Farm to Market Road 1288

Farm to Market Road 1288
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	18.055 mi[1][nb 1] (29.057 km)
Existed:	1949[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	SH 59 near Newport
	US 287 in Bellevue
North end:	Worsham Road north of Bellevue
Location
Counties:	Clay
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← FM 1287 FM 1289 →

Farm to Market Road 1288 (FM 1288) is a farm to market road in Clay County, Texas.^[1]

Route description

FM 1288 begins north of Newport, at an intersection with SH 59.^[2] It travels to the north through the farming areas of southeastern Clay County, through the community of Vashti, to Bellevue and US 287, the main thoroughfare in the region. After a brief concurrency with US 287, the route continues north about 4.5 mi (7.2 km) before state maintenance ends.^[1] The roadway continues as Worsham Road under county jurisdiction before it eventually becomes FM 1134.^[2]

FM 1288 is a two-lane route for its entire length, except for the section that is concurrent with US 287 in Bellevue.

History

FM 1288 was first designated in neighboring Montague County in 1949; the route traveled westward from US 287 near Bowie to the Clay County line. The section from Bellevue to Vashti was originally designated FM 176 until FM 176 was replaced by an extension of FM 174; after the designation of FM 1288 was extended in 1953 to Vashti and then southward to SH 59, the state effectively swapped the designations of the two segments, eliminating the 90-degree bend in FM 174 and removing FM 1288 from Montague County.^[3]=In 1958, FM 1288 extended north 3 miles. In 1959, FM 1288 extended north 2.2 miles to its current terminus.^[1]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clay County.

Location	mi[4][nb 1]	km	Destinations	Notes
​	0.0	0.0	SH 59 – Jacksboro, Bowie	Southern terminus
Vashti	7.0	11.3	FM 174 west – Windthorst	South end of FM 174 concurrency
​	7.6	12.2	FM 174 east – Bowie	North end of FM 174 concurrency
​	11.2	18.0	FM 2321 (Cray Rd.)
Bellevue	13.8	22.2	US 287 south – Bowie	South end of US 287 concurrency
	14.2	22.9	US 287 north – Henrietta	North end of US 287 concurrency
​	19.0	30.6	Worsham Rd.	Northern terminus; state maintenance ends
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

1. The certified length given is shorter than the actual mileage, as the TxDOT description of FM 1288 considers it to be discontinuous at FM 174 and US 287.

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 1288". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
2. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Map Book (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 419. OCLC 867856197. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
3. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 174". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
4. Google (2011-01-13). "Overview map of Farm to Market Road 1288 Distances Between Interchanges" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-01-13.