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

Business US Highway 83
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
	US 281 in Pharr I-2 / US 83 in Pharr I-2 / US 83 in Mission
North end:	I-2 / US 83 in Penitas
Highway system
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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
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       Concurrency terminus

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