U.S. Route 183

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U.S. Route 183

Length:

1250 mi^[1] (2012 km)

Formed:

1930^[1]

South end:

U.S. 77 at Refugio, TX

Major
junctions:

I-10 at Luling, TX

I-35 at Austin, TX

I-20 at Cisco, TX

I-40 at Clinton, OK

I-70 at Hays, KS

I-80 at Elm Creek, NE

North end:

I-90 at Presho, SD

United States Numbered Highways
Spur of US 83
List - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

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.^[2] 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.

1 Route description
2 History
3 Exit list
4 See also
- 4.1 Related routes
5 References

[edit] Route description

[edit] Texas

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[edit] Oklahoma

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[edit] Kansas

US-183 enters Kansas in Clark County and turns east at Sitka, where it begins a multiplex with US-160, entering Comanche County, where it passes through Protection. The highways stay paired as it turns north to pass through the Comanche County seat, Coldwater. At Coldwater, US-160 turns back to the east, and US-183 continues its northerly track.

Entering Kiowa County, US-183 reaches a junction with the multiplexed east-west route, US-54 and US-400, where it passes through Greensburg. In southern Edwards County, the highway makes a brief turn to the west before meeting up with US-56 in Kinsley, the Edwards County seat. US-56 and US-183 turn northeast before the highways split after entering Pawnee County. US-56 continues northeast toward Larned, and US-183 straightens out to pass through largely unpopulated areas in Edwards County.

In Rush County, US-183 intersects two primary east-west Kansas state highways, K-96 in Rush Center and K-4 in LaCrosse.

US-183 reaches the largest city along its route in Kansas, Hays, where a western bypass of the highway provides direct access to Gross Memorial Coliseum and Fort Hays State University. US-183 is known as Vine Street in Hays and contains numerous businesses. US-183 runs through town for three miles before crossing Interstate 70, which is heavily traveled in Hays with traffic between Denver and Kansas City.

North of Hays, the highway has been resurfaced and realigned for 23 miles to Plainville, one of two towns in Rooks County US-183 serves. At Plainville, US-183 has a junction with K-18. US-183 continues 15 miles north to Stockton, the Rooks County seat, where US-24 crosses.

The highway enters Phillips County approximately 12 miles north of Stockton. US-183 meets US-36 west, and the highways join for a multiplex through the city of Phillipsburg. The highways split in downtown Phillipsburg, and US-183 has one last junction with K-383 before exiting the state south of Alma, Nebraska.

US-183 is two-laned throughout Kansas, except for the portion which runs through Hays.

[edit] Nebraska

U.S. Highway 183 enters Nebraska south of Alma. It enters Alma after crossing Harlan County Lake and then runs concurrent with U.S. Highway 136 north out of Alma. After separating from US 136, US 183 continues north to Holdrege, where it intersects U.S. Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 34. US 183 continues north from Holdrege and intersects Interstate 80 south of Elm Creek. It then proceeds north into Elm Creek and meets U.S. Highway 30. US 183 continues north through Miller and intersects Nebraska Highway 2 at Ansley. It continues north from Ansley through Sargent, Taylor, and Rose before meeting U.S. Highway 20 in Bassett. At Bassett, US 183 turns west with US 20 before turning north again near Long Pine. US 183 continues north through Springview before entering South Dakota.

[edit] South Dakota

U.S. Highway 183 enters South Dakota just south of Wewela. It goes north to Colome, where it intersects U.S. Highway 18. US 183 and US 18 go northwest through Winner together, then US 183 turns north west of Winner. It goes north to Presho, where it intersects Interstate 90 and ends.

Legally, 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.^[3]

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[edit] History

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.

[edit] 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 183A toll road to the north.

Destinations	Notes
SH 71 (Ben White Boulevard) – Bastrop
Montopolis Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Loop 111 (Airport Boulevard) / Loop 343 (1st-5th-7th Streets)
Bolm Road
FM 969 (Martin Luther King Boulevard)
Manor Road
US 290
I-35 – Waco, San Antonio
Loop 275 (Lamar Boulevard)	Northbound exit is via I-35 exit
Ohlen Road; Payton Gin Road
FM 1325 (Burnet Road)
Loop 1 (Mopac Boulevard)
Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway) / Great Hills Trail
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
RM 620 / Lake Creek Parkway – Pecan Park	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
SH 45 east	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
183A north	Northbound exit and southbound entrance