Texas State Highway Loop 288

{{Infobox road

|state=TX

|type=Loop

|route=288

|map={{maplink-road|from=Texas State Highway Loop 288.map}}

|map_custom=yes

|map_notes=Loop 288 highlighted in red

|length_mi=10.11

|length_ref={{TxDOT|SL|288|access-date=June 18, 2010}}

|established=1955

|direction_a=West

|direction_b=South

|terminus_a={{Jct|state=TX|I|35}} northwest of Denton{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Denton,+TX&sll=37.612396,-97.311745&sspn=0.042835,0.111494&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Denton,+Texas&ll=33.257673,-97.167678&spn=0.022608,0.055747&z=15 |access-date = July 9, 2010 }}

|junction=

{{Jct|state=TX|US|77}}
{{Jct|state=TX|US|377|US|380}}{{google maps |link = no |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Denton,+TX&sll=37.612396,-97.311745&sspn=0.042835,0.111494&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Denton,+Texas&ll=33.233662,-97.089958&spn=0.022615,0.055747&z=15 |access-date = July 9, 2010 }}

|terminus_b={{Jct|state=TX|I|35E|US|77}} southeast of Denton{{google maps |link = no |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Denton,+TX&sll=37.612396,-97.311745&sspn=0.042835,0.111494&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Denton,+Texas&ll=33.187128,-97.103133&spn=0.022627,0.055747&z=15 |access-date = July 9, 2010 }}

|previous_type=Loop

|previous_route=287

|next_type=Loop

|next_route=289

}}

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 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). It 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.{{cite web |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003685212.pdf|title=Minute Order 91657|publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |date=May 29, 1991}}

Future

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) proposed a plan to expand the western end of the loop. The construction of the new route of Loop 288, will begin from I-35, to the western portion of Denton, to I-35W.{{cite web |title = Public Meeting: State Loop 288 from I-35W South of Denton to I-35 North of Denton |publisher = Texas Department of Transportation |date = February 22, 2019 |url = https://www.txdot.gov/projects/hearings-meetings/dallas/archive/032819.html |access-date = March 11, 2025 }}

Junction list

{{TXint

|mile=0.0

|mspan=2

|road={{jct|state=TX|road|Lillian Miller Parkway|to2=to|FM|2181}}

|notes=Continuation south beyond I-35E

}}

{{TXint

|mile=none

|road={{jct|state=TX|I|35E|name1={{jct|state=TX|US|77|noshield=yes}} }}

|notes=Southern terminus; I-35E exit 463

}}

{{TXint

|mile=2.3

|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|426|name1=McKinney Street}}

}}

{{TXint

|type=concur

|mile=3.7

|road={{jct|state=TX|US|380|US|377|US-Truck|380|dir3=east|dab3=Denton|noshield3=yes|city1=Denton|city2=McKinney}}

|notes=Southern end of US 380 Truck concurrency; south end of freeway

}}

{{TXint

|mile=6.0

|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|428|name1=Sherman Drive}}

}}

{{TXint

|mile=7.3

|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2164|name1=Locust Street}}

}}

{{TXint

|mile=9.2

|road={{jct|state=TX|US|77|city1=Denton}}

}}

{{TXint

|type=concur

|mile=10.1

|road={{jct|state=TX|I|35|US-Truck|380|dir2=west|dab2=Denton}}

|notes=Western end of US 380 Truck concurrency; western terminus; I-35 northbound exit 470, southbound exit 471

}}

References

External links

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Category:Transportation in Denton County, Texas