U.S. Route 83 in Texas

U.S. Route 83
Length:	783.503 mi[1] (1,260.926 km)
Formed:	1932
South end:	United States-Mexico border in Brownsville
Major junctions:	US 281 in McAllen I-35 in Laredo US 59 in Laredo US 277 in Carrizo Springs US 57 in La Pryor US 90 in Uvalde I-10 / US 377 in Junction US 190 in Menard US 87 in Eden US 67 in Ballinger I-20 / US 84 / US 277 in Abilene US 190 in Anson US 380 in Aspermont US 82 in Guthrie US 62 / US 70 in Paducah US 287 in Chldress I-40 in Shamrock US 60 in Canadian
North end:	US-83 near Perryton
Highways in Texas < SH 82 SH 83 > United States Numbered Highways List – Bannered – Divided – Replaced

In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Highway 83, dedicated as the Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway, is a U.S. Highway that begins at US 77 in Brownsville and follows the Rio Grande to Laredo, then heads north through Abilene to the Oklahoma border north of Perryton. It is the longest north-south highway in Texas, and the second longest overall (behind Interstate 10).

Route description

U.S. Highway 83 in a major retail district of McAllen

An abandoned hotel and restaurant (built 1926) at Catarina on Highway 83 west of Carrizo Springs

US 83's southern terminus is at a concurrency with US 77 on the south side of Brownsville at the US/Mexico border. It remains co-signed with US 77 until Harlingen, where US 77 makes a sharp turn northward and US 83 maintains a westerly route to McAllen, Texas. From McAllen, the highway roughly parallels the Rio Grande until Laredo where it makes a northwesterly turn toward Carrizo Springs, the seat of 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]

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