 380  / US 377  / US 380 Truck east – Denton, McKinney	Southern end of freeway; south end of US 380 Truck overlap
6.0	9.7	FM 428 (Sherman Drive)
7.3	11.7	FM 2164 (Locust Street)
9.2	14.8	US 77  – Denton
10.1	16.3	I-35  / US 380 Truck west	Western terminus; west end of US 380 Truck overlap; I-35 northbound exit 470, southbound exit 471
		US 380 (University Drive)	Proposed interchanges
		FM 2449
		I-35W	Proposed; future southern terminus; I-35W exit 83
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi        Concurrency terminus       Proposed

References

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1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 288". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation . Retrieved June 18, 2010.
2. "Texas State Highway Loop 288" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved July 9, 2010.
3. "Texas State Highway Loop 288" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
4. "Texas State Highway Loop 288" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
5. "Minute Order 91657" (PDF). Texas Department of Transportation. May 29, 1991.