U.S. Route 83 in Texas
U.S. Highway 83 | ||||
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| Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway | ||||
US 83 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 906.5 mi (1,458.9 km) | |||
| Existed | 1932–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | Mexican border in Brownsville | |||
| I-69E / US 77 from Brownsville to Harlingen I-2 from Harlingen to Peñitas I-69C / US 281 in Pharr I-35 in Laredo I-69W / US 59 in Laredo I-10 / US 377 in Junction I-20 / US 84 / US 277 in Abilene I-40 in Shamrock | ||||
| North end | US 83 at the Oklahoma state line near Perryton | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Webb, Dimmit, Zavala, Uvalde, Real, Kerr, Edwards, Kimble, Menard, Concho, Runnels, Taylor, Jones, Fisher, Stonewall, King, Cottle, Childress, Collingsworth, Wheeler, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree | |||
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U.S. Highway 83 (US 83), dedicated as the Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway, is a U.S. Highway in the U.S. state of Texas that begins at I-69E/US 77 in Brownsville and follows the Rio Grande to Laredo, then heads north through Abilene to the Oklahoma state line north of Perryton, the seat of Ochiltree County.
In the Lower Rio Grande Valley, US 83 is a freeway that is at or close to interstate standards from Brownsville to Peñitas. In May 2013, the Texas Department of Transportation applied to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials to designate this 48-mile (77 km) section as I-2. After the Special Committee on Route Numbering initially disapproved the application, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Board of Directors approved the I-2 designation, conditional on the concurrence of the Federal Highway Administration. On May 29, 2013, the segment of US 83 was approved as an I-69 connector using the I-2 designation extending approximately 46 miles (74 km) from Harlingen to west of Mission.
At a length of 906.5 mi (1,458.9 km), it is the longest numbered highway in Texas, besting the east west I-10, which runs 880 miles. It is also the longest stretch of a single US Highway within a single US state.