Arizona State Route 288
{{Short description|State highway in Arizona, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=AZ
|type=SR
|route=288
|alternate_name=Desert to Tall Pines Scenic Road
|maint=ADOT
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Arizona State Route 288}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|length_mi=52.56
|length_round=2
|established=1960
|tourist=File:Arizona Scenic Road Marker.svg Desert Tall Pines Scenic Road{{cite web |author = Arizona Department of Transportation |year = 2014 |url = https://www.azdot.gov/docs/default-source/scenic-routes/general_information_list_of_scenic_roads.pdf |title = Arizona Parkways, Historic and Scenic Roads |location = Phoenix |publisher = Arizona Department of Transportation |access-date = September 11, 2018 |archive-date = September 11, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180911225513/https://www.azdot.gov/docs/default-source/scenic-routes/general_information_list_of_scenic_roads.pdf |url-status = dead }}
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=AZ|SR|188}} near Theodore Roosevelt Lake
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b=Chamberlain Trail in Young
|previous_type=AZ
|previous_route=287
|next_type=AZ
|next_route=289
}}
State Route 288 heads north from State Route 188 near Roosevelt Lake. SR 288 ends at Young south of State Route 260. Currently, most of SR 288 is unpaved.
Route description
The southern terminus of SR 288 is located on SR 188 southeast of Theodore Roosevelt Lake. The highway heads north from this intersection through mountainous terrain as it heads towards Young. It passes through the community of Rock House. Portions of the highway are not paved and it does not intersect any other state highways other than SR 188 at its southern terminus. The northern terminus is located at an intersection with Chamberlain Trail in Young. The roadway continues on as a National Forest road.{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=2971828153589303288,33.565600,-110.946430%3B14873315724774968281,33.768757,-110.971312%3B3297028903158207189,34.048549,-110.971299%3B4119073677033179398,34.150330,-110.916590&saddr=AZ-288+%4033.565600,+-110.946430&daddr=AZ-288+%4033.768757,+-110.971312+to:AZ-288+%4034.048549,+-110.971299+to:AZ-288+%4034.150330,+-110.916590&via=1,2&doflg=ptm&jsv=107&sll=33.857965,-110.95087&sspn=0.726434,0.75531&ie=UTF8&z=10 |title=overview map of SR 288 |accessdate=2008-04-15}}
History
Image:Salt-river-bridge-az-state-route-288.jpg near the head of Theodore Roosevelt Lake was completed in 1920.[http://www.azdot.gov/highways/EPG/EPG_common/PDF/Cultural/Historic_Bridge_Inventory/Long_Inventory_Forms_Gila_1.pdf Inventory form] Arizona Department of Transportation {{dead link|date=August 2023}}
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The route was established in 1959 as a state route.{{cite web|url=http://www.azhighwaydata.com/resolutions/?syear=1959&eyear=1959&crc=3&rtnum=288&submit1=Submit|title=Right-of-Way Resolution 1959--078|date=1959|publisher=Arizona Department of Transportation|accessdate=May 15, 2011}} The highway received scenic road designation in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.azhighwaydata.com/resolutions/pdf/resolutionfull/2001-07-C-052.pdf|title=Right-of-Way Resolution 2001-07-C-052|date=July 13, 2001|publisher=Arizona Department of Transportation|accessdate=May 15, 2011}}
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Junction list
{{Jcttop|state=AZ|county=Gila|length_ref=}}
{{AZint
|location=none
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=AZ|SR|188|name1=Apache Trail|city1=Roosevelt|city2=Globe}}
|notes=Southern terminus; former {{jct|state=AZ|SR|88|noshield=yes}}
}}
{{AZint
|location=Young
|mile=52.56
|road=Chamberlain Trail
|notes=Northern terminus; Desert to Tall Pines Scenic Road continues as Forest Service Road 512 (Young Road)}}
{{Jctbtm}}
References
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