U.S. Route 183 in Texas

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US Highway 183
US 183 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	428.382 mi (689.414 km)
Major junctions
South end	Future I-69E / US 77 / US 77 Alt. in Refugio
Major intersections	US 87 in Cuero I-10 / US 90 in Luling I-35 / US 290 in Austin US 190 / US 281 in Lampasas US 67 / US 84 / US 377 in Brownwood I-20 near Cisco US 180 in Breckenridge US 380 in Throckmorton US 82 / US 277 / US 283 in Seymour US 70 / US 287 in Vernon
North end	US 70 / US 183 at Texas–Oklahoma state line
Location
Counties	Refugio, Goliad, DeWitt, Gonzales, Caldwell, Travis, Williamson, Burnet, Lampasas, Mills, Brown, Eastland, Stephens, Throckmorton, Baylor, Wilbarger
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec
← SH 182 → SH 183

U.S. Route 183 (US 183) is a north-south U.S. highway that begins in Texas in Refugio at an intersection with US 77 (Future I-69E) concurrent with US 77 Alt. The highway runs through many small communities with Austin being the only major city along its route. The highway exits Texas concurrent with US 70, crossing into Oklahoma.

Route description[]

US 183 begins concurrent with US 77 Alt at its southern terminus one block north of downtown Refugio at an intersection with US 77; the two highways subsequently travel north through mostly rural farmlands across the Gulf Coastal Plains. After serving the Presidio La Bahía, US 183 crosses the San Antonio River to serve the Goliad State Park and Historic Site and the city of Goliad, intersecting US 59 in the center of town. Traveling through additional farmlands and forests, US 183 eventually forms a concurrency with US 87 just before crossing the Guadalupe River and travels along Espalande Street through downtown Cuero, ending its concurrency of US 87 in the town center. North of Cuero, US 77 Alt splits off to the northeast, while US 183 continues parallel to the Guadalupe River's course. The highway cuts through the historic Battle of Gonzales site and borders the city of Gonzales to the west, intersecting US 90 Alt to the northwest of the city. Running parallel to the San Marcos River, US 183 provides access to Palmetto State Park before crossing I-10 and forming a concurrency with US 90 west to Luling via Pierce Street. In the center of Luling, US 183 leaves US 90 and turns onto Magnolia Avenue, traveling due north past many decorated oil wells.

Continuing through rural farmlands, US 183 eventually enters Lockhart, being the main north-south route through the city. The highway then merges onto the SH 130 frontage roads just north of Lockhart, following them until Mustang Ridge where SH 130 splits northeast to follow SH 45 and US 183 continues north into and Pilot Knob. As US 183 crosses into Austin and intersects several local roads providing access to McKinney Falls State Park, it borders the west side of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport before having an interchange with SH 71 and enters Austin's Montopolis district. US 183 crosses the Colorado River adjacent to the old Montopolis truss bridge prior to serving a major fork east of the Govalle district, making a sigmoid curve east to serve the Colony Park district. US 183 eventually becomes a six-lane freeway north of the Windsor Park district just before crossing US 290, curving west to serve I-35 and Loop 275 (Lamar Boulevard); north of Lamar Boulevard, the US 183 frontage road is redesignated as Research Boulevard throughout the rest of its length in Austin. The highway makes another sigmoid curve to the north before an interchange with Loop 1 (Mopac Expressway).

After an interchange with Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway), US 183 serves much of northwest Austin. It eventually intersects SH 45 near Lakeline Mall and becomes a surface street while the freeway continues on the east side as 183A Toll Road. US 183 continues as Bell Boulevard through west Cedar Park before intersecting 183A in Leander. Continuing north, US 183 runs mostly through forests and farmland as it crosses the North and South Forks of the San Gabriel River. After turning through several hills east of the Texas Hill Country, US 183 bounds northwest into Lampasas, where it runs on Key Avenue concurrent with US 190 and US 281 through fourteen blocks in the city's downtown and recreational areas before splitting to the northwest from US 281 north of Lampasas.

US 183 and US 190 continue traveling northwest through rolling hills, eventually splitting southeast of the Lometa city limits. US 183 continues to run parallel to the Colorado River before beginning a concurrency with US 84 north of the Goldthwaite city limits. The two highways continue northwest for a long distance before reaching Early and joining US 67 and US 377 at the town's center. The four highways travel west for roughly eleven blocks before US 183 splits to the north and serves Brownwood Regional Airport. US 183 continues due north, crossing SH 36 in Rising Star and later I-20 just south of Cisco.

South of Throckmorton, US 283 joins the highway, an overlap that lasts until Vernon, where 183 joins US 70 and US 287. In Oklaunion, US 70 and 183 leave US 287 and cross the Red River together into Oklahoma.

History[]

Research Boulevard, Anderson Lane, and Ed Bluestein Boulevard in Austin[]

Through 1990, none of US 183 through Austin was built to freeway standards. By 2002, the portion of US 183, known as Research Boulevard, had been upgraded to a freeway. At that time, Research Boulevard, between Spicewood Springs Road and Cameron Road, was built as a viaduct with grade separated limited access. The northern freeway portion between Spicewood Springs Road and Bell Boulevard in Cedar Park, was completed by 2003.^[1]

The southern freeway portion between Cameron Road and US 290, became completed in 2002.

In Cedar Park, the limited access portion of Research Boulevard would become the 183A Toll Road, as US 183 would serve as a major arterial through the city as Bell Boulevard. The toll road opened in March 2007. The roads rejoin north of Leander.

In 2015, it was announced work would start on the conversion of the then-55-year-old portion of US 183 from US 290 to SH 71 into a three-to-five-lane tollway. The traffic lights at 51st Street, Techni Center Drive, Bolm Road (formerly a diamond interchange), Vargas Road, and Thompson Lane were all removed. In addition to these changes, an interchange at Patton Avenue was constructed, the pedestrian crossing bridge just south of Manor Road was upgraded, and Montopolis Bridge was decommissioned in favor of a new truss bridge that serves as a pedestrian walkway, no longer open to motorized traffic.^[2] Construction began in early 2016 with expected completion in late 2019 or early 2020.^[3] The first section of the tollway opened on July 31, 2019, at which point the rest of the project was to be completed by late 2020.^[4]

Throughout 2018 to 2021, construction commenced to add three additional flyovers at the intersection of US 183 and I-35. When construction on the southbound I-35 to northbound US 183 flyover was completed, the preexisting northbound I-35 to northbound US 183 flyover was demolished on May 8, 2021 in favor of a replacement flyover completed on September 10, 2021, due to concerns over the latter flyover's incline being too steep for larger vehicles to navigate without delaying other traffic.^[5][6]

Major intersections[]

All exits are unnumbered.

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Refugio	Refugio	0.00	0.00	US 77 Alt. ends / Future I-69E / US 77 – Corpus Christi, Victoria	Southern terminus; south end of US 77 Alt. overlap; U.S. 77 is the future Interstate 69E
	​			SH 202 west – Beeville
Goliad	​			SH 239 east / FM 2441 south – , Woodsboro, Tivoli, Austwell	South end of SH 239 overlap
	​			Loop 71 – Grave of Colonel Fannin and His Troops
	​			Loop 71 to PR 6 – Presidio La Bahia, General Zaragoza Birth Place, Goliad State Park, Mission Espiritu Santo
	​			PR 6 to Loop 71 – Goliad State Park, Mission Espiritu Santo, Presidio La Bahia, General Zaragoza Birth Place
	Goliad			US 59 west (Future I-69W) / SH 239 – Beeville, Kenedy, Laredo, Victoria, Houston, Coleto Creek Reservoir and Park	North end of SH 239 overlap; U.S. 59 is the future Interstate 69W
	​			FM 622 east – , Nursery
	​			SH 119 north – Weesatche, Yorktown, Stockdale
				FM 1961 to FM 884 – Weesatche, ,
DeWitt				FM 237 – Yorktown,
	​			FM 2718 south
	Cuero			US 87 north – Nixon, San Antonio	South end of US 87 overlap
				SH 72 west (West Heaton) – Yorktown, San Antonio
				FM 236 south (East Morgan) – Arneckeville, Victoria
				US 87 south (East Broadway) – Victoria, Port Lavaca	North end of US 87 overlap
				FM 766 north (West Reuss Boulevard) �� Cheapside, Stevenson Unit, Hochheim
				FM 1447 east – Terryville
	​			US 77 Alt. north – Yoakum, Hallettsville	North end of US 77 Alt. overlap
	Concrete			FM 951 north –
	Hochheim			SH 111 east – Yoakum, Edna
Gonzales	​			FM 2067 south – Cheapside
	​			FM 3282 south
	Gonzales			SH 97 west – Cost, Nixon	South end of SH 97 overlap
				north – Austin,
				Spur 146 east (St. Louis Street) to US 90 Alt. / FM 532 – Moulton, Hallettsville
				US 90 Alt. / SH 97 east – Seguin, Shiner, Waelder,	north end of SH 97 overlap
				south – Goliad, ,
	Ottine			FM 1586 west to PR 11 north / FM 2091 south – Palmetto State Park
				PR 11 south to FM 1586 east / FM 2091 south – Palmetto State Park
Caldwell	Luling			I-10 – San Antonio, Houston	I-10 exit 632
				US 90 east – Harwood, Waelder	South end of US 90 overlap
				US 90 west / SH 80 south to I-10 – Seguin, San Antonio, Nixon	North end of US 90 overlap; south end of SH 80 overlap
				FM 1322 north (Davis Street) – Lockhart
				SH 80 north – San Marcos, Prairie Lea	North end of SH 80 overlap
				FM 86 north / FM 2984 north to FM 671 – Stairtown, Bastrop
	​			FM 671 south to FM 2984 south – Stairtown, Luling
	Lockhart			FM 20 east – Red Rock	South end of FM 20 overlap
				FM 20 west – Lockhart State Park, Fentress, Seguin	North end of FM 20 overlap
				SH 142 west to SH 130 Toll south – San Marcos, Seguin, San Antonio
				FM 672 east
				FM 2001 north to SH 130 Toll south – Niederwald, Seguin, San Antonio
				SH 130 Toll to FM 2001 – Seguin, San Antonio	SH 130 exit 470; no direct access from US 183 south to SH 130 north or SH 130 south to US 183 north; South end of SH 130 overlap
	​			FM 1185 north – Lytton Springs	SH 130 exit 469
	Mendoza			Briarpatch Road / Homannville Trail	SH 130 exit 465
	Mustang Ridge			SH 21 – San Marcos, Uhland, Bastrop, Paige	SH 130 exit 463
Travis				Old Lockhart Road	SH 130 exit 460
				SH 45 Toll / SH 130 Toll to I-35 – San Marcos, San Antonio, Bastrop, Waco	SH 130 exits 457 and 460; no direct access rom US 183 north to SH 130 south or SH 130 north to US 183 south; North end of SH 130 overlap
				FM 1327 west – Creedmoor
	​			FM 973 north – Manor
	Pilot Knob			FM 1625 south – Creedmoor
				FM 812 east / D.G. Collins Road – Elroy, Red Rock, Circuit of the Americas, McKinney Falls State Park
	Austin			McKinney Falls Parkway - McKinney Falls State Park
				SH 71 (Ben White Boulevard) / 183 Toll Road to SH 130 Toll – Johnson City, Llano, Bastrop, Austin Bergstrom International Airport	South end of tollway
				183 Toll Road / Patton Avenue	Non-tolled southbound exit and northbound entrance; US 183 splits from the toll road via the ramps
				183 Toll Road / Montopolis Drive	Access point
				Anderson Expressway Bridge over the Colorado River
				183 Toll Road / Loop 111 (Airport Boulevard) / Cesar Chavez Street / 5th Street / 7th Street	Non-tolled interchange and access point
				Bolm Road	Interchange closed permanently on October 5, 2018;[2] U-turns remained open until late December 2019
				183 Toll Road / Boggy Creek turnaround	Access point; incomplete access to Bolm Road and Techni Center Drive is signed in both directions
				183 Toll Road / FM 969 (MLK Jr. Boulevard)	Non-tolled interchange and access point; no direct southbound entrance to the toll road; incomplete access to 51st Street is signed southbound
				183 Toll Road / Loyola Lane	Access point
				Manor Road / Springdale Road	North end of tollway; south end of freeway; no direct southbound entrance to the toll road
				US 290 / 290 Toll Road east – Elgin, Houston	No direct exits to US 290 west (signed northbound at Manor Road and southbound at Cameron Road)
				Cameron Road
				I-35 – San Antonio, Waco	I-35 exits 240A-B
				Georgian Drive / Northcrest Boulevard	No direct northbound exit or southbound entrance (signed at I-35); full access to Gessner Drive
				Loop 275 (Lamar Boulevard)	No direct northbound exit or southbound entrance (signed at I-35)
				Ohlen Road / Payton Gin Road	Full access to Anderson Square, Jamestown Drive, and Fairfield Drive
				FM 1325 (Burnet Road) – Q2 Stadium
				Loop 1 (Mopac Boulevard) – Sunset Valley, Round Rock
				Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway) – West Lake Hills
				Great Hills Trail	Direct southbound entrance only (northbound exit signed at Capital of Texas Highway; southbound exit signed at Braker Lane)
				Braker Lane – Q2 Stadium	Access to Seton Northwest Hospital
				Balcones Woods Drive	No direct exits or entrances (northbound exit signed at Braker Lane; southbound exit signed at Duval Road)
				Duval Road
				Oak Knoll Drive
Williamson				McNeil Drive / Spicewood Springs Road	Full access to Pond Springs Road
				Anderson Mill Road	No direct southbound exit (signed at Lake Creek Parkway)
				Lake Creek Parkway / Pecan Park Boulevard
				SH 45 Toll east / RM 620 – Bee Cave, Round Rock	No direct northbound exit to RM 620 (signed at Lake Creek Parkway)
				183A Toll Road north / Lakeline Mall Drive	North end of freeway; interchange with Lakeline Mall Drive southbound; at-grade intersection northbound
				183A Toll Road north / Lakeline Boulevard	Lakeline station
	Austin–Cedar Park line			183A Toll Road / Avery Ranch Boulevard
	Cedar Park			To 183A Toll Road / Cypress Creek Road
				RM 1431 to 183A Toll Road – Lago Vista, Marble Falls, Round Rock
				To 183A Toll Road / New Hope Drive – Cedar Park Center
	Leander			To 183A Toll Road / Crystal Falls Parkway
				RM 2243 east to 183A Toll Road – Georgetown
				West Broade Street	former RM 2243 west
				183A Toll Road south
	Liberty Hill			SH 29 – Burnet, Georgetown,
	​			RM 1869 west – Liberty Hill
	​			FM 3405 east – Georgetown
	​			FM 970 east – Andice, Florence, Jarrell
	​			SH 138 east – Florence
Burnet	​			RM 243 west – , Bertram
	Briggs			Loop 308 to FM 2657 – Copperas Cove, Oakalla
				Loop 308 to FM 2657 – Copperas Cove, Oakalla
				RM 963 – Burnet, Oakalla
Lampasas	Lampasas			US 190 east (Central Texas Highway) / south (E.E. Jr. Ohnmeiss Drive) – Burnet, San Antonio, Fort Hood, Killeen, Belton	South end of US 190 / US 281 Truck overlap
				US 281 south /  – Burnet, San Antonio	north end of US 281 Truck overlap; south end of US 281 overlap
				Loop 257 east (4th Street) – , Copperas Cove
				FM 580 west (North Avenue) – Colorado Bend State Park, Bend	South end of FM 580 overlap
				FM 580 east (East Avenue J) –	North end of FM 580 overlap
				US 281 north – Evant, Hamilton	North end of US 281 overlap
	​			FM 3415 south – Knight Mountain
	Lometa			US 190 west – San Saba, Brady	North end of US 190 overlap
				FM 581 to US 190 – Bend, San Saba, Adamsville
				FM 2942 north (Elm Street)
Mills	Goldthwaite			SH 16 south – San Saba, Fredericksburg	South end of SH 16 overlap
				Loop 15 east to US 84 east / FM 572 – Gatesville, Waco
				FM 574 west – Mercury
				US 84 east – Evant, Gatesville, Waco	South end of US 84 overlap
see US 84
Brown	Brownwood			US 67 south / US 84 west / US 377 south – San Angelo, Abilene, Brady	North end of US 67 / US 84 / US 377 overlap
	​			FM 1467 east – Blanket, Zephyr
	​			FM 2273 west – Lake Brownwood State Park
	May			FM 1689 east – Comanche
	​			FM 583 north –
Eastland	Rising Star			SH 36 – Cross Plains, Abilene, Comanche
	​			FM 2731 west –
				FM 2526 west – Nimrod	South end of FM 2526 overlap
				FM 2526 east – Carbon,	North end of FM 2526 overlap
	Cisco			I-20 – Abilene, Eastland, Fort Worth	I-20 exit 332
				north / SH 6 south / SH 206 south to FM 2945 west – Eastland, Cross Plains, Putnam	South end of SH 6 overlap
				SH 6 north – Albany, Moran	North end of SH 6 overlap
				south (Avenue A) to SH 206 – Moran, Cross Plains
	​			FM 3101 south – Eastland
	​			SH 112 south – Eastland, Morton Valley
Stephens	​			FM 1032 west –
	​			FM 576 east – , Strawn	South end of FM 576 overlap
	​			FM 576 west – Moran	North end of FM 576 overlap
	​			FM 2231 –
	Breckenridge			US 180 (Walker Street) – Albany, Palo Pinto, Mineral Wells
				FM 287 south – Caddo, Mineral Wells
	​			FM 578 north –
	​			FM 1481 east –
Throckmorton	​			FM 3327 east (Jones Road)
	Woodson			FM 209 west to US 283	South end of FM 209 overlap
				FM 209 east – Graham	North end of FM 209 overlap
				FM 1710 north
	​			FM 923 north – Throckmorton
	​			US 283 south – Albany, Baird	South end of US 283 overlap
	​			FM 923 – Breckenridge, Haskell
	Throckmorton			US 380 – Haskell, Graham	south end of SH 79 overlap
				SH 79 north – Olney, Archer City	north end of SH 79 overlap
Baylor	Seymour			US 277 south – Munday, Abilene	South end of US 277 overlap
				north (Main Street / north / north) – Lubbock, Crowell	interchange
				SH 114 – Benjamin, Lubbock, Megargel, Olney	interchange
				FM 422 – Benjamin, Lubbock, Archer City, Bowie	interchange
				US 82 west / south ( south / south) – Benjamin, Lubbock, Munday, Abilene, Albany, Brady, Throckmorton, Cisco	interchange; south end of US 82 overlap
	Mabelle			US 82 east / US 277 north / FM 1790 south – Holliday, Wichita Falls	North end of US 82 / US 277 overlap
Wilbarger	​			FM 1763 north – Harrold, Electra, Vernon
	​			FM 2585 west – Lockett
	​			FM 433 west – Lockett	South end of FM 433 overlap
	​			FM 433 east – Oklaunion	North end of FM 433 overlap
	Vernon			US 287 Bus. (Wilbarger Street) – Quanah, Amarillo, Electra, Wichita Falls
				US 70 west / US 283 north / US 287 north – Altus, Sayre, Quanah, Amarillo, Crowell, Plainview	interchange; north end of US 283 overlap; south end of US 70 / US 287 overlap
	see US 287
	Oklaunion			US 287 south / Loop 145 – Electra, Iowa Park, Wichita Falls	interchange; north end of US 287 overlap
	​			FM 370 east
	​			FM 1763 – Harrold, Vernon
	​	428.382	689.414	US 70 east / US 183 north – Frederick, Ardmore	Continuation into Oklahoma
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Tolled

See also[]

•  U.S. Roads portal
•  Texas portal
• 183A Toll Road

References[]

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