State Highway 188 or SH 188 is a Texas state highway running from Mathis east to the Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and on the southeast by Cuba. In...

 near Port Aransas. This route was designated in 1993, replacing FM 881 and part of FM 1069.

Previous routes

SH 188 was previously designated by 1933 as a connector route between then-SH 5

State Highway 5 (Texas)

State Highway 5, or SH 5, runs along the old route of U.S. Highway 75 at Howe into the city of Allen. SH 5 parallels US 75 along its length and runs alongside the former Southern Pacific rail lines. SH 5 was created in 1959 when the new route of US 75 was established to the west...

 and Roxton. This route was cancelled in 1942 and was replaced by FM 38.

Major intersections

County	Junction	Notes
San Patricio
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