U.S. Route 83 Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids U.S. Route 83

Route information
Length	1,885 mi (3,034 km)
Existed	1926–present
Major junctions
South end	Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates to Fed. 101 / Fed. 180 at the Mexico–United States border in Brownsville, 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 US 14 from Fort Pierre to Pierre, SD I-94 from Sterling to Bismarck, ND US 2 / US 52 in Minot, ND
North end	PTH 83 at the Canada–United States border near Westhope, ND
Location
States:	Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota

Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced

US 83 as it goes through the Texas Hill Country in Uvalde County, Texas

U.S. Route 83 (US 83) is a major north–south U.S. Highway. It goes 1,885 miles (3,034 km) in the central United States. Only four other north–south routes are longer: U.S. Routes 1, 41, 59, and 87. The highway's northern endpoint is north of Westhope, North Dakota, at the Canada–United States border. The southern endpoint is in Harlingen, Texas.

Reynolds, David. Slow Road to Brownsville: A Journey Through the Heart of the Old West. New York: Greystone Books, 2014. Narrative of a journey along U.S. Route 83 from Swan River, Manitoba to Brownsville, Texas
Magnuson, Stew. The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83: The Dakotas: Volume 1 . Court Bridge Publishing, 2014.
Magnuson, Stew. The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S Route 83 Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma: Volume 2. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015.
Magnuson, Stew. The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83 in Texas: Volume 3. Court Bridge Publishing, 2017.

Images for kids

A view of the Dismal River, Nebraska Sandhills, and US 83 in Thomas County, Nebraska
US 83 (along with I-2) traveling through a major retail district of McAllen, Texas.
Looking south at the intersection of US 83 and I-90 in Murdo, South Dakota