State Route 188 (SR 188) is a
state highway
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that serves as an east-west connection through southern
Mobile County
Mobile County ( ) is located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the second most-populous county in the state after Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its po ...
. SR 188 intersects
Interstate 10
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost cross-country highway in the American Interstate Highway System. I-10 is the fourth-longest Interstate in the United States at , following I-90, I-80, and I-40. This freeway is part of the originally pl ...
(I-10) at its western terminus and
SR 193 at its eastern terminus.
Route description
![Alabama 188 ends](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Alabama_188_ends.jpg)
SR 188 begins just north of its intersection with
I-10
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost cross-country highway in the American Interstate Highway System. I-10 is the fourth-longest Interstate in the United States at , following I-90, I-80, and I-40. This freeway is part of the originally pl ...
just north of
Grand Bay.
From this point, the route travels in a southerly direction through a brief
concurrency
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Law
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* Concurring opinion (also called a "concurrence"), a ...
with
US 90
U.S. Route 90 or U.S. Highway 90 (US 90) is an east–west major United States highway in the Southern United States. Despite the "0" in its route number, US 90 never was a full coast-to-coast route. With the exception of a short-lived ...
before taking a southeasterly course upon leaving Grand Bay.
SR 188 continues its southeasterly course just prior to reaching
Bayou La Batre where it turns to the south and remains in a north-south orientation.
Upon its exit from Bayou La Batre, SR 188 returns to its easterly course to pass through
Coden
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and
Heron Bay before reaching its eastern terminus at
SR 193 in
Alabama Port.
Major intersections
References
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188
Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomi ...
Transportation in Mobile County, Alabama