U.S. ROUTE 183

'U.S. Route 183' is a north-south United States highway. U.S. 183 was the last US route to be completely paved. The 20 mile (32 km) segment in Loup County, Nebraska north of Taylor was unpaved until 1967 [1].

Contents

Termini

Historic termini

States traversed

Legal description

Exit list

Related US Routes

References

Termini

As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Presho, South Dakota at an intersection with Interstate 90. Its southern terminus is in Refugio, Texas at the southern intersection of U.S. Highway 77 and Alternate US 77. US 183 and Alt US 77 overlap for their final 80 miles (129 km) between Cuero and Refugio.

Historic termini

★ When the route was first commissioned in 1930, it ran from North Platte, Nebraska to near Selden, Kansas. This route is now U.S. Highway 83.

★ From 1932 until I-90 was built in the 1960s, US 183's northern terminus was 10 miles (16 km) further west, in Vivian, South Dakota at an intersection with its parent, U.S. Highway 83.

★ In 1940, the southern terminus was extended to Junction, Texas. It reached its present endpoint in 1950.

States traversed

The highway passes through the following states:

★ South Dakota

★ Nebraska

★ Kansas

★ Oklahoma

★ Texas

Legal description

The South Dakota section of U.S. 183, with the exception of a concurrency with U.S. 18, is defined at South Dakota Codified Laws § 31-4-202.[2]

Exit list

There is a freeway section near Austin, Texas, with some interchanges to the south on a non-freeway section (south of Interstate 35) and the tolled 183A Toll Road to the north.

Destinations	Notes
Montopolis Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Bolm Road
Manor Road
	Northbound exit is via I-35 exit
Ohlen Road; Payton Gin Road
Braker Lane; Balcones Woods Drive; Great Hills Trail
Duval Road; Balcones Woods Drive
Oak Knoll Drive
Spicewood Springs Road, McNeil Drive
Anderson Mill Road; Lake Creek Parkway
	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
183A north	Northbound exit and southbound entrance

Related US Routes

★ U.S. Highway 83

★ U.S. Highway 283

★ U.S. Highway 383

References

1. U.S. Highways: From US 1 to (US 830)


★ Endpoints of US highways