U.S. Route 83 in Texas

U.S. Highway 83
U.S. Highway 83
Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	783.503 mi (1,260.926 km)
Existed	1932–present
Major junctions
East end	United States-Mexico border in Brownsville
	I-69E / US 77 from Brownsville to Harlingen; I-2 from Harlingen to Palmview; I-69C / US 281 in Pharr; I-35 in Laredo; I-69W / US 59 in Laredo; I-10 / US 377 in Junction; I-20 / US 84 / US 277 in Abilene; I-40 in Shamrock
North end	US 83 at OK state line near Perryton
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
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 895 miles (1,440 km), besting the east–west I-10, which has a length of 879 miles (1,415 km).^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Cameron	Brownsville	Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates over the Rio Grande south end of US 77 overlap
	Brownsville	University Boulevard / East Avenue - UT-Brownsville, Texas Southmost College	at-grade intersection
	overlap; see I-69E
	Harlingen	I-69E north / US 77 north – Raymondville, Corpus Christi, Airport	north end of I-69E / US 77 overlap; east end of I-2 overlap
overlap; see I-2
Hidalgo	Penitas	Bus. US 83 east – Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park
	Penitas	FM 1427 south
	La Joya	FM 2521 south (Leo Avenue)
		FM 2221 north – Citrus City
	Sullivan City	FM 886 south (El Faro Road) – Los Ebanos, International Ferry, Mexico
Starr	Alto Bonito	FM 2360 – La Grulla	Interchange
		FM 1430 south – Garciasville
	La Puerta	FM 1430 south – Garciasville
	Rio Grande City	FM 755 south (Pete Diaz Jr. Avenue) – International Bridge	north end of FM 755 overlap
		FM 755 north (North Flores Street) – La Gloria	south end of FM 755 overlap
		FM 3167 north – Starr County Airport
	Garceno	FM 649 north – El Sauz, Hebbronville
	Roma	Spur 200 (Bravo Avenue) – International Bridge, Mexico
	Roma Creek	FM 650 west – Fronton
		FM 2098 north – Falcon Heights, Falcon Dam, International Bridge, Falcon State Park
		FM 2098 north – Falcon Heights, Falcon Dam, International Bridge, Falcon State Park
Zapata	Chihuahua	FM 2687 east – Falcon Lake, Hebbronville
	Zapata	SH 16 east / FM 496 west (13th Avenue) – Falcon Lake, Hebbronville
	San Ygnacio	FM 3169 east
		Bus. US 83 north (Washington Avenue)
		Bus. US 83 south (Santa Maria Avenue)
Webb	Rio Bravo	Rio Bravo, El Cenizo (Espejo Molina Road)	Interchange
	Laredo	To Loop 20 north (Cuatro Vientos Road)
		Spur 260 north (Jamie Zapata Memorial Highway) to SH 359 – Hebbronville, Freer, Laredo Entertainment Center, Texas A&M International University, Lake Casa Blanca International State Park, Airport
		SH 359 east to Loop 20 – Hebbronville	Interchange; south end of SH 359 overlap
		Arkansas Avenue	interchange; no northbound exit
		I-35 BL south (Houston Street) – International Bridge No. 1, International Bridge No. 2, Downtown Laredo	North end of SH 359 overlap; south end of I-35 overlap
	see I-35
	Botines	I-35 north – San Antonio	North end of I-35 overlap; US 83 north follows exit 18
		SH 255 Toll	interchange
		SH 44 east – Encinal
Dimmit	Catarina	FM 133 east – Artesia Wells
		FM 2688 south
		FM 2522 north
		FM 1557 west – Brundage
	Asherton	FM 190 – Brundage
		FM 190 north
		FM 1557
		FM 1556 north
		FM 1917 east	South end of FM 1917 overlap
		FM 1917 west	North end of FM 1917 overlap
	Carrizo Springs	Loop 225 west
		US 277 north (Peña Street) – Eagle Pass, Del Rio
		SH 85 east / Loop 225 east (Nopal Street)
		FM 790 south (9th Street)
		Loop 517 west – Del Rio, Eagle Pass
		FM 1407 south	South end of FM 1407 overlap
		FM 1407 north	North end of FM 1407 overlap
		FM 1433 north
		FM 1407 south
Zavala		FM 191 west – Eagle Pass
	Crystal City	Loop 155 east – Crystal City
		FM 65 south / FM 393 west
		FM 1433 south (North 7th Avenue)
		FM 3292 south
		FM 1025 east – Batesville
	La Pryor	US 57 / Loop 305 north – Eagle Pass, Piedras Negras
	La Pryor	FM 1436
		Loop 305 south
		FM 1436
Uvalde	Uvalde	FM 1435 north (South Evans Street) to US 90
		FM 117 south – Batesville
		US 90 (Main Street) – Brackettville, Hondo	south end of SH 55 overlap
		FM 862 east (Studer Street)
		FM 1052 west (Oppenheimer Street)
		Spur 144 north (North Getty Street)
		SH 55 north – Camp Wood, Rocksprings	north end of SH 55 overlap
		FM 2690 north
		RM 1051 north – Reagan Wells
		SH 127 south – Concan, Sabinal
		RM 1050 east to PR 29 – Utopia, Garner State Park
Real		FM 1120 north – Rio Frio
		FM 1120 south
	Leakey	RM 337 – Camp Wood
		RM 336 north
		SH 39 east – Ingram
	Garven Store	SH 41 to US 377 – Rocksprings, Mountain Home, Kerrville
Kerr	No major junctions
Edwards	No major junctions
Kerr	No major junctions
Kimble		I-10 east – San Antonio	South end of I-10 overlap; US 83 south follows exit 462
		Loop 481 – Junction	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-10 exit 460
	Junction	FM 2169 (Martinez Street) – Junction	I-10 exit 457
	Junction	I-10 west / US 377 south to Loop 481 – Fort Stockton, Junction, Rocksprings	North end of I-10 overlap; south end of US 377 overlap; US 83 north follows exit 456
		US 377 north – London, Mason	North end of US 377 overlap
Menard		RM 1773 east to RM 1221
		SH 29 east – Mason	Interchange
	Menard	RM 2291 south – Cleo
		FM 2092 (San Saba Street)
		US 190 west – Eldorado, Presidio San Saba, Fort McKavett State Historical Site	South end of US 190 overlap
		US 190 east – Brady	North end of US 190 overlap
		FM 3463 west
Concho	Eden	US 87 – San Angelo, Brady
	Eden	FM 2402 north – Eola
		FM 765 – Eola, Millersview
	Paint Rock	FM 380 west – San Angelo
		FM 1929 – Lowake, O.H. Ivie Reservoir
Runnels		FM 2133 west – Rowena
		FM 2406 east – Bethel
	Ballinger	US 67 south (West Hutchings Avenue) – San Angelo	South end of US 67 overlap
	Ballinger	SH 158 west – Bronte
		US 67 north – Coleman, Brownwood	Interchange; north end of US 67 overlap
		FM 382 north – Crews
	Hatchel	FM 2887 south – Hatchel
	Winters	SH 153 – Winters Airport, Sweetwater, Coleman
		Loop 438 east (Wood Street)	South end of Loop 438 overlap
		Loop 438 west (Dale Street)	north end of Loop 438 overlap
		FM 1770 east – Novice
		FM 2405 north – Drasco
Taylor	Bradshaw	FM 1086 west – Bradshaw
		FM 604 north – Lawn
	Ovalo	FM 382 south / FM 614 east – Lawn
	Tuscola	FM 613 (Graham Street) – Buffalo Gap
		US 84 east – Lawn, Coleman	South end of US 84 overlap
		FM 204 east (Clark Road)
	Abilene	FM 707 – Tye	interchange; south end of freeway
		Antilley Road
		Clack Street	southbound exit only
		Bus. US 83 north (Treadaway Boulevard) / Loop 322 east – Airport
		Arrowhead Drive	southbound access only
		FM 89 (Buffalo Gap Road)
		Southwest Drive
		US 277 south – San Angelo	South end of US 277 overlap
		South 7th Street
		US 84 west (South 1st Street) / I-20 BL – Sweetwater	north end of US 84 overlap
		North 1st Street
		North 10th Street
		Ambler Avenue
		I-20 – El Paso, Fort Worth	I-20 exit 283
		(no name)	southbound exit only
		FM 2404 (Old Anson Road) – Impact
		(no name)	northbound exit only
		Bus. US 83 south – Abilene	interchange; north end of freeway; no southbound entrance
Jones		FM 3034 east – Lake Phantom
	Hawley	FM 605 west – Hodges
	Hawley	FM 1082 – Hawley	interchange
		FM 3326 south
		FM 2746 west
	Anson	FM 707 south
	Anson	US 180 – Roby, Albany
		US 277 north – Stamford	North end of US 277 overlap
		FM 1661 north – Tuxedo
		FM 1636 east – Avoca
		FM 126 south – Hamlin Lake, Neinda
	Hamlin	FM 57 south – Sweetwater
	Hamlin	SH 92 – Rotan, Stamford
		FM 540 west
Fisher	No major junctions
Stonewall	Aspermont	US 380 east / FM 610 west – Rotan, Haskell, Stamford	South end of US 380 overlap
	Aspermont	FM 1263 north (East North Second Street)
		US 380 west – Jayton	North end of US 380 overlap
		FM 1263 south
King		US 82 / SH 114 – Dickens, Benjamin	interchange
	Guthrie	Spur 729
		FM 193 west – Dumont
		FM 1168 north
Cottle		FM 452 west – Delwin
		FM 2278 west – Delwin
	Paducah	FM 1038 east (East Clare Street) – Chalk
		US 62 west / US 70 – Matador, Crowell	South end of US 62 overlap
		FM 1037 north (Backus Street)	south end of FM 1037 overlap
		FM 1037 south (McAdams Street)	north end of FM 1037 overlap
		FM 2876 east (Brant Street)
		FM 2998 north
		FM 3256 west – Matador Wildlife Management Area
	Dunlap	FM 2998 south
		FM 1440 west – Cee Vee
Childress		FM 2103 west
		FM 94 south – Tell, Matador
		FM 2042 – Tell
	Childress	FM 164 (Road 12) – Airport
	Childress	US 287 – Memphis, Quanah
		FM 3181 east
		FM 2465
		US 62 east – Hollis, Altus	North end of US 62 overlap
		SH 256 west – Memphis
		FM 1034 east
Collingsworth	Wellington	FM 338 (15th Street) – Dodson, Airport
		Loop 204 south (8th Street) – Wellington
		SH 203 east / FM 3197 west – Mangum	South end of SH 203 overlap
		SH 203 west – Quail	North end of SH 203 overlap
		FM 1981 west
		FM 3446 east
	Lutie	FM 1439 east
		FM 1036 west – Samnorwood
Wheeler	Shamrock	FM 2033 east (Railroad Avenue)
		I-40 BL / Historic US 66 (12th Street) – McLean, Sayre
		I-40 – McLean, Sayre	I-40 exit 163
	Twitty	FM 592 – Kelton
		FM 1906 east – Kelton
	Wheeler	To FM 2473
	Wheeler	SH 152 – Pampa, Sayre, Airport
		FM 1046 – New Mobeetie, Briscoe
Hemphill		FM 1268 west
		FM 277 east – Allison
		FM 3044 east
		US 60 west / SH 33 east – Miami, Pampa, Oklahoma	Interchange; south end of US 60 overlap
	Canadian	FM 2388 south (Main Street) – Court House
		FM 2266 east
		US 60 east – Glazier	North end of US 60 overlap
Lipscomb		SH 23 north – Booker
Ochiltree		FM 281 west – Spearman, Sunray
		FM 2711 north
		SH 70 south – Pampa
	Perryton	Loop 143 – Frank Phillips College Allen Campus
		FM 377 east (9th Avenue)
		SH 15 (Brillhart Avenue) – Spearman, Booker
		Loop 143 south
		FM 1267 west
		US 83 north – Liberal	Oklahoma state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

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

Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway designation in Perryton; click to read
U.S. Highway 83 in a major retail district of McAllen

Notes

^ Length does not account for concurrencies along Interstate Highways and U.S. Highways with lower numbers

References

^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 83". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "U.S. Route 83 in Texas" (Map). Google Maps. 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 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.

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U.S. Route 83
Previous state: Terminus	Texas	Next state: Oklahoma

[2] Length does not account for concurrencies along Interstate Highways and U.S. Highways with lower numbers

[TXDOT_US_83-1] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 83". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 6, 2008.

[GM-3] "U.S. Route 83 in Texas" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 17, 2015.

[aashto2013-05-4] 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.

[5] 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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