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 | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Texas | |||
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 state line north of Perryton, the seat of Ochiltree County.
In the Lower Rio Grande Valley, US 83 is a freeway that is at or close to interstate standards from Brownsville to Peñitas. 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.[1] 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.[2]
At a length of 906.5 mi (1,458.9 km), it is the longest numbered highway in Texas, besting the east west I-10, which runs 880 miles. It is also the longest stretch of a single US Highway within a single US state.
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 Peñitas. 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. 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.[3]
Future
TxDOT is planning to upgrade multiple portions of the US 83 corridor to interstate highway standards. Long-term plans call for I-2 to be extended along the US 83 corridor to Laredo, where it will terminate at I-69W. On March 15, 2022, a bill was signed by President Joe Biden that added the extension of I-27 north to Raton, New Mexico, and south to Laredo to the Interstate Highway System. The extension would utilize the US 83 corridor between Carrizo Springs and Laredo.[4] Part of the I-14 project also includes upgrading US 83 to interstate highway standards between I-10 in Junction and US 87 (Future I-14N) in Eden. The routing will also include an interchange with US 190 (Future I-14S) in Menard.[5]
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 | Peñitas | 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 | Chihuahua | 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 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Hatchel | 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 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Dunlap | 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 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Lutie | 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
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Scenic section of the Texas Hill Country north of Leakey
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An abandoned hotel and restaurant (built 1926) at Catarina on US 83 near Carrizo Springs
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U.S. Highway 83 in a major retail district of McAllen in 2005. I-2 was cosigned on this part of the route in 2013
See also
Notes
References
- ^ 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 from the original (PDF) 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.
- ^ Google (June 17, 2015). "U.S. Route 83 in Texas" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ^ Driggars, Alex (March 15, 2022). "Raton to Laredo corridor added to Interstate Highway System, paving way for I-27 expansion". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
- ^ "I-14 System in Texas". www.txdot.gov. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
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