U.S. Route 383

U.S. Route 383 was a north–south United States highway. US 383 was created in 1942, and deleted in 1982. After deletion, a portion of the highway became K-383.

U.S. Route 383
US 383 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 83
Existed	1942–1982
Major junctions
South end	US-40 / US-83 in Oakley, KS
North end	US 30 / US 183 in Elm Creek, NE
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided

Route description

Kansas

US-383 began in Oakley, heading north along present-day US-83. A short distance north of Oakley, the route intersected I-70. In Halford, US-83/US-383 crossed over US-24. From here, the road turned northeast, where US-383 split from US-83 near Leoville. US-383 continued to the northeast until meeting US-36. At this point, the route turned east for a concurrency with US-36, crossing US-283 in Norton. Past Norton, US-383 split from US-36 and resumed northeast, reaching an intersection with US-183 near Woodruff a short distance south of the Nebraska border.[1][2]

Nebraska

In Nebraska, US-383 continued north on the present alignment of US-183, reaching an intersection with US-136 in Alma.[1][2] Prior to 1964, US-383 continued north past Alma, intersecting US-6/US-34 in Holdrege before ending at US-30 in Elm Creek.[1][3]

History

When the route was first commissioned in 1942, it ran from Oakley, Kansas to Elm Creek, Nebraska, a distance of 175 miles (282 km). In 1964, the north end of US 383 was truncated to Alma, Nebraska.

Major intersections

State	County	Location	mi[4][5]	km	Destinations	Notes
Kansas	Logan	Oakley	0	0.0	US-40 / US-83 south – Sharon Springs, Wakeeney	Southern end of US 83 overlap
	Thomas	​	20	32	US-24 – Colby, Hoxie
	Sheridan	​	44	71	US-83 north / K-23 south – Hoxie, Oberlin	Northern end of US 83 overlap
	Decatur	Dresden	53	85	K-123 south
	Norton	​	90	140	US-36 west – Oberlin	Southern end of US 36 overlap
		Norton	96	154	US-283 – Hill City, Arapahoe Neb.
		​	99	159	K-67 north – Norton Correctional Facility
		Calvert	102	164	US-36 east – Phillipsburg	Northern end of US 36 overlap
		​	107	172	K-60 south
	Phillips	​	138	222	US-183 south – Phillipsburg	Southern end of US 183 overlap
			139 0	224 0.0	Kansas–Nebraska state line
Nebraska	Harlan	​	4	6.4	N-89 – Orleans
		Alma	7	11	US 136 east – Franklin	Southern end of US 136 overlap; former N-3 east; northern end of the route after 1964
			9	14	US 136 west – Orleans	Northern end of US 136 overlap; former N-3 west
		​	14	23	Spur 2183 east – Huntley
		​	21	34	N-4 to US 6 / US 34 – Beatrice
	Phelps	Holdrege	31	50	US 6 / US 34 east – Minden	Southern end of US 6/US 34 overlap
			32	51	US 6 / US 34 west – Arapahoe	Northern end of US 6/US 34 overlap
	Buffalo	Elm Creek	51	82	US 183 north / US 30 (Lincoln Highway) – Kearney, Lexington, Miller	Original northern terminus; northern end of US 183 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

Related routes

• U.S. Route 83
• U.S. Route 183
• U.S. Route 283
• K-383

References

1. United States-Canada-Mexico Road Atlas (Map). Rand McNally. 2010.
2. United States featuring the Interstate Highway System (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1966.
3. Grand Island, Nebraska 1:250,000 quadrangle (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1955. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
4. Official 1956 Kansas Highway Map (PDF) (Map). State Highway Commission of Kansas. 1956. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
5. State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Nebraska Department of Roads. 1955. Retrieved January 20, 2017.

External links

• Historic endpoints of U.S. Highway 383