Highway Designation File

Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
10.113 2010

STATE HIGHWAY LOOP NO. 288

Minute Order 038827, dated 09/21/1955; Adm. Cir. 041-1955, dated 10/15/1955

Denton Loop - From US 77 southeast of Denton, northward to SH 24 northeast of Denton, a distance of approximately 3.4 miles.  (Denton County)  New Designation.



Minute Order 057822, dated 06/09/1966; Adm. Cir. 059-1966, dated 07/01/1966

From IH 35W southwest of Denton, eastward, northward, and westward to IH 35.  (Denton County)  Extended westward approx. 4.2 miles from US 77 to IH 35W; extended northward and westward approx. 6.3 miles from SH 24 to IH 35.



Minute Order 073556, dated 10/21/1977; Adm. Ltr. 011-1977, dated 11/15/1977

From IH 35E in Denton, northeastward, northward, and westward to IH 35 northwest of Denton.  (Denton County)  New description; section from IH 35E westward approx. 4.2 miles to IH 35W cancelled.



Minute Order 091657, dated 05/29/1991; Adm. Ltr. 003-1991, dated 08/23/1991

From IH 35 northwest of Denton, eastward and southward to FM 2181; and then from another point on SL 288 southwestward to IH 35E, a total distance of approximately 14.2 miles. (Denton County)  As requested by District, section of approximately 4.3 miles added, from SL 288 near Spencer Road, southward to FM 2181.  Upon completion of the relocation of SL 288, the old location, from near Spencer Rd to IH 35E, will be redesignated as a SS.



Minute Order 116843, dated 11/14/2024

In the city of Denton, SL 288 was extended along a new location on the state highway system, from I-35 westward and southward to FM 2449, then eastward to another point on FM 2449 approximately 0.37 miles west of I-35W, a total distance of approximately 7.72 milesa. Additionally, a segment of FM 2449 was redesignated on the state highway system as SL 288 from a point approximately 0.37 miles west of I-35W, eastward to I-35W, a total distance of approximately 0.37 milesb. (Denton County)

  • a - Extension: On New Location
  • b - Extension: Due to Redesignation of Other Route