Loop 108 is a
state highway
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loop in
Port Bolivar, Texas
Port Bolivar ( ) is an unincorporated community located on the northern shore of the western tip of the Bolivar Peninsula, separated from Galveston Island by the entrance to Galveston Bay. The Bolivar Peninsula itself is a census-designated place, ...
.
Route description
Loop 108 begins at an intersection with
SH 87 near Fort Travis Seashore Park on the
Gulf of Mexico
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in
Galveston County
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, heading northwest on two-lane undivided 7th Street. The road heads through marshland before heading into the community of
Port Bolivar
Port Bolivar ( ) is an unincorporated community located on the northern shore of the western tip of the Bolivar Peninsula, separated from Galveston Island by the entrance to Galveston Bay. The Bolivar Peninsula itself is a census-designated place ...
. Here, Loop 108 turns northeast onto Broadway Avenue while
Spur 108 continues northwest on 7th Street. The highway heads between residential areas and wetlands before leaving Port Bolivar.
Loop 108 runs through more coastal marshes and turns southeast onto Kingston Beach Road, ending at another intersection with SH 87.
History
The designation originally belonged to Spur 108, which was designated on July 1, 1940 from U.S. Highway 281
U.S. Route 281 (US 281) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway. At it is the longest continuous three-digit U.S. Route.
The highway's northern terminus is at the International Peace Garden, north of Dunseith, North Dakota, at t ...
to Lipan. On March 26, 1942, this route was redesignated as FM 7,
Major intersections
References
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108 108 may refer to:
* 108 (number)
* AD 108, a year
* 108 BC, a year
* 108 (artist) (born 1978), Italian street artist
* 108 (band), an American hardcore band
* 108 (emergency telephone number), an emergency telephone number in several states in Ind ...
Transportation in Galveston County, Texas