U.S. Route 183 (US 183) is a north-south U.S. highway that begins in Texas in Refugio at an intersection with US 77 (Future I-69E) concurrent with US 77 Alt. The highway runs through many small communities with Austin being the only major city along its route. The highway exits Texas concurrent with US 70, crossing into Oklahoma.
 U.S. Highway 183 | ||||
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 US 183 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 428.382 mi[1][note 1] (689.414 km) | |||
| Existed | 1939[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |     Future I-69E / US 77 / US 77 Alt. in Refugio | |||
| North end |   US 70 / US 183 at Texas–Oklahoma state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Refugio, Goliad, DeWitt, Gonzales, Caldwell, Travis, Williamson, Burnet, Lampasas, Mills, Brown, Eastland, Stephens, Throckmorton, Baylor, Wilbarger | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editUS 183 begins concurrent with US 77 Alt at its southern terminus one block north of downtown Refugio at an intersection with US 77; the two highways subsequently travel north through mostly rural farmlands across the Gulf Coastal Plains. After serving the Presidio La Bahía, US 183 crosses the San Antonio River to serve the Goliad State Park and Historic Site and the city of Goliad, intersecting US 59 in the center of town. Traveling through additional farmlands and forests, US 183 eventually forms a concurrency with US 87 just before crossing the Guadalupe River and travels along Espalande Street through downtown Cuero, ending its concurrency of US 87 in the town center. North of Cuero, US 77 Alt splits off to the northeast, while US 183 continues parallel to the Guadalupe River's course. The highway cuts through the historic Battle of Gonzales site and borders the city of Gonzales to the west, intersecting US 90 Alt to the northwest of the city. Running parallel to the San Marcos River, US 183 provides access to Palmetto State Park before crossing I-10 and forming a concurrency with US 90 west to Luling via Pierce Street. In the center of Luling, US 183 leaves US 90 and turns onto Magnolia Avenue, traveling due north past many decorated oil wells.
Continuing through rural farmlands, US 183 eventually enters Lockhart, being the main north-south route through the city. The highway then merges onto the SH 130 frontage roads just north of Lockhart, following them until Mustang Ridge where SH 130 splits northeast to follow SH 45 and US 183 continues north into Colton and Pilot Knob. As US 183 crosses into Austin and intersects several local roads providing access to McKinney Falls State Park, it borders the west side of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport before having an interchange with SH 71 and enters Austin's Montopolis district. US 183 crosses the Colorado River adjacent to the old Montopolis truss bridge prior to serving a major fork east of the Govalle district, making a sigmoid curve east to serve the Colony Park district. US 183 eventually becomes a six-lane freeway north of the Windsor Park district just before crossing US 290, curving west to serve I-35 and Loop 275 (Lamar Boulevard); north of Lamar Boulevard, the US 183 frontage road is redesignated as Research Boulevard throughout the rest of its length in Austin. The highway makes another sigmoid curve to the north before an interchange with Loop 1 (Mopac Expressway).
After an interchange with Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway), US 183 serves much of northwest Austin. It eventually intersects SH 45 near Lakeline Mall and becomes a surface street while the freeway continues on the east side as 183A Toll Road. US 183 continues as Bell Boulevard through west Cedar Park before intersecting 183A in Leander. Continuing north, US 183 runs mostly through forests and farmland as it crosses the North and South Forks of the San Gabriel River. After turning through several hills east of the Texas Hill Country, US 183 bounds northwest into Lampasas, where it runs on Key Avenue concurrent with US 190 and US 281 through fourteen blocks in the city's downtown and recreational areas before splitting to the northwest from US 281 north of Lampasas.
US 183 and US 190 continue traveling northwest through rolling hills, eventually splitting southeast of the Lometa city limits. US 183 continues to run parallel to the Colorado River before beginning a concurrency with US 84 north of the Goldthwaite city limits. The two highways continue northwest for a long distance before reaching Early and joining US 67 and US 377 at the town's center. The four highways travel west for roughly eleven blocks before US 183 splits to the north and serves Brownwood Regional Airport. US 183 continues due north, crossing SH 36 in Rising Star and later I-20 just south of Cisco.
South of Throckmorton, US 283 joins the highway, an overlap that lasts until Vernon, where 183 joins US 70 and US 287. In Oklaunion, US 70 and 183 leave US 287 and cross the Red River together into Oklahoma.
History
editAustin
edit 183 Toll Road | |
|---|---|
| Bergstrom Expressway | |
| Location | Austin |
| Existed | 2019–present |
Through 1990, none of US 183 through Austin was built to freeway standards. By 2002, the portion of US 183, known as Research Boulevard, had been upgraded to a freeway. At that time, Research Boulevard, between Spicewood Springs Road and Cameron Road, was built as a viaduct with grade separated limited access. The northern freeway portion between Spicewood Springs Road and Bell Boulevard in Cedar Park was completed by 2003.[2]
The southern freeway portion between Cameron Road and US 290 became completed in 2002.
In Cedar Park, the limited access portion of Research Boulevard would become the 183A Toll Road, as US 183 would serve as a major arterial through the city as Bell Boulevard. The toll road opened in March 2007. The roads rejoin north of Leander.
In 2015, it was announced work would start on the conversion of the then-55-year-old portion of US 183 from US 290 to SH 71 into a three-to-five-lane tollway. The traffic lights at 51st Street, Techni Center Drive, Bolm Road (formerly a diamond interchange), Vargas Road, and Thompson Lane were all removed. In addition to these changes, an interchange at Patton Avenue was constructed, the pedestrian crossing bridge just south of Manor Road was upgraded, and Montopolis Bridge was decommissioned in favor of a new truss bridge that serves as a pedestrian walkway, no longer open to motorized traffic.[3] Construction began in early 2016 with expected completion in late 2019 or early 2020.[4] The first section of the tollway opened on July 31, 2019, at which point the rest of the project was to be completed by late 2020.[5]
Throughout 2018 to 2021, construction commenced to add three additional flyovers at the intersection of US 183 and I-35. When construction on the southbound I-35 to northbound US 183 flyover was completed, the preexisting northbound I-35 to northbound US 183 flyover was demolished on May 8, 2021 in favor of a replacement flyover completed on September 10, 2021, due to concerns over the latter flyover's incline being too steep for larger vehicles to navigate without delaying other traffic.[6][7]
Major intersections
editAll exits are unnumbered.
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refugio | Refugio | 0.0 | 0.0 |  US 77 Alt. ends / Future I-69E / US 77 – Corpus Christi, Victoria | Southern terminus; south end of US 77 Alt. overlap; U.S. 77 is the future Interstate 69E | ||
| | 1.7 | 2.7 |   SH 202 west – Beeville | ||||
| Goliad | | 23.4 | 37.7 |     SH 239 east / FM 2441 south – Sarco, Tivoli | South end of SH 239 overlap | ||
| | 24.2 | 38.9 |  Loop 71 east – Grave of Colonel Fannin and His Troops | ||||
| | 24.4 | 39.3 | Loop 71 – Presidio La Bahia, General Zaragoza Birth Place | ||||
| | 24.9 | 40.1 |  PR 6 – Goliad State Park, Mission Espiritu Santo | ||||
| Goliad | 25.8 | 41.5 |  US 59 (Future I-69W) / SH 239 west – Beeville, Kenedy, Victoria | North end of SH 239 overlap; U.S. 59 is the future Interstate 69W | |||
| | 30.1 | 48.4 |  FM 622 east – Schroeder | ||||
| | 34.8 | 56.0 |   SH 119 north – Weesatche, Yorktown | ||||
| Weser | 39.6 | 63.7 |  FM 1961 – Weesatche, Ander | ||||
| DeWitt | | 43.6 | 70.2 |  FM 237 – Yorktown, Meyersville | |||
| | 53.2 | 85.6 |  FM 2718 south | ||||
| | 53.7 | 86.4 |  US 87 north – San Antonio | South end of US 87 overlap | |||
| Cuero | 56.3 | 90.6 |  SH 72 west (West Heaton Street) | ||||
| 56.6 | 91.1 |  FM 236 south (Morgan Avenue) – Arneckeville | |||||
| 57.0 | 91.7 | US 87 south (Broadway Street) – Victoria | North end of US 87 overlap | ||||
| 57.4 | 92.4 |  FM 766 north (Reuss Boulevard) – Cheapside, Stevenson Unit | |||||
| 57.5 | 92.5 |  FM 1447 east (East Bailey Street) | |||||
| | 60.9 | 98.0 | US 77 Alt. north – Yoakum | North end of US 77 Alt. overlap | |||
| Concrete | 67.8 | 109.1 |  FM 951 north | ||||
| Hochheim | 72.5 | 116.7 |  SH 111 east – Yoakum | ||||
| Gonzales | | 77.4 | 124.6 |  FM 2067 south – Cheapside | |||
| | 86.2 | 138.7 |  FM 3282 south | ||||
| | 87.4 | 140.7 |  SH 97 west – Cost | South end of SH 97 overlap | |||
| Gonzales | 88.9 | 143.1 |  Bus. US 183 north – Gonzales | ||||
| 89.4 | 143.9 |  Spur 146 east (St. Louis Street) | |||||
| 90.5 | 145.6 |   US 90 Alt. / SH 97 east – Seguin, Shiner | North end of SH 97 overlap; access to Gonzales Memorial Hospital | ||||
| 91.4 | 147.1 |  Bus. US 183 south – Gonzales, Airport | |||||
| | 99.0 | 159.3 |  FM 1586 west – Ottine | ||||
| | 100.9 | 162.4 |  PR 11 south – Palmetto State Park | ||||
| Caldwell | Luling | 103.3 | 166.2 |  I-10 – San Antonio, Houston | I-10 exit 632 | ||
| 103.6 | 166.7 | US 90 east | South end of US 90 overlap | ||||
| 107.2 | 172.5 |   US 90 west / SH 80 south to I-10 – Seguin, San Antonio | North end of US 90 overlap; south end of SH 80 overlap | ||||
| 107.3 | 172.7 |  FM 1322 north (Davis Street) | |||||
| 107.4 | 172.8 | SH 80 north – San Marcos | North end of SH 80 overlap | ||||
| 108.2 | 174.1 |   FM 86 north / FM 2984 north – Bastrop | |||||
| | 116.5 | 187.5 |  FM 671 south – Stairtown | ||||
| Lockhart | 120.7 | 194.2 |  FM 20 east – Bastrop | South end of FM 20 overlap | |||
| 120.8 | 194.4 | FM 20 west – Fentress | North end of FM 20 overlap | ||||
| 121.7 | 195.9 |   SH 142 west to SH 130 Toll – San Marcos | |||||
| 122.2 | 196.7 |  FM 672 east | |||||
| 122.8 | 197.6 |  FM 2001 west to SH 130 Toll – Niederwald, Seguin, San Antonio | |||||
| 123.8 | 199.2 |  SH 130 Toll south – Seguin, San Antonio | South end of SH 130 overlap; SH 130 exit 470; US 183 follows SH 130 Toll frontage roads | ||||
| | 126.6 | 203.7 |  FM 1185 north | SH 130 exit 469 | |||
| Mendoza | 130.3 | 209.7 | Briarpatch Road / Homannville Trail | SH 130 exit 465 | |||
| Mustang Ridge | 131.7 | 212.0 |  SH 21 – San Marcos, Bastrop | SH 130 exit 463 | |||
| Travis | 133.1 | 214.2 | Old Lockhart Road | SH 130 exit 460 | |||
| 135.6 | 218.2 |    SH 45 Toll / SH 130 Toll north to I-35 – Buda, Austin, Waco | North end of SH 130 overlap; SH 130 exits 457 and 460 | ||||
| 136.5 | 219.7 |  FM 1327 west – Creedmoor | |||||
| | 138.0 | 222.1 |  FM 973 north | ||||
| Pilot Knob | 140.0 | 225.3 |  FM 1625 south / McKenzie Road | ||||
| 141.4 | 227.6 |  FM 812 east / D.G. Collins Road – Circuit of the Americas, McKinney Falls State Park | |||||
| Austin | 145.3 | 233.8 |  SH 71 (Ben White Boulevard) – Bastrop, Airport | Interchange | |||
| 146.1 | 235.1 |   183 Toll Road begins / Patton Avenue – Lampasas | Non-tolled southbound exit and northbound entrance; US 183 splits from the toll road via the ramps | ||||
| 147.0 | 236.6 | 183 Toll Road / Montopolis Drive | Access point | ||||
| Anderson Expressway Bridge over the Colorado River | |||||||
| 147.3 | 237.1 |  183 Toll Road / Loop 111 (Airport Boulevard) / Cesar Chavez Street / 5th Street / 7th Street | Non-tolled interchange and access point | ||||
| Bolm Road | Interchange closed permanently on October 5, 2018;[3] U-turns remained open until late December 2019 | ||||||
| 149.2 | 240.1 | 183 Toll Road / Boggy Creek turnaround | Access point; incomplete access to Bolm Road and Techni Center Drive is signed in both directions | ||||
| 150.6 | 242.4 |  183 Toll Road / FM 969 (MLK Boulevard) | Non-tolled interchange and access point; no direct southbound entrance to the toll road | ||||
| 151.8 | 244.3 |  183 Toll Road ends / Loyola Lane | Access point | ||||
| 152.5 | 245.4 | Manor Road / Springdale Road | North end of tollway; south end of freeway; no direct southbound entrance to the toll road | ||||
| 152.8– 153.1 | 245.9– 246.4 |    US 290 / 290 Toll Road east – Houston | No direct exits to US 290 west (signed northbound at Manor Road and southbound at Cameron Road) | ||||
| 153.9 | 247.7 | Cameron Road | |||||
| 154.7 | 249.0 | I-35 – San Antonio, Waco | I-35 exits 240A-B | ||||
| 156.5 | 251.9 |  Loop 275 (Lamar Boulevard) | No direct northbound exit or southbound entrance (signed at I-35) | ||||
| 156.6 | 252.0 | Ohlen Road / Payton Gin Road | |||||
| 158.0 | 254.3 |  FM 1325 (Burnet Road) – Q2 Stadium | |||||
| 158.8 | 255.6 |  Loop 1 (Mopac Boulevard) | |||||
| 159.5 | 256.7 |  Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway) / Great Hills Trail | |||||
| 160.6 | 258.5 | Braker Lane / Balcones Woods Drive / Great Hills Trail | Access to Ascension Seton Northwest Hospital | ||||
| 161.8 | 260.4 | Duval Road / Balcones Woods Drive | |||||
| 162.5 | 261.5 | Oak Knoll Drive | |||||
| Williamson | 163.5 | 263.1 | McNeil Drive / Spicewood Springs Road | Full access to Pond Springs Road | |||
| 164.4 | 264.6 | Anderson Mill Road | No direct southbound exit (signed at Lake Creek Parkway) | ||||
| 166.0 | 267.2 | Lake Creek Parkway / Pecan Park Boulevard | |||||
| 166.5 | 268.0 |  SH 45 Toll east / RM 620 | No direct northbound exit to RM 620 (signed at Lake Creek Parkway) | ||||
| 167.2 | 269.1 |  183A Toll Road north / Lakeline Mall Drive | North end of freeway; south end of 183A Toll Road; interchange with Lakeline Mall Drive southbound; at-grade intersection northbound | ||||
| 168.0 | 270.4 | 183A Toll Road north / Lakeline Boulevard |  Lakeline station | ||||
| Austin–Cedar Park line | 165.5 | 266.3 | 183A Toll Road / Avery Ranch Boulevard | ||||
| Cedar Park | 171.4 | 275.8 |  RM 1431 (Whitestone Boulevard) to 183A Toll Road | ||||
| Leander | 175.7 | 282.8 |  RM 2243 east to 183A Toll Road / South Street – Georgetown | ||||
| 175.8 | 282.9 | West Broade Street | former RM 2243 west | ||||
| 177.7 | 286.0 | 183A Toll Road south / Bryson Ridge Trail | Current north end of 183A Toll Road | ||||
| Liberty Hill | 181.2 | 291.6 |  SH 29 – Burnet, Georgetown | ||||
| | 183.7 | 295.6 |  RM 1869 west – Liberty Hill | ||||
| | 185.0 | 297.7 |  FM 3405 east | ||||
| | 189.7 | 305.3 |  FM 970 east – Florence | ||||
| | 194.2 | 312.5 |  SH 138 east – Florence | ||||
| | 194.3 | 312.7 |  RM 243 west – Bertram | ||||
| Burnet | Briggs | 197.7 | 318.2 |    Loop 308 to FM 2657 | |||
| 198.3 | 319.1 | Loop 308 to FM 2657 – Briggs, Oakalla | |||||
| | 204.6 | 329.3 |  RM 963 – Burnet | ||||
| Lampasas | Lampasas | 217.8 | 350.5 |   US 190 east (Central Texas Highway) / US 281 south (E. E. Ohnmeiss Jr. Drive) – Burnet, Fort Cavazos, Killeen, Belton | South end of US 190 / US 281 overlap | ||
| 218.1 | 351.0 | Bus. US 281 south | |||||
| 218.4 | 351.5 |  Loop 257 east (4th Street) – Lampasas Downtown Historic District | |||||
| 218.7 | 352.0 |  FM 580 west (North Avenue) – Colorado Bend State Park | South end of FM 580 overlap | ||||
| 219.3 | 352.9 | FM 580 east (East Avenue J) | North end of FM 580 overlap | ||||
| | 219.9 | 353.9 | US 281 north – Hamilton | North end of US 281 overlap | |||
| | 234.4 | 377.2 |  FM 3415 south | ||||
| Lometa | 235.0 | 378.2 | US 190 west – San Saba | North end of US 190 overlap | |||
| 235.6 | 379.2 |  FM 581 | |||||
| 235.8 | 379.5 |  FM 2942 north (Elm Street) | |||||
| Mills | Goldthwaite | 255.1 | 410.5 |  SH 16 south – San Saba | South end of SH 16 overlap | ||
| 255.4 | 411.0 |  Loop 15 east | |||||
| 255.7 | 411.5 |  FM 574 west | |||||
| 256.8 | 413.3 |  US 84 east – Evant, Gatesville | South end of US 84 overlap | ||||
| see US 84 | |||||||
| Brown | Early | 288.4 | 464.1 |   US 67 south / US 84 west / US 377 south – Brownwood | North end of US 67 / US 84 / US 377 overlap | ||
| | 298.5 | 480.4 |  FM 1467 east – Blanket | ||||
| | 301.1 | 484.6 |  FM 2273 west | ||||
| May | 305.7 | 492.0 |  FM 1689 east | ||||
| | 307.2 | 494.4 |  FM 583 north | ||||
| Eastland | Rising Star | 314.4 | 506.0 |  SH 36 – Cross Plains, Comanche | |||
| | 319.6 | 514.3 |  FM 2731 west | ||||
| | 326.5 | 525.5 |  FM 2526 west | South end of FM 2526 overlap | |||
| | 327.0 | 526.3 | FM 2526 east – Carbon | North end of FM 2526 overlap | |||
| Cisco | 333.8 | 537.2 |  I-20 – Abilene, Eastland | I-20 exit 332 | |||
| 334.9 | 539.0 |    US 183 Truck north / SH 6 south / SH 206 south – Eastland | South end of SH 6 overlap | ||||
| 335.0 | 539.1 | SH 6 north – Albany | North end of SH 6 overlap | ||||
| 335.3 | 539.6 | US 183 Truck south to SH 206 | |||||
| | 342.4 | 551.0 |  FM 3101 south – Eastland | ||||
| | 344.2 | 553.9 |  SH 112 south – Eastland | ||||
| Stephens | | 352.2 | 566.8 |  FM 1032 west | |||
| | 356.4 | 573.6 |  FM 576 east | South end of FM 576 overlap | |||
| | 357.1 | 574.7 | FM 576 west | North end of FM 576 overlap | |||
| | 361.1 | 581.1 |  FM 2231 | ||||
| Breckenridge | 362.8 | 583.9 |  US 180 (Walker Street) – Albany, Palo Pinto | ||||
| 363.7 | 585.3 |  FM 287 south | |||||
| | 366.2 | 589.3 |  FM 578 north | ||||
| | 373.9 | 601.7 |  FM 1481 east | ||||
| Throckmorton | | 381.5 | 614.0 |  FM 3327 east (Jones Road) | |||
| Woodson | 383.8 | 617.7 |  FM 209 west | South end of FM 209 overlap | |||
| 383.9 | 617.8 | FM 209 east – Graham | North end of FM 209 overlap | ||||
| 384.7 | 619.1 |  FM 1710 north | |||||
| | 390.5 | 628.4 |  FM 923 north | ||||
| | 392.9 | 632.3 |  US 283 south – Albany | South end of US 283 overlap | |||
| | 395.5 | 636.5 | FM 923 | ||||
| Throckmorton | 399.5 | 642.9 |    US 380 / SH 79 begins – Haskell, Graham | South end of SH 79 overlap | |||
| 400.5 | 644.5 | SH 79 north – Olney | North end of SH 79 overlap | ||||
| Baylor | Seymour | 428.6 | 689.8 |  US 277 south – Munday | South end of US 277 overlap | ||
| 429.1 | 690.6 | Bus. US 183 north (Main Street / US 277 Bus. north / US 283 Bus. north) | Interchange; south end of freeway; no northbound entrance | ||||
| 429.5 | 691.2 |  SH 114 – Seymour, Olney | No southbound entrance | ||||
| 430.9 | 693.5 |  FM 422 – Seymour, Archer City | Access to Seymour Hospital | ||||
| 432.3 | 695.7 |  US 82 west / Bus. US 183 south (US 277 Bus. south / US 283 Bus. south) – Seymour, Lubbock | South end of US 82 overlap; north end of freeway | ||||
| Mabelle | 439.7 | 707.6 |  US 82 east / US 277 north / FM 1790 south – Wichita Falls | North end of US 82 / US 277 overlap | |||
| Wilbarger | | 462.4 | 744.2 |  FM 1763 north – Harrold, Electra | |||
| | 467.2 | 751.9 |  FM 2585 west | ||||
| | 470.2 | 756.7 |  FM 433 west – Lockett | South end of FM 433 overlap | |||
| | 471.4 | 758.6 | FM 433 east – Oklaunion | North end of FM 433 overlap | |||
| Vernon | 475.0 | 764.4 |  Bus. US 287 (Wilbarger Street) | ||||
| 475.5 | 765.2 | US 70 west / US 283 north / US 287 north – Altus, Amarillo | Interchange; north end of US 283 overlap; south end of US 70 / US 287 overlap; access to North Texas State Hospital | ||||
| see US 287 | |||||||
| | 484.1 | 779.1 |  US 287 south / Loop 145 – Wichita Falls | Interchange; north end of US 287 overlap | |||
| | 485.6 | 781.5 |  FM 370 east | ||||
| | 488.8 | 786.6 | FM 1763 – Harrold | ||||
| | 491.0 | 790.2 | US 70 east / US 183 north – Frederick, Ardmore | Continuation into Oklahoma | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Notes
edit- ^ Length does not account for concurrencies along U.S. Highways with lower numbers
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 183". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ "US183 (Research Blvd. and Bluestein Blvd.)". texasfreeway.com/austin/photos/183/183.shtml. January 19, 2002.
- ^ a b "Major Activity - 183 South". Archived from the original on October 14, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Maps - 183 South". Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Denney, Amy (July 30, 2019). "First phase of US 183 South toll project in East Austin opens July 31". impact. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
- ^ Tamplin, Harley (May 8, 2021). "I-35 to US 183 flyover blown up as TxDOT begins new improvement project". Kxan. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ Rodriguez, Candy (September 10, 2021). "TxDOT reopens NB I-35 to NB US 183 flyover Saturday". Kxan. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
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