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State Highway Loop 108 marker

State Highway Loop 108

Map

Loop 108 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length3.922 mi[1] (6.312 km)
Major junctions
South end SH 87inPort Bolivar
North end SH 87 in Port Bolivar
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
Highway system
Loop 107 Loop 109

Loop 108 is a 3.922-mile-long (6.312 km) state highway loop in Port Bolivar, Texas.

Route description

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Loop 108 begins at an intersection with SH 87 near Fort Travis Seashore Park on the Gulf of MexicoinGalveston County, heading northwest on two-lane undivided 7th Street. The road heads through marshland before heading into the community of Port Bolivar. Here, Loop 108 turns northeast onto Broadway Avenue while Spur 108 continues northwest on 7th Street. The highway heads between residential areas and wetlands before leaving Port Bolivar.[1][2][3] Loop 108 runs through more coastal marshes and turns southeast onto Kingston Beach Road, ending at another intersection with SH 87.[1][2][4]

History

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The designation originally belonged to Spur 108, which was designated on July 1, 1940 from U.S. Highway 281toLipan. On March 26, 1942, this route was redesignated as FM 7,[5] which was redesignated as an extension of FM 4 on October 23, 1949.[6] On March 26, 1980, the present routing was designated, replacing a former route of FM 2612.[7]

Major intersections

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The entire route is in Port Bolivar, Galveston County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000 SH 87

Spur 108 north (7th Street)
3.9226.312 SH 87
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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KML is from Wikidata
  1. ^ a b c d Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 108". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
  • ^ a b Google (October 17, 2011). "overview of Texas State Highway Loop 108" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  • ^ County Grid Map 583 (PDF) (Map). Texas Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  • ^ County Grid Map 601 (PDF) (Map). Texas Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  • ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 7". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
  • ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 4". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
  • ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 2612". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 2, 2011.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Texas_State_Highway_Loop_108&oldid=1208130244"

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