State Route 88 (SR 88) is a west-east state highway in
West Tennessee
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. The route traverses
Lauderdale
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and
Crockett
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People and fictional characters
*Crockett Gillmore (born 1991), American National Football League player
*Crockett Johnson, pen name of David Johnson Liesk (1906-1975), American cartoonist and children's book illustrator
*C ...
Counties.
Route description
Lauderdale County
SR 88 begins at a dead end overlooking the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...
within
Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge
Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located along the Mississippi River in the northwestern part of Lauderdale County in West Tennessee. The area is noted for a diversity of wildlife, notably white-tailed deer, wild ...
. It intersects
SR 181 at
Hales Point. SR 88 heads east, and turns right onto an old alignment of
US 51
U.S. Route 51 or U.S. Highway 51 (US 51) is a major south-north United States highway that extends from the western suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana, to within of the Wisconsin–Michigan state line. As most of the United States Numbered Highw ...
(SR 3) after intersecting the current alignment near
Halls. SR 88 has junctions with State Routes 210 and 209 before turning eastward once again at
Gates
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People
* Gates (surname), various people with the last name
* Gates Brown (1939-2013), American Major League Baseball player
* Gates McFadde ...
.
Crockett County
SR 88 then traverses the town of
Maury City and
Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Ant ...
. SR 88 in Alamo and
Bells, including a
concurrency
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Law
* Concurrence, in jurisprudence, the need to prove both ''actus reus'' and ''mens rea''
* Concurring opinion (also called a "concurrence"), a ...
with
SR 54, runs on an old alignment with
US 412 (
SR 20), the southernmost intersection of which is the eastern terminus of SR 88.
History
At one time, SR 88 once connected with
Arkansas Highway 18
Highway 18 (AR 18 and Hwy. 18) is an east–west state highway of in Northeast Arkansas.
Route description
AR 18 begins at AR 69 near Jacksonport. Brief concurrencies begins with AR 17 and US 67 (Future I-57) in Newport, and Arkansas Hig ...
into
Mississippi County, Arkansas via a ferry on the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...
. It has long since been decommissioned.
Major intersections
References
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External links
Tennessee Department of Transportation
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