U.S. Route 83 Business (McAllen, Texas)
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by TxDOT | |
| Length: | 46.9 mi[1] (75.5 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end: |
   I-2 / US 83 / Spur 206 in Harlingen |
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I-2 / US 83 in Mission | |
| North end: |
I-2 / US 83 in Penitas |
| Highway system | |
Business US Route 83-B (Bus. US 83-B) 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-B 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-B 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-B 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-B ends at I-2/US 83 on the eastern edge of Penitas, where I-2 also ends.
Despite being signed a north-south route, Bus. US 83-B predominantly travels in an east-west direction for most of its run.
Junction list
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Cameron | Harlingen | 0.0 | 0.0 |   I-2 west / US 83 / Spur 206 east to I-69E / US 77 | |
| 2.7 | 4.3 |  FM 3195 north (Stuart Place Road) – Palm Valley | |||
| 4.3 | 6.9 |  FM 800 (Bass Boulevard) | |||
| La Feria | 6.3 | 10.1 |  FM 733 north (Kansas City Road) | ||
| 7.0 | 11.3 |  FM 506 (Main Street) – Santa Rosa | |||
| 8.6 | 13.8 |  FM 2556 north | South end of FM 2556 overlap | ||
| 9.1 | 14.6 | FM 2556 south (Joed Road) – Santa Maria | North end of FM 2556 overlap | ||
| Hidalgo | 10.4 | 16.7 |  FM 1425 north (Mile 2 Road) | ||
| Mercedes | 12.0 | 19.3 |  FM 491 south (Rio Rico Road) | South end of FM 491 overlap | |
| 12.6 | 20.3 | FM 491 north (Texas Avenue) – La Villa | North end of FM 491 overlap | ||
| Weslaco | 15.4 | 24.8 |  FM 1015 (International Boulevard) – Progreso | ||
| 18.5 | 29.8 |  FM 88 (Texas Boulevard) – Elsa | |||
| Donna | 20.7 | 33.3 |  FM 493 (Salinas Boulevard) – La Blanca | ||
| 21.5 | 34.6 |  Spur 433 north (Main Street) | |||
| 22.8 | 36.7 |  FM 1423 south (Valley View Road) | South end of FM 1423 overlap | ||
| 23.3 | 37.5 | FM 1423 north (Val Verde Road) | North end of FM 1423 overlap | ||
| Alamo | 26.9 | 43.3 |  FM 907 (Alamo Road) – Edinburg | ||
| Pharr | 30.8 | 49.6 |   US 281 (Cage Boulevard) to I-69C – Hidalgo, Edinburg | ||
| 32.1 | 51.7 |  I-2 / US 83 (Expressway 83) / FM 2061 (Jackson Road) | South end of FM 2061 overlap | ||
| McAllen | 32.6 | 52.5 | FM 2061 north (McCoil Road) – Edinburg | North end of FM 2061 overlap | |
| 33.7 | 54.2 |  SH 336 (10th Street) – Hidalgo | |||
| 34.6 | 55.7 |   SH 115 south (South 23rd Street) / FM 1926 north (North 23rd Street) – Hidalgo | |||
| 35.6 | 57.3 |  FM 2220 (Ware Road) | |||
| Mission | 37.2 | 59.9 |  FM 494 (Shary Road) – Granjeno | ||
| 39.8 | 64.1 |  SH 107 (Conway Avenue) – Edinburg | |||
| 41.2 | 66.3 | I-2 / US 83 (Expressway 83) | |||
| Palmview | 42.8 | 68.9 |  FM 2062 south (Bentsen Palm Drive) – Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park | ||
| 44.1 | 71.0 |  FM 492 north (Goodwin Road) – Citrus City | |||
| 44.5 | 71.6 |  FM 1427 south (Abram Road) – Abram | |||
| Penitas | 46.9 | 75.5 | I-2 east / US 83 – Rio Grande City, Laredo, Harlingen | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- 1 2 "Highway Overview Map of Bus. US 83-B". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 25, 2014.