Texas State Highway 288

State Highway 288
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	60.01 mi[1] (96.58 km)
Existed:	1939 – present
Major junctions
South end:	FM 1495 in Freeport
	Sam Houston Tollway / Beltway 8 I-610 in Houston US 59 in Houston
North end:	I-45 in Houston
Location
Counties:	Brazoria, Harris
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate • U.S. • TX (Loops – Spurs – Rec – FM) ← SH 287 SH 289 →

State Highway 288, or SH 288, is a north–south highway in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Texas, between I-45 in downtown Houston and Freeport, where it terminates on FM 1495. The route was originally designated by 1939, replacing the southern portion of SH 19.

In Harris County, SH 288 is the South Freeway, a divided freeway known for having one of the widest medians of the local road system. It retains freeway status from its northern terminus up to SH 6. From the Harris-Brazoria County Line to Freeport, it is referred to as the Nolan Ryan Expressway, in recognition of Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan of Alvin, Texas, which is not directly on this road. In Freeport, it is known as Brazosport Boulevard.

Proposed Toll Road

To help alleviate congestion on SH 288, HCTRA plans to construct toll lanes in the median of the existing freeway. The route will begin at US 59 just south of Midtown and terminate at the intersection of the proposed Grand Parkway (SH 99) for a total length of 26 miles (41.8 km). The entire length of the project will have 4 lanes with interchanges at IH-610 and at Beltway 8. Construction is estimated to begin in 2012.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Nolan Ryan Expressway
Brazoria	Freeport	0.0	FM 1495	South end of SH 36 overlap
		0.0	SH 36 west	North end of SH 36 overlap
		1.9	FM 523 north – Surfside
			Frontage Road	Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance
		4.4	Bus. SH 288-B north – Angleton	Interchange
		4.9	SH 332 east – Surfside	Interchange; south end of SH 332 overlap
			Frontage Road	Interchange; northbound exit only
	Lake Jackson	10.1	SH 332 west / Oyster Creek Drive – Brazoria	Interchange; north end of SH 332 overlap
		11.0	FM 2004 – Richwood	Interchange
		15.6	County Road 220	Interchange
		17.0	County Road 290	Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Angleton	18.2	SH 35 – Angleton, West Columbia, Bay City	Interchange
		19.7	County Road 44	Interchange; southbound exit is via FM 523 exit
		20.5	FM 523 – Angleton, Alvin	Interchange
		24.9	FM 521 / Bus. SH 288-B – Rosharon, Angleton, Freeport	Interchange
		31.6	FM 1462 – Rosharon, Alvin	Interchange
	Iowa Colony	33.6	County Road 60 – Iowa Colony	SH 36 west
		35.3	County Road 62 – Iowa Colony
		?	SH 99 Grand Parkway	Proposed
		36.7	County Road 64 – Iowa Colony
	Manvel	41.1	SH 6 – Alvin, Sugar Land	Interchange
		45.4	County Route 59 (Southfork Drive)
	Pearland	46.4	FM 518 – Pearland
		48.1	FM 2234 (Shadow Creek Parkway) / McHard Road
	South Freeway
Harris	Houston	49.2	Sam Houston Tollway / Beltway 8
		50.4	Almeda-Genoa Road
		51.3	Orem Drive
		52.4	Airport Boulevard
		53.4	Reed Road
		54.2	Bellfort Avenue
		55.1	I-610
		55.5	Holly Hall Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		56.3	Yellowstone Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		56.5	US 90 Alt. (Old Spanish Trail) / Holcombe Boulevard	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		57.3	South MacGregor Way, North MacGregor Way – Texas Medical Center
		57.8	Binz Street, Calumet Street	Southbound exit is via the Southmore Street exit
		58.0	Southmore Street, Blodgett Street
		58.6	US 59 south – Victoria
		58.7	US 59 north – Cleveland	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		58.8	Elgin Avenue, Tuam Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		58.8	Chenevert Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		59.6	I-45 – Galveston, Dallas	Northbound exit and southbound entrance

References

1. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - State Highway No. 288". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0288.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-07. 
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