History
When the route was first commissioned in 1930, it ran from North Platte, Nebraska to near Selden, Kansas. This route is now U.S. Highway 83.
From 1932 until I-90 was built in the 1960s, US 183's northern terminus was 10 miles (16 km) further west, in Vivian, South Dakota at an intersection with its parent, U.S. Highway 83. In 1940, the southern terminus was extended south to Junction, Texas. It reached its present endpoint in 1951. In 1952, it was rerouted between Throckmorton, Texas and Cisco, replacing part of SH 6 and Texas State Highway 187.
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