Texas State Highway Loop 108

State Highway Loop 108 marker

State Highway Loop 108
Route information
Length: 3.922 mi[1] (6.312 km)
Major junctions
South end: SH 87 in Port Bolivar
North end: SH 87 in Port Bolivar
Highway system
Loop 107Loop 109

Loop 108 is a state highway loop in Port Bolivar, Texas.

Route description

Loop 108 begins at an intersection with SH 87 near Fort Travis Seashore Park on the Gulf of Mexico in Galveston 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

The designation originally belonged to Spur 108, which was designated in 1940 from U.S. Highway 281 to Lipan. By 1942, this route was redesignated as FM 7,[5] which was redesignated as an extension of FM 4.[6] In 1980, the present routing was designated, replacing a former route of FM 2612.[7]

Major intersections

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

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 1 2 3 4 Transportation Planning and Programming Division. "State Highway Loop No. 108". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Google (October 17, 2011). "overview of Texas State Highway Loop 108" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  3. County Grid Map 583 (PDF) (Map). Texas Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  4. County Grid Map 601 (PDF) (Map). Texas Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  5. Transportation Planning and Programming Division. "Farm to Market Road No. 7". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
  6. Transportation Planning and Programming Division. "Farm to Market Road No. 4". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
  7. Transportation Planning and Programming Division. "Farm to Market Road No. 2612". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
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