{{Short description|State highway in Louisiana, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=LA |type=LA |route=88 |alternate_name=Coteau Road |map=LA 88 map.svg |map_notes=Route of LA 88 highlighted in red |length_mi=5.388 |length_ref=<ref name="LRS 2015">{{cite web |url=http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside_LaDOTD/Divisions/Mgmt_Finance/GIS/Pages/GIS_Data.aspx |title=La DOTD GIS Data |date=September 2015 |publisher=Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development |accessdate=May 21, 2017}}</ref> |established=1955 renumbering |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=LA|LA|89}} at Lozes |junction={{jct|state=LA|Future|49|US|90}} northwest of New Iberia |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=LA|LA|182}} at Burke |parishes=Iberia |previous_type=LA |previous_route=87 |next_type=LA |next_route=89 }} '''Louisiana Highway 88''' ('''LA 88''') is a state highway located in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. It runs {{convert|5.39|mi|km}} in an east–west direction from LA 89 at Lozes to LA 182 at Burke.
The route connects U.S. Highway 90 (US 90) and LA 182, its de facto business route, between Lafayette and New Iberia. LA 88 also connects US 90 to Delcambre, a town east of Abbeville, via LA 89. It runs through a mixture of older rural and newer suburban development.
==Route description== From the west, LA 88 begins at an intersection with LA 89 located at a point in northwestern Iberia Parish known as Lozes. LA 89, heading north from Delcambre, makes a sharp turn from Coteau Road west onto Youngsville Road to head toward the small city of Youngsville. LA 88 proceeds straight ahead on Coteau Road for {{convert|0.6|mi|km}} then curves to the east. After {{convert|1.3|mi|km}}, LA 88 passes through an interchange with US 90, the future route of I-49, which connects to Lafayette on the northwest and Morgan City on the southeast.<ref name="GMaps">{{Google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=LA+88+(Western+Terminus)&daddr=30.0488838,-91.9141052+to:LA+88+(Eastern+Terminus)&hl=en&ll=30.049631,-91.912479&spn=0.081872,0.169086&sll=30.049631,-91.912479&sspn=0.010234,0.021136&geocode=Fd5tygEdytOE-g%3BFXOCygEdh4CF-imfLVXF_nsjhjFU7k6Hq6rlJg%3BFfCzygEd9P6F-g&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=16&via=1&t=m&z=13 |title=Overview Map of LA 88 |accessdate=July 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="P23NW 2012">{{cite LADOTD map |date=2012P |parish=Iberia |sheet=Northwest |accessdate=July 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="D03 2012">{{cite LADOTD map |date=2012D |district=03 |accessdate=July 23, 2013}}</ref>
East of US 90, LA 88 makes a jog to the south and back to the northeast. {{convert|2.2|mi|km}} later, the route crosses the BNSF/Union Pacific Railroad line. It ends immediately afterward at an intersection with LA 182 (West Old Spanish Trail) at a point known as Burke, {{convert|2.8|mi|km}} northwest of New Iberia. LA 182 parallels the route of US 90 to Lafayette and Morgan City.<ref name="GMaps"/><ref name="P23NW 2012"/><ref name="D03 2012"/>
The route is classified by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD) as an urban collector from the western terminus to Parish Road 509 and a rural major collector to the eastern terminus.<ref name="GIS 2013">{{cite web |url=http://gis.dotd.la.gov/DOTD_EIC/DOTDMapping/ |title=La DOTD GIS |year=2013 |publisher=Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development |accessdate=July 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016093226/http://gis.dotd.la.gov/DOTD_EIC/DOTDMapping/ |archivedate=October 16, 2013 }}</ref> The entire route has an average daily traffic volume of 5,800 vehicles,<ref name="GIS 2013"/> and the posted speed limit is {{convert|55|mph|km/h|abbr=on|round=5}}.<ref name="GMaps"/> LA 88 is an undivided two-lane highway for the majority of its route, widening briefly to a divided four-lane highway through the interchange with US 90.<ref name="GMaps"/>
==History== In the original Louisiana Highway system in use between 1921 and 1955, the modern LA 88 made up the northern portion of State Route 448.<ref name="P23 1955">{{cite LADOTD map |date=1955P |parish=Iberia |link=y}}</ref> Route 448 followed the present route of LA 89 from Delcambre north to Lozes,<ref name="P57N 1955">{{cite LADOTD map |date=1955P |parish=Vermilion |sheet=North}}</ref><ref name="P57NE 2012">{{cite LADOTD map |date=2012P |parish=Vermilion |sheet=Northeast |accessdate=July 23, 2013}}</ref> then LA 88 from there to Burke.<ref name="P23NW 2012"/><ref name="P23 1955"/> {{Blockquote |La 88—From a junction with La 89 at or near Lozes to a junction with La-US 90 at or near Burke. |1955 legislative route description<ref name="S-T 6-18-1955"/> }} LA 88 was created with the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering,<ref name="S-T 6-18-1955">{{cite news |title=Act No. 40, House Bill No. 311 |newspaper=State-Times |location=Baton Rouge |date=June 18, 1955 |page=3B}}</ref> and its route has remained the same to the present day.<ref name="P23NW 2012"/><ref name="P23 1958">{{cite LADOTD map |date=1958P |parish=Iberia}}</ref> However, the eastern terminus in Burke was originally a junction with US 90. After the relocation of US 90 through the area around 1969,<ref name="LDH 1968">{{cite LADOTD map |date=1968}}</ref><ref name="LDH 1970">{{cite LADOTD map |date=1970}}</ref> the former alignment became LA 182, which now serves as the eastern terminus of LA 88.<ref name="P23NW 2012"/>
==Future== La DOTD is currently involved in a program that aims to transfer about {{convert|5000|mi|km}} of state-owned roadways to local governments over the next several years.<ref name="Right-Sizing">{{cite web |url=http://www.dotd.la.gov/programs/RoadTransfer/documents/Right-Sizing%20the%20State%20Highway%20System.pdf |title=Right-Sizing the State Highway System |date=April 2013 |publisher=Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development |page=3 |accessdate=July 25, 2013}}</ref> Under this plan of "right-sizing" the state highway system, the entire route of LA 88 is proposed for deletion as it does not meet a significant interurban travel function.<ref name="RS P23NW 2017">{{cite LADOTD map |date=2017RS |parish=Iberia |sheet=Northwest |accessdate=June 19, 2017}}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{LAinttop|parish=Iberia|length_ref=<ref name="LRS 2015"/>}} {{LAint |location=Lozes |mile=0.000 |road={{jct|state=LA|LA|89|name1=Youngsville Road, Coteau Road|city1=Youngsville|city2=Delcambre}} |notes=Western terminus }} {{LAint |location=none |mile=1.904 |mile2=2.066 |road={{jct|state=LA|<!--I|49|-->US|90|city1=Lafayette|city2=Morgan City}} |notes=Interchange; exit 122 on US 90 }} {{LAint |location=Burke |mile=5.388 |road={{jct|state=LA|LA|182|name1=West Old Spanish Trail|city1=New Iberia|city2=Lafayette}} |notes=Eastern terminus }} {{jctbtm}}
==See also== *{{Portal-inline|United States}} *{{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}} *[http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Business/Pages/GIS_Maps.aspx Maps / GIS Data Homepage], Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
0088 Category:Transportation in Iberia Parish, Louisiana