Texas State Highway 188

State Highway 188
State Highway 188
	SH 188, highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	41.327 mi (66.509 km) Excludes length of US 181 overlap in Sinton
Existed	1993–present
Major junctions
West end	I-37 south of Mathis
	US 77 in Sinton; US 181 in Sinton; SH 35 northeast of Aransas Pass;
East end	; Bus. SH 35 northeast of Aransas Pass
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Highway system
	Highways in Texas; Interstate; US; State; Toll; Loops; Spurs; FM/RM; Park; Rec;

State Highway 188 (SH 188) is a state highway in the Coastal Bend region of Texas. It runs 41.327 miles (66.509 km) from Mathis east to Aransas Bay between Rockport and Port Aransas. SH 188 was established in its current form in 1992, after a previous incarnation existed from 1932 to 1942.

History

Previous route

SH 188 was previously designated on November 30, 1932, as a connector route between then-SH 5 and Roxton.^[2] This route was canceled on April 29, 1942, and was replaced by FM 38.

Current route

SH 188 was designated on December 22, 1992, replacing part of FM 881 and part of FM 1069, of which SH 188 was concurrent with. On June 29, 1993, SH 188 was extended 1.8 miles (2.9 km) over another part of FM 1069, canceling the section of FM 1069 east of the junction with SH 188, transferring it to SH 188, and the remainder of FM 881 was redesignated as part of FM 1069.^[1]

Major intersections

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
San Patricio		I-37	I-37 exit 31; western terminus.
		FM 796
		FM 630
	Sinton	US 77 / Future I-69E
		US 181 north / Bus. US 77 south	West end of US 181 & Bus. US 77 overlaps
		Bus. US 77	East end of Bus. US 77 overlap
		FM 2046
		US 181 south / SH 89	East end of US 181 overlap
		FM 631
		FM 136
Aransas		FM 1069
		SH 35
		Bus. SH 35	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

^ ^a ^b Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 188". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. November 28, 1932. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

External links

Media related to Texas State Highway 188 at Wikimedia Commons

[SH_188-1] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 188". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 30, 2016.

[2] "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. November 28, 1932. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

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