U.S. Route 83

U.S. Route 83
U.S. Route 83
	US 83 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	1,885 mi (3,034 km)
Existed	1926–present
Major junctions
South end	Fed. 101 / Fed. 180 at the Mexico–United States border in Brownsville, TX
	I-69E / US 77 from Brownsville to Harlingen, TX; I-2 from Harlingen to Peñitas, TX; 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; I-94 from Sterling to Bismarck, 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;

U.S. Route 83 (US 83) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that extends 1,885 miles (3,034 km) in the central United States.^[2] Only four other north–south routes are longer: US 1, US 41, US 59, and US 87, while US 83 follows a straighter north-south path than all of these. Nearly half of its mileage is in the state of Texas. The highway's northern terminus is north of Westhope, North Dakota, at the Canadian border, where it continues as Manitoba Highway 83 (PTH 83). The southern terminus is at the Veterans International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas. Together, US 83 and PTH 83 form a continuously numbered north-south highway with a combined distance of 3,450 kilometres (2,140 mi).

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