State Route 88 is a state highway

State highway

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 in southern Maine

Maine

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, United States. It runs south to north for just over 8.41 miles (13.5 km) miles, from U.S. Route 1

U.S. Route 1

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 in Falmouth

Falmouth, Maine

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 to U.S. Route 1 in Yarmouth

Yarmouth, Maine

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. It runs to the east of Route 1, and its speed limit is 35 mph, whereas that of Route 1 is 45-50 mph north of Bucknam Road. Over its course, its furthest distance from Route 1 is about 0.5 mile (0.80467 km). This occurs in its Falmouth Foreside

Falmouth Foreside, Maine

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 section.

It is connected to Route 1 directly on three occasions — by (heading northward) Depot Road in Falmouth, Johnson Road in Falmouth Foreside, and Powell Road in Cumberland Foreside — before it links up with it again at Route 88's northern terminus. It is also connected to Route 1 indirectly, by a ramp, via Tuttle Road in Cumberland Foreside. Its name changes four times en route. It is Foreside Road between Route 1 and the Yarmouth town line (mile 6.02), at which point it becomes Lafayette Street. It then becomes East Main Street just before the Royal River

Royal River

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 falls (mile 7.6), before finishing as Spring Street (mile 7.9).

"Herbie

Herbie (tree)

"Herbie" was an American elm tree located in Yarmouth, Maine, USA. It stood by present-day East Main Street , at its intersection with Yankee Drive, between 1793 and January 19 2010. At 110 feet in height, it was, between 1997 and the date of its felling, the oldest and largest of its kind in New...

", New England

New England

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's oldest and largest elm

Elm

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 tree for the final thirteen years of its existence, stood on Route 88 (East Main Street) in Yarmouth, at its intersection with Yankee Drive, between 1793 and 2010.

Route 88 is mostly residential, although businesses are located on it at several points. These include (again heading northward) Portland Country Club, Skillins garden center and the Falmouth Sea Grill (all in Falmouth); Town Landing Market (which was once featured in a national Coca-Cola

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commercial) (Falmouth Foreside); and the Lower Falls Landing plaza (Yarmouth). Each of these examples are situated on the northbound (eastern) side of the highway.