{{Short description|State highway in Gallia County, Ohio, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=OH |type=SR |route=588 |map=OH 588 map.svg |length_mi=11.74 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="sld">{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/SLD/pdf_files/galsr0588r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |author-link=Ohio Department of Transportation |accessdate=2013-08-02}}</ref> |established=1947<ref name=ODOT1946_map /><ref name=ODOT1947_map /> |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|OH|325}} in Rio Grande |junction= |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|OH|7}} in Gallipolis |counties=Gallia |previous_type=SR |previous_route=587 |next_type=SR |next_route=589 }}
'''State Route 588''' ('''SR 588''') is an east–west state highway in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. The western terminus of SR 588 is at SR 325 in Rio Grande. Its eastern terminus is at a signalized intersection with SR 7 in downtown Gallipolis.
==Route description== SR 588 runs entirely within the central part of Gallia County. No portion of SR 588 is included as a part of the National Highway System, a system of highways that are considered most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the country.<ref name="NHS">{{cite map | title=National Highway System: Ohio | date=December 2003 | publisher=Federal Highway Administration | url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016165827/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 16, 2008 | format=PDF|accessdate=2011-01-31}}</ref>
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==History== SR 588 was designated in 1947. It was originally routed along its present alignment between the Jackson Pike (present-day County Road 35) intersection southeast of Rio Grande and its current eastern terminus at SR 7 in Gallipolis. At that time, the combination of present SR 588 northwest of what was its western terminus at the time and Jackson Pike southeast of that point were a part of US 35.<ref name=ODOT1946_map>{{cite map |title=Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1946a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1946 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=2011-01-31}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1947_map>{{cite map |title=Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1947a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1947 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=2011-01-31}}</ref> When the entirety of the US 35 freeway was completed through Gallia County by 1992, SR 588 was extended northwest from its previous western terminus along the former routing of US 35 to its current western terminus at SR 325 in Rio Grande.<ref name=GalliaTraffic1992>{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/traffic/Traffic_Survey_Reports/1992_Reports/Gal92.pdf |title=1992 Gallia Co. Average 24-Hour Traffic Volume |publisher=ODOT |year=1992 |page=4 |accessdate=January 25, 2014}}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{OHinttop|length_ref=<ref name="sld"/>|county=Gallia}} {{OHint |location=Rio Grande |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|325|name1=West College Avenue|to2=y|US|35}} }} {{OHint |ctdab=Gallia |location=Green Township |mile=5.18 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|850|dir1=North}} |notes=Southern terminus of SR 850 }} {{OHint |location=Gallipolis |mile=11.74 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|7|name1=Second Avenue|road|State Street}} }} {{Jctbtm}}
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