Route description

Loop 108 begins at an intersection with SH 87 near Fort Travis Seashore Park on 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...

 in Galveston County

Galveston County, Texas

Galveston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 291,309. Its county seat is Galveston. League City is the largest city in Galveston County in terms of population; between...

, heading northwest on two-lane undivided 7th Street. The road heads through marshland before heading into the community of Port Bolivar

Port Bolivar, Texas

Port Bolivar is an unincorporated area located in the Bolivar Peninsula census-designated place, in Galveston County, Texas, United States state of Texas within Galveston County and part of the metropolitan area., Port Bolivar had a population of 1,200...

. 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 in 1940 from U.S. Highway 281 to Lipan

Lipan, Texas

Lipan is a city in Hood County, Texas, United States. The population was 425 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Granbury, Texas Micropolitan Statistical Area.Thomas Stevenson Drew, the third governor of Arkansas, died in Lipan in 1879.-Geography:...

. By 1942, this route was redesignated as FM 7

Farm to Market Road 7

-History:FM 7 was originally designated in 1942 as a highway from Lipan to US 281, replacing Spur 108. It extended southeast to Granbury in 1945 . This route was replaced in 1948 by FM 4....

, which was redesignated as an extension of FM 4

Farm to Market Road 4

Farm to Market Road 4, Farm Road 4, or FM 4 is a Texas state road that runs from Grandview north and west to Jacksboro.-History:The route was designated in 1942 between Santo and U.S. Highway 80, replacing Spur 40. The route was extended north to U.S. Highway 180 by 1945, replacing FM 130. The...

. In 1980, the present routing was designated, replacing a former route of FM 2612.

Major intersections