U.S. Route 383 was a north–south
United States highway
The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. As the designation and numbering of these hi ...
. US 383 was created in 1942, and deleted in 1982. After deletion, a portion of the highway became
K-383.
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
Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to a park and ride lot just east of I-695 in Baltimore, Maryland, and is the fifth-longest Interstate in the co ...
. 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
U.S. Route 36 (US 36) is an east–west United States highway that travels approximately from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado to Uhrichsville, Ohio. The highway's western terminus is at Deer Ridge Junction, an intersection i ...
. At this point, the route turned east for a
concurrency
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Law
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* Concurring opinion (also called a "concurrence"), a ...
with US-36, crossing
US-283 in
Norton Norton may refer to:
Places
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*Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan
*Norton Parish, New Brunswick
**Norton, New Brunswick, a ...
. 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
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border.
Nebraska
In Nebraska, US-383 continued north on the present alignment of US-183, reaching an intersection with
US-136 in
Alma
Alma or ALMA may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Alma'' (film), a 2009 Spanish short animated film
* ''Alma'' (Oswald de Andrade novel), 1922
* ''Alma'' (Le Clézio novel), 2017
* ''Alma'' (play), a 1996 drama by Joshua Sobol about Alma ...
.
Prior to 1964, US-383 continued north past Alma, intersecting
US-6
U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to P ...
/
US-34 in
Holdrege before ending at
US-30 in
Elm Creek.
History
When the route was first commissioned in 1942, it ran from
Oakley, Kansas
Oakley is a city in Gove, Logan, and Thomas counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is the county seat of Logan County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,046.
History
The area that would later become Oakley was settled ...
to
Elm Creek, Nebraska
Elm Creek is a village in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 901 at the 2010 census.
History
Elm Creek was founded ''circa'' 1870. Prior to the arrival ...
, a distance of . In 1964, the north end of US 383 was truncated to
Alma, Nebraska
Alma is a city in Harlan County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,133 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Harlan County.
History
Alma was founded in the spring of 1871 by a group of Union Pacific railroad laborers original ...
.
Major intersections
See also
Related routes
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U.S. Route 83
U.S. Route 83 (US 83) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that extends in the central United States. Only four other north–south routes are longer: US 1, US 41, US 59, and US 87, while US ...
*
U.S. Route 183
U.S. Route 183 (US 183) is a north–south United States highway. The highway's northern terminus is in Presho, South Dakota, at an intersection with Interstate 90. Its southern terminus is in Refugio, Texas, at the southern intersection ...
*
U.S. Route 283
U.S. Route 283 is a spur of U.S. Route 83. It currently runs for 731 miles (1,175 km) from Brady, Texas at U.S. Route 87 to Lexington, Nebraska at U.S. Route 30. It passes through the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska.
Route ...
*
K-383
References
External links
Historic endpoints of U.S. Highway 383
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Former U.S. Highways
U.S. Highways in Kansas
U.S. Highways in Nebraska
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