U.S. Route 83 in Texas
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Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway | ||||
US 83 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
Length | 906.5 mi (1,458.9 km) | |||
Existed | 1932–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | United States-Mexico border in Brownsville | |||
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North end | ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Counties | Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Webb, Dimmit, Zavala, Uvalde, Real, Kerr, Edwards, Kimble, Menard, Concho, Runnels, Taylor, Jones, Fisher, Stonewall, King, Cottle, Childress, Collingsworth, Wheeler, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Highway 83 (US 83), dedicated as the Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway, is a U.S. Highway in the U.S. state of Texas that begins at US 77 (Interstate 69E, I-69E) in Brownsville and follows the Rio Grande to Laredo, then heads north through Abilene to the Oklahoma border north of Perryton, the seat of Ochiltree County. It is the longest highway in Texas at a length of about 906 miles (1,458 km), besting the east–west I-10, which has a length of 879 miles (1,415 km), and it is also the longest stretch of a U.S. highway within a single U.S. state.[1]
In the Lower Rio Grande Valley, US 83 is a freeway that is at or close to interstate standards from Brownsville to Penitas. In May 2013, the Texas Department of Transportation applied to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) to designate this 48-mile (77 km) section as I-2. After the Special Committee on Route Numbering initially disapproved the application, the AASHTO Board of Directors approved the I-2 designation, conditional on the concurrence of the Federal Highway Administration.[2] On May 29, 2013, the segment of US 83 was approved as an I-69 connector using the I-2 designation extending approximately 46 miles (74 km) from Harlingen to west of Mission.[3]
Route description[]
US 83's southern terminus is at a concurrency with I-69E/US 77 on the south side of Brownsville at the Brownsville – Veterans Port of Entry at the US/Mexico border. It remains co-signed with I-69E/US 77 until Harlingen, where I-69E/US 77 makes a sharp turn northward and US 83 maintains a westerly route to McAllen, concurrent with I-2 until Palmview. From there, the highway roughly parallels the Rio Grande until Laredo where it makes a northwesterly turn toward Carrizo Springs, the seat of Dimmit County. The speed limit on US 83 is briefly 75 mph through Dimmit County.
Merging with I-35 just south of downtown, US 83 remains co-signed with the interstate until an exit at Botines, Texas. From there, it continues northward, intersecting with I-10 just south of Junction. US 83 is co-signed with I-10 for approximately 8 miles (13 km), turning northward and leaving I-10 at the Kimble County Airport.
After continuing northward through several rural western Texas towns, US 83 then merges with US 84 east of Tuscola, where it makes a sharp turn back to the north. US 83/84 remains a co-signed route until Abilene, where US 84 turns to the northwest and US 83 remains northbound, merging with US 277 on the west side of the city. US 83/277 remains a co-signed route until approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Anson, where US 277 turns northeast, and US 83, northwest.
After merging with US 380 in Aspermont and briefly sharing a route, US 83 continues northward, merging with US 62 in Paducah. US 83/62 continues as a co-signed route until approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of Wellington, where US 62 makes a sharp turn eastward, leaving US 83 to continue northward, where it crosses into Oklahoma approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Perryton.[1]
Major intersections[]
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Cameron | Brownsville | 0.0 | 0.0 | Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates over the Rio Grande south end of US 77 overlap | ||||
0.9 | 1.4 | University Boulevard / East Avenue - UT-Brownsville, Texas Southmost College | at-grade intersection | |||||
overlap; see I-69E | ||||||||
Harlingen | 26.9 | 43.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | north end of I-69E / US 77 overlap; east end of I-2 overlap; exit 26B on I-69E; exit 176 on I-2 | ||||
overlap; see I-2 | ||||||||
Hidalgo | Penitas | 74.5 | 119.9 | ![]() ![]() | at-grade intersection; current western end of I-2 | |||
75.0 | 120.7 | ![]() | ||||||
La Joya | 77.4 | 124.6 | ![]() | |||||
| 77.9 | 125.4 | ![]() | |||||
Sullivan City | 82.6 | 132.9 | ![]() | |||||
Starr | Alto Bonito | 87.9 | 141.5 | ![]() | Interchange | |||
| 92.1 | 148.2 | ![]() | |||||
La Puerta | 95.4 | 153.5 | ![]() | |||||
Rio Grande City | 99.5 | 160.1 | ![]() | south end of FM 755 overlap | ||||
100.5 | 161.7 | ![]() | north end of FM 755 overlap | |||||
103.6 | 166.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Garceno | 109.1 | 175.6 | ![]() | |||||
Roma | 114.0 | 183.5 | ![]() | |||||
115.4 | 185.7 | ![]() | ||||||
Falcon Heights | 124.3 | 200.0 | ![]() | |||||
128.1 | 206.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Zapata | 141.8 | 228.2 | ![]() | |||||
Zapata | 155.1 | 249.6 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
San Ygnacio | 169.4 | 272.6 | ![]() | |||||
169.6 | 272.9 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
169.9 | 273.4 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Webb | Rio Bravo | 190.6 | 306.7 | Rio Bravo, El Cenizo (Espejo Molina Road) | Interchange | |||
Laredo | 194.2 | 312.5 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
200.4 | 322.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
201.1 | 323.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange; south end of SH 359 overlap | |||||
201.3 | 324.0 | Arkansas Avenue | interchange; no northbound exit | |||||
203.6 | 327.7 | ![]() | North end of SH 359 overlap; south end of I-35 overlap | |||||
see I-35 | ||||||||
| 221.4 | 356.3 | ![]() | North end of I-35 overlap; US 83 north follows exit 18 | ||||
| 226.5 | 364.5 | ![]() | interchange | ||||
| 241.7 | 389.0 | ![]() | |||||
Dimmit | Catarina | 264.0 | 424.9 | ![]() | ||||
| 267.1 | 429.9 | ![]() | |||||
Asherton | 273.6 | 440.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
274.8 | 442.2 | ![]() | ||||||
276.0 | 444.2 | ![]() | ||||||
277.5 | 446.6 | ![]() | ||||||
| 280.0 | 450.6 | ![]() | |||||
| 281.1 | 452.4 | ![]() | |||||
| 283.4 | 456.1 | ![]() | South end of FM 1917 overlap | ||||
| 283.5 | 456.2 | ![]() | North end of FM 1917 overlap | ||||
Carrizo Springs | 284.0 | 457.1 | ![]() | |||||
284.4 | 457.7 | ![]() | ||||||
284.5 | 457.9 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
285.7 | 459.8 | ![]() | ||||||
286.0 | 460.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
286.1 | 460.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | South end of FM 1407 overlap | |||||
| 286.6 | 461.2 | ![]() | North end of FM 1407 overlap | ||||
| 288.5 | 464.3 | ![]() | |||||
| 292.2 | 470.3 | ![]() | |||||
Zavala | | 293.5 | 472.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Crystal City | 295.4 | 475.4 | ![]() | |||||
296.8 | 477.7 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
297.3 | 478.5 | ![]() | ||||||
299.5 | 482.0 | ![]() | ||||||
| 302.6 | 487.0 | ![]() | |||||
La Pryor | 314.3 | 505.8 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
314.8 | 506.6 | ![]() | ||||||
315.5 | 507.7 | ![]() | ||||||
315.9 | 508.4 | ![]() | ||||||
| 319.1 | 513.5 | ![]() | |||||
Uvalde | Uvalde | 333.1 | 536.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
333.9 | 537.4 | ![]() | ||||||
334.4 | 538.2 | ![]() | south end of SH 55 overlap | |||||
335.4 | 539.8 | ![]() | ||||||
335.9 | 540.6 | ![]() | ||||||
335.8 | 540.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
336.4 | 541.4 | ![]() | north end of SH 55 overlap | |||||
| 343.1 | 552.2 | ![]() | |||||
| 354.1 | 569.9 | ![]() | |||||
Concan | 357.3 | 575.0 | ![]() | |||||
| 365.7 | 588.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Real | Rio Frio | 367.6 | 591.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Leakey | 373.5 | 601.1 | ![]() | |||||
374.1 | 602.1 | ![]() | ||||||
375.1 | 603.7 | ![]() | ||||||
| 393.0 | 632.5 | ![]() | |||||
| 401.6 | 646.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Kerr |
No major junctions | |||||||
Edwards |
No major junctions | |||||||
Kerr |
No major junctions | |||||||
Kimble | | 430.3 | 692.5 | ![]() | South end of I-10 overlap; US 83 south follows exit 462 | |||
Junction | 432.1 | 695.4 | ![]() | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-10 exit 460 | ||||
434.6 | 699.4 | ![]() | I-10 exit 457 | |||||
436.5 | 702.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | North end of I-10 overlap; south end of US 377 overlap; US 83 north follows exit 456 | |||||
437.7 | 704.4 | ![]() | North end of US 377 overlap | |||||
Menard | | 456.3 | 734.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 462.9 | 745.0 | ![]() | Interchange | ||||
Menard | 465.4 | 749.0 | ![]() | |||||
466.2 | 750.3 | ![]() | ||||||
466.6 | 750.9 | ![]() | South end of US 190 overlap | |||||
467.7 | 752.7 | ![]() | North end of US 190 overlap | |||||
| 473.0 | 761.2 | ![]() | |||||
Concho | Eden | 487.7 | 784.9 | ![]() | ||||
488.0 | 785.4 | ![]() | ||||||
| 499.7 | 804.2 | ![]() | |||||
Paint Rock | 508.5 | 818.4 | ![]() | |||||
| 512.0 | 824.0 | ![]() | |||||
Runnels | | 517.4 | 832.7 | ![]() | ||||
| 518.4 | 834.3 | ![]() | |||||
Ballinger | 524.7 | 844.4 | ![]() | South end of US 67 overlap | ||||
524.8 | 844.6 | ![]() | ||||||
525.7 | 846.0 | ![]() | Interchange; north end of US 67 overlap | |||||
526.2 | 846.8 | ![]() | ||||||
533.0 | 857.8 | ![]() | ||||||
Winters | 540.0 | 869.0 | ![]() | |||||
540.4 | 869.7 | ![]() | South end of Loop 438 overlap | |||||
540.5 | 869.9 | ![]() | north end of Loop 438 overlap | |||||
541.3 | 871.1 | ![]() | ||||||
542.5 | 873.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Taylor | Bradshaw | 551.3 | 887.2 | ![]() | ||||
| 554.2 | 891.9 | ![]() | |||||
Ovalo | 558.7 | 899.1 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Tuscola | 561.4 | 903.5 | ![]() | |||||
| 564.1 | 907.8 | ![]() | South end of US 84 overlap | ||||
| 570.7 | 918.5 | ![]() | |||||
Abilene | 572.4 | 921.2 | ![]() | interchange; south end of freeway | ||||
573.9 | 923.6 | ![]() | access to Hendrick Medical Center South | |||||
574.9 | 925.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
576.2 | 927.3 | Arrowhead Drive | southbound access only | |||||
576.0 | 927.0 | ![]() | ||||||
576.9 | 928.4 | Southwest Drive | ||||||
578.1 | 930.4 | ![]() | South end of US 277 overlap | |||||
579.4 | 932.5 | South 7th Street | ||||||
580.7 | 934.5 | ![]() ![]() | north end of US 84 overlap | |||||
581.1 | 935.2 | North 1st Street | ||||||
581.4 | 935.7 | North 10th Street | ||||||
582.4 | 937.3 | Ambler Avenue | ||||||
582.9– 583.4 | 938.1– 938.9 | ![]() | I-20 exit 283 | |||||
584.6 | 940.8 | (no name) | southbound exit only | |||||
584.5 | 940.7 | ![]() | ||||||
585.4 | 942.1 | (no name) | northbound exit only | |||||
585.7 | 942.6 | ![]() ![]() | interchange; north end of freeway; no southbound entrance | |||||
Jones | | 586.3 | 943.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Hawley | 591.9 | 952.6 | ![]() | |||||
593.1 | 954.5 | ![]() | interchange | |||||
| 599.0 | 964.0 | ![]() | |||||
Anson | 602.2 | 969.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
603.3 | 970.9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
604.4 | 972.7 | ![]() | ||||||
606.1 | 975.4 | ![]() | North end of US 277 overlap | |||||
| 610.0 | 981.7 | ![]() | |||||
| 616.4 | 992.0 | ![]() | |||||
Hamlin | 620.3 | 998.3 | ![]() | |||||
621.5 | 1,000.2 | ![]() | ||||||
622.1 | 1,001.2 | ![]() | ||||||
| 625.0 | 1,005.8 | ![]() | |||||
Fisher |
No major junctions | |||||||
Stonewall | Aspermont | 640.5 | 1,030.8 | ![]() ![]() | South end of US 380 overlap | |||
641.5 | 1,032.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
| 643.9 | 1,036.3 | ![]() | North end of US 380 overlap | ||||
| 656.2 | 1,056.1 | ![]() | |||||
King | | 674.2 | 1,085.0 | ![]() ![]() | interchange | |||
Guthrie | 675.5 | 1,087.1 | ![]() | |||||
| 686.9 | 1,105.5 | ![]() | |||||
| 689.0 | 1,108.8 | ![]() | |||||
Cottle | | 693.6 | 1,116.2 | ![]() | ||||
| 698.5 | 1,124.1 | ![]() | |||||
Paducah | 703.1 | 1,131.5 | ![]() | |||||
703.5 | 1,132.2 | ![]() ![]() | South end of US 62 overlap | |||||
703.7 | 1,132.5 | ![]() | south end of FM 1037 overlap | |||||
703.8 | 1,132.7 | ![]() | north end of FM 1037 overlap | |||||
704.1 | 1,133.1 | ![]() | ||||||
| 709.8 | 1,142.3 | ![]() | |||||
| 710.9 | 1,144.1 | ![]() | |||||
712.4 | 1,146.5 | ![]() | ||||||
| 718.6 | 1,156.5 | ![]() | |||||
Childress | | 727.4 | 1,170.6 | ![]() | ||||
| 729.9 | 1,174.7 | ![]() | |||||
Childress | 732.4 | 1,178.7 | ![]() | |||||
733.5 | 1,180.5 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
734.3 | 1,181.7 | ![]() | ||||||
735.1 | 1,183.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
| 741.8 | 1,193.8 | ![]() | |||||
| 750.8 | 1,208.3 | ![]() | North end of US 62 overlap | ||||
| 752.3 | 1,210.7 | ![]() | |||||
| 754.3 | 1,213.9 | ![]() | |||||
Collingsworth | Wellington | 763.5 | 1,228.7 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
764.0 | 1,229.5 | ![]() | ||||||
764.5 | 1,230.3 | ![]() ![]() | South end of SH 203 overlap | |||||
766.6 | 1,233.7 | ![]() | North end of SH 203 overlap | |||||
| 770.7 | 1,240.3 | ![]() | |||||
| 772.2 | 1,242.7 | ![]() | |||||
775.7 | 1,248.4 | ![]() | ||||||
| 777.9 | 1,251.9 | ![]() | |||||
Wheeler | Shamrock | 789.5 | 1,270.6 | ![]() | ||||
790.3 | 1,271.9 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
790.6 | 1,272.3 | ![]() | I-40 exit 163 | |||||
Twitty | 796.5 | 1,281.8 | ![]() | |||||
| 800.5 | 1,288.3 | ![]() | |||||
Wheeler | 805.6 | 1,296.5 | ![]() | |||||
806.4 | 1,297.8 | ![]() | ||||||
Briscoe | 815.8 | 1,312.9 | ![]() | |||||
Hemphill | | 820.5 | 1,320.5 | ![]() | ||||
| 824.7 | 1,327.2 | ![]() | |||||
| 830.1 | 1,335.9 | ![]() | |||||
| 832.7 | 1,340.1 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; south end of US 60 overlap | ||||
Canadian | 839.8 | 1,351.5 | ![]() | |||||
842.4 | 1,355.7 | ![]() | ||||||
842.7 | 1,356.2 | ![]() | North end of US 60 overlap | |||||
Lipscomb | | 857.6 | 1,380.2 | ![]() | ||||
Ochiltree | | 859.7 | 1,383.6 | ![]() | ||||
| 878.8 | 1,414.3 | ![]() | |||||
| 879.9 | 1,416.1 | ![]() | |||||
Perryton | 885.0 | 1,424.3 | ![]() | |||||
886.0 | 1,425.9 | ![]() | ||||||
886.6 | 1,426.8 | ![]() | ||||||
| 888.0 | 1,429.1 | ![]() | |||||
| 888.5 | 1,429.9 | ![]() | |||||
| 893.5 | 1,437.9 | ![]() | Oklahoma state line | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Gallery[]
Scenic section of the Texas Hill Country north of Leakey
An abandoned hotel and restaurant (built 1926) at Catarina on US 83 near Carrizo Springs
Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway designation in Perryton; click to read
U.S. Highway 83, co-signed with I-2, in a major retail district of McAllen
See also[]
Texas portal
U.S. Roads portal
- Business routes of U.S. Route 83 in Texas
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ a b Google (June 17, 2015). "U.S. Route 83 in Texas" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (May 4, 2013). "Special Committee on US Route Numbering Report to SCOH on May 3, 2013 Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ Essex, Allen (May 30, 2013). "I-69 Comes to the Valley: 111 Miles Added to Interstate System". Valley Morning Star. Harlingen, TX. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
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