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TX 288:
Summary:
| Segment |
Type of Highway |
| US 59 in Houston to FM 518 in Pearland |
Freeway |
| FM 518 in Pearland to TX 332 in Lake Jackson |
4-lane Expressway |
| TX 332 in Lake Jackson to TX 36 in Freeport |
4-lane Boulevard |
| TX 36 to FM 1495 in Freeport |
2-lane Highway |
Detailed Description:
TX 288 connects Houston with the Brazosport
industrial area, which includes towns such as
Freeport, Clute, and Lake Jackson. This area
includes oil production areas, the largest
commercial shrimp fleet on the Gulf Coast, and
factories making chemicals and also goods such as
pacemakers. As a demonstration of the importance of
this area, the Port of Freeport is designated a
Foreign Trade Zone. In addition, it serves beach
areas such as Quintana.
TX 288 starts in
downtown Houston as a depressed freeway and soon returns to ground level as a
freeway with frontage roads and a very wide median. After passing Farm-Market
Route 518, TX 288 becomes a rural expressway. The expressway is very straight
and flat, and passes through ranchlands for most of its journey. However,
residential development is constantly pushing southward in the Pearland and
Manvel area. For more information on Houston’s freeway system, see Erik Slotbloom’s excellent book called
Houston Freeways.
Junction Log:
Coming in the Future.
Pictures:
(courtesy of Eric
Smith - click here)
Related Links:
Sources:
Texas pages by Eric Smith.
Marty Blaise told me
about this expressway.
Last Updated: 2/6/06
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