U.S. ROUTE 83

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'U.S. Highway 83' is one of the longest north-south U.S. Highways in the United States, at 1885 miles, only three other north-south routes are longer U.S. 1, U.S. 41 and U.S. 87. The highway's northern terminus is north of Westhope, North Dakota, at the Canadian border, where it continues as Highway 83. The southern terminus is in Brownsville, Texas, at the Veteran's International Bridge on the Mexican border, connecting with Mexican Federal Highway 180.

Contents

Route description

Texas

Oklahoma

Kansas

Nebraska

South Dakota

North Dakota

Major intersections

See also

Related U.S. Routes

References

Route description

Major cities
★ Brownsville, Texas ★ McAllen, Texas ★ Laredo, Texas ★ Abilene, Texas ★ Liberal, Kansas ★ Garden City, Kansas ★ Oakley, Kansas ★ McCook, Nebraska ★ North Platte, Nebraska ★ Valentine, Nebraska ★ Pierre, South Dakota ★ Bismarck, North Dakota ★ Minot, North Dakota

Texas

Oklahoma

Kansas

Nebraska

U.S. 83 enters Nebraska south of McCook, where it meets U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 34. It continues northward to North Platte, where it intersects Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 30. After leaving North Platte in a northeasterly direction, it turns north near Stapleton and goes north through the Sand Hills to Valentine. For 5 miles before Valentine, it runs concurrent with U.S. Route 20. After passing through Valentine, it continues north to enter South Dakota.

South Dakota

The South Dakota section of U.S. 83, with the exception of concurrencies with U.S. 18, Interstate 90, U.S. 14, U.S. 212, and U.S. 12, is defined at South Dakota Codified Laws § 31-4-180. [1]

North Dakota

Major intersections

★ U.S. Highway 2 in Minot, North Dakota

★ U.S. Highway 52 in Minot, North Dakota

★ Interstate 94 concurrent between Bismarck and Sterling, North Dakota

★ U.S. Highway 12 Near Selby, South Dakota

★ U.S. Highway 14 west of Blunt, South Dakota

★ Interstate 90 concurrent between Vivian and Murdo, South Dakota

★ U.S. Highway 18 west of Misson, South Dakota

★ U.S. Highway 20 in Valentine, Nebraska

★ U.S. Highway 30 in North Platte, Nebraska

★ Interstate 80 in North Platte, Nebraska

★ U.S. Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 34 in McCook, Nebraska

★ U.S. Highway 36 in Oberlin, Kansas

★ U.S. Highway 24 east of Colby, Kansas

★ Interstate 70 in Oakley, Kansas

★ U.S. Highway 40 in Oakley, Kansas

★ U.S. Highway 50 and U.S. Highway 400 in Garden City, Kansas

★ U.S. Highway 56 in Sublette, Kansas

★ U.S. Highway 54 in Liberal, Kansas

★ U.S. Highway 64 and U.S. Highway 270 south of Liberal, Kansas (in Oklahoma)

★ U.S. Highway 60 north of Canadian, Texas

★ Interstate 40 in Shamrock, Texas

★ U.S. Highway 62 west of Hollis, Oklahoma and Oklahoma border

★ U.S. Highway 70 in Paducah, Texas

★ Interstate 40 in Shamrock, Texas

★ Interstate 20 in Abilene, Texas

★ U.S. Highway 84 in Abilene, Texas

★ U.S. Highway 67 in Ballinger, Texas

★ Interstate 10 in Junction, Texas concurrency with route

★ U.S. Highway 90 in Uvalde, Texas

★ U.S. Highway 57 south of Uvalde, Texas

★ Interstate 35 concurrent between Botines and Laredo, Texas

★ U.S. Highway 59 in Laredo, Texas

★ U.S. Highway 77 in Harlingen, Texas

See also

Related U.S. Routes

★ U.S. Highway 183

★ U.S. Highway 283

★ U.S. Highway 383

References

1. Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 02:55, 4 July 2006 (UTC).