Massachusetts Route 88

Route 88 marker

Route 88

Map of Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts with Route 88 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MassDOT
Length: 11.30 mi[1] (18.19 km)
Major junctions
South end: John Reed Road in Westport
 
North end: I195 in Westport
Location
Counties: Bristol
Highway system
Route 86I90

Route 88, is a northsouth state highway in the town of Westport in southeastern Massachusetts. At just over 11 miles, it is the longest Massachusetts state route to be situated in only one town.

Route description

The southern terminus of Route 88.
The Fontaine Bridge from Westport Point.
The Fontaine Bridge from Horseneck Beach State Reservation.
Near Mile Marker 2 looking northbound.

Route 88 begins at the northern end of the Horseneck Beach State Reservation lands, on a peninsula dividing the East Branch of the Westport River from Buzzards Bay. After just 0.3 miles (0.48 km), it crosses the Normand Edward Fontaine Bridge over that river into the Westport Point section of town.

The road has five at-grade intersections with stoplights and two ramped overpass intersections. They are:

Route 88 ends just north of Route 6 and the abandoned Old Colony Rail line at an interchange with I-195, where westbound entrance and exit fly on separate overpasses over the interstate, and eastbound entrance and exit are direct ramps with no flyovers.

Route 88 is a two-lane expressway or "Super-2." Route 88 (like other such roads) is peculiar in its design in that, while it has at-grade intersections with town roads and is not divided by barriers or grass median between the Fontaine Bridge and Old County Road (except at intersections), there is no development of any kind that abuts the route directly; the only property that comes close is an ice cream stand on the southeast corner of Route 88 and Hix Bridge Road, but even this only has a driveway from Hix Bridge Road.

Major intersections

The entire route is in the town of Westport in Bristol County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Horseneck Beach
State Reservation
0.00.0John Reed RoadSouthern terminus
Westport RiverNormand Edward Fontaine Bridge
Westport Point1.21.9Drift RoadAt-grade intersection
Westport4.26.8Hixbridge Road  DartmouthAt-grade intersection
7.812.6Old County Road
8.613.8 Route 177 Newport, RI, New BedfordInterchange
North Westport10.316.6Briggs Road to Sanford Road / Gifford Road
11.017.7 US 6 North Westport, DartmouthInterchange
11.318.2 I195 Providence, RI, New Bedford, Cape CodNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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