Farm to Market Road 3288

Farm to Market Road 3288, or FM 3288, in eastern Texas (USA), runs about 2.95 miles (4.75 km) from an intersection with FM 2274 east, then south, to an intersection with a county road west of Lake Striker. The road is in far east-central Cherokee County.

FM 3288 has no local street names. Rural for the most part, the landscape along the road includes rolling hills of alternating open pastures and trees. Parts of the west shore of Lake Striker can be seen to the east of FM 3288. The road has 2 lanes and no shoulders for its entire length. FM 3288 serves no towns, just rural residents living at or near Lake Striker. The road connects the rural area to FM 2274, which leads north to US 79 (which goes south (in a westerly direction) to Jacksonville, and north (in a northeasterly direction) to Henderson). FM 3288 only intersects with local county roads besides that of FM 2274, its west terminus.

Route description

FM 3288 begins at an intersection with FM 2274 in Cherokee County, heading east on a two-lane undivided road. The road heads through rolling hills of alternating open pastures and trees, turning to the south. FM 3288 runs along the western shore of Lake Striker, turning into CR 4413 farther to the south.^[1][2][3]

History

Previously, the FM 3288 designation belonged to a roadway in Titus County that spanned 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from Hickory Hill to SH 11. This previous designation was effective from late 1972 to late 1973. The road was commissioned in 1974, though it is unclear as to when FM 3288 was completed.^[1]

Major intersections

The route is in far east-central [[Cherokee County, TexasCherokee County.

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