Texas State Highway 83

State Highway 83
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	56.07 mi (90.24 km)
Existed	1955–present
Major junctions
West end	NM 132 / FM 769 near Lovington, NM
Major intersections	US 62 / US 385 in Seagraves
East end	SH 137 in Welch
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec
← US 83 → US 84
← SH 317 SH 318 → SH 319 ← SH 327 SH 328 → SH 329

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. This route was designated in 1955, having replaced SH 328 "for the convenience of the traveling public", as it connected with New Mexico Highway 83 at the New Mexico state border. In 1988, the New Mexico connecting highway was renumbered New Mexico Highway 132.

History

The original SH 83 was designated in 1926 along a route from Lamesa east to an intersection with SH 18 in western Shackelford County. This replaced the previous designation of SH 18B. By 1933, SH 83 extended west to the New Mexico border. The route was transferred to SH 15 (now US 180) in 1935.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	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