U.S. Route 83 Business (McAllen, Texas)

; Business US Highway 83
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	45.889 mi[1] (73.851 km)
Existed	January 14, 1991[1]–present
Major junctions
West end	I-2 / US 83 in Penitas
	I-2 / US 83 in Mission; I-2 / US 83 in Pharr; US 281 in Pharr
East end	I-2 / US 83 in Harlingen
Highway system
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Business US Route 83-S (Bus. US 83-S) is a business loop of US 83 in the Lower Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. The highway serves as the main street for many communities in the area, such as McAllen, Mission, San Juan, Alamo, and more. This is the longest business loop in Texas, traveling almost 47 miles and is the third longest bannered US highway in the state; only US 90 Alternate and US 77 Alternate are longer.

Route description

Bus. US 83-S begins at Interstate 2/US 83 in Harlingen, near the interchange with Interstate 69E/US 77. Leaving the city, the highway serves the town of La Feria, before entering into Mercedes. In the city of Weslaco, the highway passes by the South Texas College - Mid-Valley Campus. Bus. US 83-S next passes through the towns of Donna, Alamo, and San Juan before entering Pharr. In Pharr, the highway intersects US 281, just south of Interstate 69C. Crossing I-2/US 83 for the first time since Harlingen, Bus. US 83-S enters into the city of McAllen. The highway serves as the major east-west road for the city, traveling directly through the city center. In Mission, the highway splits into a one way street, with northbound traffic traveling on Tom Landry Street and southbound on 9th Street. In western Mission, the highway crosses I-2/US 83 again. After the intersection with FM 2062, development along the route begins to drop, traveling mainly through more rural areas of the city. Bus. US 83-S ends at I-2/US 83 on the eastern edge of Penitas, where I-2 also ends.

History

The highway was formally signed as Loop 374 until 1991.^[2]

Junction list

County	Location	mi^[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Hidalgo	Penitas	0.0	0.0	I-2 east / US 83 – Rio Grande City, Laredo, Harlingen
	Palmview	2.4	3.9	FM 1427 south (Abram Road) – Abram
		2.9	4.7	FM 492 north (Goodwin Road) – Citrus City
		4.2	6.8	FM 2062 south (Bentsen Palm Drive) – Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
	Mission	5.6	9.0	I-2 / US 83 (Expressway 83)	I-2 exit 134
		7.2	11.6	SH 107 (Conway Avenue) – Edinburg
		9.7	15.6	FM 494 (Shary Road) – Granjeno
	McAllen	11.2	18.0	FM 2220 (Ware Road)
		12.2	19.6	SH 115 south (South 23rd Street) / FM 1926 north (North 23rd Street) – Hidalgo
		13.2	21.2	SH 336 (10th Street) – Hidalgo
		14.3	23.0	FM 2061 north (McCoil Road) – Edinburg	West end of FM 2061 overlap
	McAllen–Pharr line	14.8	23.8	I-2 / US 83 (Expressway 83) / FM 2061 (Jackson Road)	East end of FM 2061 overlap; I-2 exit 144
	Pharr	16.1	25.9	US 281 (Cage Boulevard) to I-69C – Hidalgo, Edinburg
	Alamo	19.9	32.0	FM 907 (Alamo Road) – Edinburg
	Donna	22.5	36.2	FM 1423 north (Val Verde Road)	West end of FM 1423 overlap
		23.0	37.0	FM 1423 south (Valley View Road)	East end of FM 1423 overlap
		24.3	39.1	Spur 433 north (Main Street)
		25.0	40.2	FM 493 (Salinas Boulevard) – La Blanca
	Weslaco	28.3	45.5	FM 88 (Texas Boulevard) – Elsa
	Weslaco	30.4	48.9	FM 1015 (International Boulevard) – Progreso
	Mercedes	33.2	53.4	FM 491 north (Texas Avenue) – La Villa	West end of FM 491 overlap
	Mercedes	33.8	54.4	FM 491 south (Rio Rico Road)	East end of FM 491 overlap
		35.4	57.0	FM 1425 north (Mile 2 Road)
Cameron	La Feria	36.7	59.1	FM 2556 south (Joed Road) – Santa Maria	West end of FM 2556 overlap
		37.2	59.9	FM 2556 north	East end of FM 2556 overlap
		38.8	62.4	FM 506 (Main Street) – Santa Rosa
		39.5	63.6	FM 733 north (Kansas City Road)
		41.5	66.8	FM 800 (Bass Boulevard)
	Harlingen	43.1	69.4	FM 3195 north (Stuart Place Road) – Palm Valley
	Harlingen	45.9	73.9	I-2 west / US 83 to I-69E / US 77 / Spur 54 east	I-2 exit 174
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Business U.S. Highway No. 83-S". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 374". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
↑ Google (May 14, 2018). "Route of Bus. US 83-S" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

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[US_83-S-1] 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Business U.S. Highway No. 83-S". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 26, 2016.

[2] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 374". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 26, 2016.

[3] Google (May 14, 2018). "Route of Bus. US 83-S" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 14, 2018.