US 183 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained byTxDOT | ||||
| Length | 428.382 mi[1][note 1] (689.414 km) | |||
| Existed | 1939[1]–present | |||
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| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Refugio,Goliad,DeWitt,Gonzales,Caldwell,Travis,Williamson,Burnet,Lampasas,Mills,Brown,Eastland,Stephens,Throckmorton,Baylor,Wilbarger | |||
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U.S. Route 183 (US 183) is a north-south U.S. highway that begins in Texas inRefugio at an intersection withUS 77 (FutureI-69E) concurrent withUS 77 Alt. The highway runs through many small communities withAustin being the only major city along its route. The highway exits Texas concurrent withUS 70, crossing into Oklahoma.
US 183 begins concurrent withUS 77 Alt at its southern terminus one block north of downtownRefugio at an intersection withUS 77; the two highways subsequently travel north through mostly rural farmlands across theGulf Coastal Plains. After serving thePresidio La Bahía, US 183 crosses theSan Antonio River to serve theGoliad State Park and Historic Site and the city ofGoliad, intersectingUS 59 in the center of town. Traveling through additional farmlands and forests, US 183 eventually forms a concurrency withUS 87 just before crossing theGuadalupe River and travels along Espalande Street through downtownCuero, ending its concurrency of US 87 in the town center. North of Cuero, US 77 Alt splits off to the northeast, while US 183 continues parallel to the Guadalupe River's course. The highway cuts through the historicBattle of Gonzales site and borders the city ofGonzales to the west, intersectingUS 90 Alt to the northwest of the city. Running parallel to theSan Marcos River, US 183 provides access toPalmetto State Park before crossingI-10 and forming a concurrency withUS 90 west toLuling via Pierce Street. In the center of Luling, US 183 leaves US 90 and turns onto Magnolia Avenue, traveling due north past many decoratedoil wells.
Continuing through rural farmlands, US 183 eventually entersLockhart, being the main north-south route through the city. The highway then merges onto theSH 130 frontage roads just north of Lockhart, following them untilMustang Ridge where SH 130 splits northeast to followSH 45 and US 183 continues north intoColton andPilot Knob. As US 183 crosses intoAustin and intersects several local roads providing access toMcKinney Falls State Park, it borders the west side ofAustin-Bergstrom International Airport before having an interchange withSH 71 and enters Austin's Montopolis district. US 183 crosses theColorado River adjacent to the oldMontopolis truss bridge prior to serving a major fork east of the Govalle district, making asigmoid curve east to serve the Colony Park district. US 183 eventually becomes a six-lane freeway north of the Windsor Park district just before crossingUS 290, curving west to serveI-35 andLoop 275 (Lamar Boulevard); north of Lamar Boulevard, the US 183 frontage road is redesignated as Research Boulevard throughout the rest of its length in Austin. The highway makes another sigmoid curve to the north before an interchange withLoop 1 (Mopac Expressway).
After an interchange withLoop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway), US 183 serves much of northwest Austin. It eventually intersectsSH 45 nearLakeline Mall and becomes a surface street while the freeway continues on the east side as183A Toll Road. US 183 continues as Bell Boulevard through westCedar Park before intersecting 183A inLeander. Continuing north, US 183 runs mostly through forests and farmland as it crosses the North and South Forks of theSan Gabriel River. After turning through several hills east of theTexas Hill Country, US 183 bounds northwest intoLampasas, where it runs on Key Avenue concurrent withUS 190 andUS 281 through fourteen blocks in the city's downtown and recreational areas before splitting to the northwest from US 281 north of Lampasas.
US 183 and US 190 continue traveling northwest through rolling hills, eventually splitting southeast of theLometa city limits. US 183 continues to run parallel to the Colorado River before beginning a concurrency withUS 84 north of theGoldthwaite city limits. The two highways continue northwest for a long distance before reachingEarly and joiningUS 67 andUS 377 at the town's center. The four highways travel west for roughly eleven blocks before US 183 splits to the north and servesBrownwood Regional Airport. US 183 continues due north, crossingSH 36 inRising Star and laterI-20 just south ofCisco.
South ofThrockmorton,US 283 joins the highway, an overlap that lasts untilVernon, where 183 joinsUS 70 andUS 287. InOklaunion, US 70 and 183 leave US 287 and cross theRed River together into Oklahoma.
| Bergstrom Expressway | |
| Location | Austin |
| Existed | 2019–present |
Through 1990, none of US 183 through Austin was built to freeway standards. By 2002, the portion of US 183, known as Research Boulevard, had been upgraded to a freeway. At that time, Research Boulevard, between Spicewood Springs Road and Cameron Road, was built as a viaduct with grade-separated limited access. The northern freeway portion between Spicewood Springs Road and Bell Boulevard inCedar Park was completed by 2003.[2]
The southern freeway portion between Cameron Road andUS 290 became completed in 2002.
In Cedar Park, the limited access portion of Research Boulevard would become the183A Toll Road, as US 183 would serve as a major arterial through the city as Bell Boulevard. The toll road opened in March 2007. The roads rejoin north of Leander.
In 2015, it was announced work would start on the conversion of the then-55-year-old portion of US 183 fromUS 290 toSH 71 into a three-to-five-lane tollway. The traffic lights at 51st Street, Techni Center Drive, Bolm Road (formerly a diamond interchange), Vargas Road, and Thompson Lane were all removed. In addition to these changes, an interchange at Patton Avenue was constructed, the pedestrian crossing bridge just south of Manor Road was upgraded, andMontopolis Bridge was decommissioned in favor of a new truss bridge that serves as a pedestrian walkway, no longer open to motorized traffic.[3] Construction began in early 2016 with expected completion in late 2019 or early 2020.[4] The first section of the tollway opened on July 31, 2019, at which point the rest of the project was to be completed by late 2020.[5]
Throughout 2018 to 2021, construction commenced to add three additional flyovers at the intersection of US 183 and I-35. When construction on the southbound I-35 to northbound US 183 flyover was completed, the preexisting northbound I-35 to northbound US 183 flyover was demolished on May 8, 2021, in favor of a replacement flyover completed on September 10, 2021, due to concerns over the latter flyover's incline being too steep for larger vehicles to navigate without delaying other traffic.[6][7]
All exits are unnumbered.
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Refugio | Refugio | 0.0 | 0.0 | Southern terminus; south end ofUS 77 Alt. overlap; U.S. 77 is the future Interstate 69E | |||
| | 1.7 | 2.7 | |||||
| Goliad | | 23.4 | 37.7 | South end of SH 239 overlap | |||
| | 24.2 | 38.9 | |||||
| | 24.4 | 39.3 | |||||
| | 24.9 | 40.1 | |||||
| Goliad | 25.8 | 41.5 | North end of SH 239 overlap; U.S. 59 is the future Interstate 69W | ||||
| | 30.1 | 48.4 | |||||
| | 34.8 | 56.0 | |||||
| Weser | 39.6 | 63.7 | |||||
| DeWitt | | 43.6 | 70.2 | ||||
| | 53.2 | 85.6 | |||||
| | 53.7 | 86.4 | South end of US 87 overlap | ||||
| Cuero | 56.3 | 90.6 | |||||
| 56.6 | 91.1 | ||||||
| 57.0 | 91.7 | North end of US 87 overlap | |||||
| 57.4 | 92.4 | ||||||
| 57.5 | 92.5 | ||||||
| | 60.9 | 98.0 | North end of US 77 Alt. overlap | ||||
| Concrete | 67.8 | 109.1 | |||||
| Hochheim | 72.5 | 116.7 | |||||
| Gonzales | | 77.4 | 124.6 | ||||
| | 86.2 | 138.7 | |||||
| | 87.4 | 140.7 | South end of SH 97 overlap | ||||
| Gonzales | 88.9 | 143.1 | |||||
| 89.4 | 143.9 | ||||||
| 90.5 | 145.6 | North end of SH 97 overlap; access to Gonzales Memorial Hospital | |||||
| 91.4 | 147.1 | ||||||
| | 99.0 | 159.3 | |||||
| | 100.9 | 162.4 | |||||
| Caldwell | Luling | 103.3 | 166.2 | I-10 exit 632 | |||
| 103.6 | 166.7 | South end of US 90 overlap | |||||
| 107.2 | 172.5 | North end of US 90 overlap; south end of SH 80 overlap | |||||
| 107.3 | 172.7 | ||||||
| 107.4 | 172.8 | North end of SH 80 overlap | |||||
| 108.2 | 174.1 | ||||||
| | 116.5 | 187.5 | |||||
| Lockhart | 120.7 | 194.2 | South end of FM 20 overlap | ||||
| 120.8 | 194.4 | North end of FM 20 overlap | |||||
| 121.7 | 195.9 | ||||||
| 122.2 | 196.7 | ||||||
| 122.8 | 197.6 | ||||||
| 123.8 | 199.2 | South end of SH 130 overlap; SH 130 exit 470; US 183 follows SH 130 Toll frontage roads | |||||
| | 126.6 | 203.7 | SH 130 exit 469 | ||||
| Mendoza | 130.3 | 209.7 | Briarpatch Road / Homannville Trail | SH 130 exit 465 | |||
| Mustang Ridge | 131.7 | 212.0 | SH 130 exit 463 | ||||
| Travis | 133.1 | 214.2 | Old Lockhart Road | SH 130 exit 460 | |||
| 135.6 | 218.2 | North end of SH 130 overlap; SH 130 exits 457 and 460 | |||||
| 136.5 | 219.7 | ||||||
| | 138.0 | 222.1 | |||||
| Pilot Knob | 140.0 | 225.3 | |||||
| 141.4 | 227.6 | ||||||
| Austin | 145.3 | 233.8 | Interchange | ||||
| 146.1 | 235.1 | Non-tolled southbound exit and northbound entrance; US 183 splits from the toll road via the ramps | |||||
| 147.0 | 236.6 | Access point | |||||
| Anderson Expressway Bridge over theColorado River | |||||||
| 147.3 | 237.1 | Non-tolled interchange and access point | |||||
| Bolm Road | Closed permanently during construction of Bergstrom Expressway on October 5, 2018;[3] U-turns remained open until late December 2019 | ||||||
| 149.2 | 240.1 | Access point; incomplete access to Bolm Road and Techni Center Drive is signed in both directions | |||||
| 150.6 | 242.4 | Non-tolled interchange and access point; no direct southbound entrance to the toll road | |||||
| 151.8 | 244.3 | Access point; northbound exit from toll road is via FM 969 | |||||
| 152.5 | 245.4 | Manor Road / Springdale Road | North end of tollway; south end of freeway; no direct southbound entrance to the toll road | ||||
| 152.8– 153.1 | 245.9– 246.4 | No direct exits to US 290 west (signed northbound at Manor Road and southbound at Cameron Road) | |||||
| 153.9 | 247.7 | Cameron Road | |||||
| 154.7 | 249.0 | I-35 exits 240A-B | |||||
| 156.5 | 251.9 | No direct northbound exit or southbound entrance (signed at I-35) | |||||
| 156.6 | 252.0 | Ohlen Road / Payton Gin Road | |||||
| 158.0 | 254.3 | ||||||
| 158.8 | 255.6 | ||||||
| 159.5 | 256.7 | ||||||
| Great Hills Trail | Direct southbound entrance only (northbound exit signed at Capital of Texas Highway; southbound exit signed at Braker Lane) | ||||||
| 160.6 | 258.5 | Access to Ascension Seton Northwest Hospital | |||||
| Balcones Woods Drive | No direct exits or entrances (northbound exit signed at Braker Lane; southbound exit signed at Duval Road) | ||||||
| 161.8 | 260.4 | Duval Road | |||||
| 162.5 | 261.5 | Oak Knoll Drive | |||||
| Williamson | 163.5 | 263.1 | McNeil Drive / Spicewood Springs Road | Full access to Pond Springs Road | |||
| 164.4 | 264.6 | Anderson Mill Road | No direct southbound exit (signed at Lake Creek Parkway) | ||||
| 166.0 | 267.2 | Lake Creek Parkway / Pecan Park Boulevard | |||||
| 166.5 | 268.0 | No direct northbound exit to RM 620 (signed at Lake Creek Parkway) | |||||
| 167.2 | 269.1 | North end of freeway; south end of 183A Toll Road; interchange with Lakeline Mall Drive southbound; at-grade intersection northbound | |||||
| 168.0 | 270.4 | ||||||
| Austin–Cedar Park line | 165.5 | 266.3 | |||||
| Cedar Park | 171.4 | 275.8 | |||||
| Leander | 175.7 | 282.8 | |||||
| 175.8 | 282.9 | West Broade Street | formerRM 2243 west | ||||
| 177.7 | 286.0 | Becomes frontage road both ways for 183A north of the intersection | |||||
| Liberty Hill | 181.2 | 291.6 | Current north end of 183A Toll and frontage road | ||||
| | 183.7 | 295.6 | |||||
| | 185.0 | 297.7 | |||||
| | 189.7 | 305.3 | |||||
| | 194.2 | 312.5 | |||||
| | 194.3 | 312.7 | |||||
| Burnet | Briggs | 197.7 | 318.2 | ||||
| 198.3 | 319.1 | ||||||
| | 204.6 | 329.3 | |||||
| Lampasas | Lampasas | 217.8 | 350.5 | South end of US 190 / US 281 overlap | |||
| 218.1 | 351.0 | ||||||
| 218.4 | 351.5 | ||||||
| 218.7 | 352.0 | South end of FM 580 overlap | |||||
| 219.3 | 352.9 | North end of FM 580 overlap | |||||
| | 219.9 | 353.9 | North end of US 281 overlap | ||||
| | 234.4 | 377.2 | |||||
| Lometa | 235.0 | 378.2 | North end of US 190 overlap | ||||
| 235.6 | 379.2 | ||||||
| 235.8 | 379.5 | ||||||
| Mills | Goldthwaite | 255.1 | 410.5 | South end of SH 16 overlap | |||
| 255.4 | 411.0 | ||||||
| 255.7 | 411.5 | ||||||
| 256.8 | 413.3 | South end of US 84 overlap | |||||
| seeUS 84 | |||||||
| Brown | Early | 288.4 | 464.1 | North end of US 67 / US 84 / US 377 overlap | |||
| | 298.5 | 480.4 | |||||
| | 301.1 | 484.6 | |||||
| May | 305.7 | 492.0 | |||||
| | 307.2 | 494.4 | |||||
| Eastland | Rising Star | 314.4 | 506.0 | ||||
| | 319.6 | 514.3 | |||||
| | 326.5 | 525.5 | South end of FM 2526 overlap | ||||
| | 327.0 | 526.3 | North end of FM 2526 overlap | ||||
| Cisco | 333.8 | 537.2 | I-20 exit 332 | ||||
| 334.9 | 539.0 | South end of SH 6 overlap | |||||
| 335.0 | 539.1 | North end of SH 6 overlap | |||||
| 335.3 | 539.6 | ||||||
| | 342.4 | 551.0 | |||||
| | 344.2 | 553.9 | |||||
| Stephens | | 352.2 | 566.8 | ||||
| | 356.4 | 573.6 | South end of FM 576 overlap | ||||
| | 357.1 | 574.7 | North end of FM 576 overlap | ||||
| | 361.1 | 581.1 | |||||
| Breckenridge | 362.8 | 583.9 | |||||
| 363.7 | 585.3 | ||||||
| | 366.2 | 589.3 | |||||
| | 373.9 | 601.7 | |||||
| Throckmorton | | 381.5 | 614.0 | ||||
| Woodson | 383.8 | 617.7 | South end of FM 209 overlap | ||||
| 383.9 | 617.8 | North end of FM 209 overlap | |||||
| 384.7 | 619.1 | ||||||
| | 390.5 | 628.4 | |||||
| | 392.9 | 632.3 | South end of US 283 overlap | ||||
| | 395.5 | 636.5 | |||||
| Throckmorton | 399.5 | 642.9 | South end of SH 79 overlap | ||||
| 400.5 | 644.5 | North end of SH 79 overlap | |||||
| Baylor | Seymour | 428.6 | 689.8 | South end of US 277 overlap | |||
| 429.1 | 690.6 | Interchange; south end of freeway; no northbound entrance | |||||
| 429.5 | 691.2 | No southbound entrance | |||||
| 430.9 | 693.5 | Access to Seymour Hospital | |||||
| 432.3 | 695.7 | South end of US 82 overlap; north end of freeway | |||||
| Mabelle | 439.7 | 707.6 | North end of US 82 / US 277 overlap | ||||
| Wilbarger | | 462.4 | 744.2 | ||||
| | 467.2 | 751.9 | |||||
| | 470.2 | 756.7 | South end of FM 433 overlap | ||||
| | 471.4 | 758.6 | North end of FM 433 overlap | ||||
| Vernon | 475.0 | 764.4 | |||||
| 475.5 | 765.2 | Interchange; north end of US 283 overlap; south end of US 70 / US 287 overlap; access toNorth Texas State Hospital | |||||
| seeUS 287 | |||||||
| | 484.1 | 779.1 | Interchange; north end of US 287 overlap | ||||
| | 485.6 | 781.5 | |||||
| | 488.8 | 786.6 | |||||
| | 491.0 | 790.2 | Continuation into Oklahoma | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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