Texas State Highway 188

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.

State Highway 188
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length41.327 mi[1] (66.509 km)
Excludes length of US 181 overlap in Sinton
Existed1993–present
Major junctions
West end I-37 south of Mathis
 
East end
Bus. SH 35 northeast of Aransas Pass
Highway system
← SH 187→ SH 189

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
CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
San Patricio​ I-37I‑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 89East 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

References
  1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 188". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  2. (PDF) https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673821.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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