U.S. Route 83

U.S. Route 83
Route information
Length	1,885 mi[1] (3,034 km)
Existed	1926–present
Major junctions
South end	Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates to Fed. 101 / Fed. 180 at the Mexico–United States border in Brownsville, TX
Major intersections	I-35 from Laredo to Botines, TX I-10 from Segovia to Junction, TX I-20 in Abilene, TX I-40 in Shamrock, TX I-70 near Oakley, KS I-80 in North Platte, NE I-90 from Murdo to Vivian, SD US 14 from Fort Pierre to Pierre, SD I-94 from Sterling to Bismarck, ND US 2 / US 52 in Minot, ND
North end	PTH 83 at the Canada–United States border near Westhope, ND
Location
Country	United States
States	Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided

US 83 as it goes through the Texas Hill Country in Uvalde County, Texas

U.S. Route 83 (US 83) is a major north–south U.S. Highway. It goes 1,885 miles (3,034 km) in the central United States.^[2] Only four other north–south routes are longer: U.S. Routes 1, 41, 59, and 87. The highway's northern endpoint is north of Westhope, North Dakota, at the Canada–United States border. The southern endpoint is in Harlingen, Texas.

References

1. Google (July 4, 2017). "U.S. Route 83" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
2. "U.S. Route 83". usroute83.

More reading

• Reynolds, David. Slow Road to Brownsville: A Journey Through the Heart of the Old West. New York: Greystone Books, 2014. Narrative of a journey along U.S. Route 83 from Swan River, Manitoba to Brownsville, Texas
• Magnuson, Stew. The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83: The Dakotas: Volume 1 . Court Bridge Publishing, 2014.
• Magnuson, Stew. The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S Route 83 Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma: Volume 2. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015.
• Magnuson, Stew. The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83 in Texas: Volume 3. Court Bridge Publishing, 2017.

Other websites

Route map:

Template:Attached KML/U.S. Route 83

KML is from Wikidata

• Media related to U.S. Route 83 at Wikimedia Commons
• Endpoints of U.S. Highway 83