Texas State Highway 83

State Highway 83 (SH 83) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs 56 miles (90 km) from the New Mexico border in Yoakum County east to Welch in northwest Dawson County.

State Highway 83
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	56.07 mi[1] (90.24 km)
Existed	1955–present
Major junctions
West end	NM 132 / FM 769 near Lovington, NM
	US 62 / US 385 in Seagraves
East end	SH 137 in Welch
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate U.S. State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← US 83 → US 84

History

The original SH 83 was designated on August 21, 1923 along a route from Lamesa east to an intersection with SH 18 in western Shackelford County as a renumbering of SH 18B.[2] On May 21, 1928, SH 83 was extended west to the New Mexico border to connect with New Mexico State Road 83.[3] The route was transferred to SH 15 (now US 180) on August 8, 1935, though the change was not effective until September 1, 1935.[4] New Mexico State Road 83 was realigned in the 1950s, connecting with SH 328 instead. On March 31, 1955, SH 328 was renumbered to SH 83 "for the convenience of the traveling public" In 1988, the New Mexico connecting highway was renumbered New Mexico State Road 132.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[5]	km	Destinations[5]	Notes
Texas–New Mexico line		0.0	0.0	NM 132 west / FM 769 north (State Line Road) – Lovington	Continuation into New Mexico
Yoakum	​	10.2	16.4	FM 1622 north – Allred
	Denver City	13.6	21.9	FM 2055 south
		14.2	22.9	SH 214 north – Plains	Western terminus of concurrency with SH 214
Gaines	​	15.7	25.3	SH 214 south / FM 2056 west – Seminole	Eastern terminus of concurrency with SH 214
	​	27.5	44.3	FM 1780 north – Whiteface
	Seagraves	30.4	48.9	US 62 / US 385 – Brownfield, Seminole
		30.5	49.1	FM 1429 south
	Loop	38.9	62.6	FM 303 – Wellman
	​	47.9	77.1	FM 1067 south
Dawson	Welch	55.7	89.6	FM 829
		56.1	90.3	SH 137 – Brownfield, Lamesa
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 83". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
2. (PDF) https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676878.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. (PDF) https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673771.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. (PDF) https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673871.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. Google (January 21, 2016). "Texas State Highway 83" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 21, 2016.