U.S. Route 183 in Kansas
{{short description|Segment of American highway}}
{{highway detail hatnote|U.S. Route 183}}
{{Infobox road
|state=KS
|type=US
|route=183
|alternate_name=
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|type=line|from=U.S. Route 183 in Kansas.map}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=US-183 highlighted in red
|length_mi=
|length_round=2
|length_ref=Federal Highway Administration, [https://web.archive.org/web/20020130205232/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhpn/ National Highway Planning Network GIS data] version 2005.08
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=OK|US|183}} at Oklahoma state line
|junction={{plainlist|
- {{jct|state=KS|US|160}} from Ashland to Coldwater
- {{jct|state=KS|US|54|US|400}} west of Greensburg
- {{jct|state=KS|US|50|US|56}} in Kinsley
- {{jct|state=KS|K|156}} east of Rozel
- {{jct|state=KS|K|96}} in Rush Center
- {{jct|state=KS|K|4}} east of Ransom
- {{jct|state=KS|I|70|US|40}} in Hays
- {{jct|state=KS|US|24}} in Stockton
- {{jct|state=KS|US|36}} in Phillipsburg
- {{jct|state=KS|K|383}} east of Woodruff
}}
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=NE|US|183}} at Nebraska state line
|counties=Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Ellis, Rooks, Phillips
|previous_type=K
|previous_route=182
|next_type=K
|next_route=184
}}
U.S. Route 183 (US-183) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from US-77 in Refugio, Texas north to Interstate 90 (I-90) in Presho, South Dakota. In the U.S. state of Kansas, US-183 is a main north–south highway that runs from the Oklahoma border north to the Nebraska border.
Between 1930 and 1931, US-183 was extended south into Kansas to US-83 in Dresden. Then between July 1938 and 1939, US-183 was altered to follow US-36 east to K-1 in Phillipsburg, then south along K-1 to US-160. Then continued west along US-160 to K-34 in Sitka, which it followed south from Sitka to the Oklahoma border. Between 1941 and 1944, US-183 and US-83 were swapped within Nebraska and a small portion into Kansas, which straightened their alignment and eliminated the overlap between the two in Norton. The former alignment of US-83 from northeast of Selden to east of Woodruff became US-383, now K-383.
Route description
File:US183 northbound from K156.JPG
US-183 enters Kansas in Clark County and turns east at Sitka, where it overlaps US-160, entering Comanche County, where it passes through Protection. The highways stay paired as it turns north to pass through the Comanche County seat, Coldwater. At Coldwater, US-160 turns back to the east, and US-183 continues its northerly track.
Image:Us160us183.JPG in southern Comanche County.]]
File:US183 at north end of dual with US56.jpg
Entering Kiowa County, US-183 reaches a junction with US-54 and US-400, where it passes through Greensburg. In southern Edwards County, the highway makes a brief turn to the west before meeting up with US-56 in Kinsley, the Edwards County seat. US-56 and US-183 turn northeast before the highways split after entering Pawnee County. US-56 continues northeast toward Larned, and US-183 straightens out to pass through largely unpopulated areas in Edwards County.
In Rush County, US-183 intersects two primary east–west Kansas state highways, K-96 in Rush Center and K-4 in LaCrosse.
US-183 reaches the largest city along its route in Kansas, Hays, where a western bypass of the highway provides direct access to Gross Memorial Coliseum and Fort Hays State University. US-183 is known as Vine Street in Hays and contains numerous businesses. US-183 runs through town for three miles (5 km) before crossing Interstate 70, which is heavily traveled in Hays with traffic between Denver and Kansas City. The interchange of US-183 and I-70 has been designated as the CW2 Bryan J. Nichols Fallen Veterans Memorial Interchange.{{cite web | title = Article 10. - NAMING AND MARKING OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES | publisher = KLISS | url = http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2016/b2015_16/statute/068_000_0000_chapter/068_010_0000_article/068_010_0095_section/068_010_0095_k/ | access-date = December 27, 2017}}
North of Hays, the highway has been resurfaced and realigned for {{convert|23|mi|km}} to Plainville, one of two towns in Rooks County US-183 serves. At Plainville, US-183 has a junction with K-18. US-183 continues {{convert|15|mi|km}} north to Stockton, the Rooks County seat, where US-24 crosses.
The highway enters Phillips County approximately {{convert|12|mi|km}} north of Stockton. US-183 meets US-36 west, and the highways join for a concurrency through the city of Phillipsburg. The highways split in downtown Phillipsburg, and US-183 has one last junction with K-383 before exiting the state south of Alma, Nebraska.
US-183 is two-laned throughout Kansas, except for the portion which runs through Hays.
History
Between 1930 and 1931, US-183 was extended south into Kansas, across US-36, to US-83 in Dresden. Between July 1938 and 1939, US-183 was altered to follow US-36 east to K-1 in Phillipsburg, then south along K-1 to US-160. It then continued west along US-160 to K-34 in Sitka, which it followed south from Sitka to the Oklahoma border.{{cite map |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |year = 1938 |url = http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1938JulyMapside.pdf |title = Kansas State Highway System |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = July 22, 2020 }}{{cite map |author = State Farm Insurance Companies Travel Bureau |year = 1939 |map = Nebraska |title = Rand McNally Road map: Nebraska |map-url = https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~258643~5522110:Rand-McNally-Road-map--Nebraska?sort=pub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_date%2Cpub_date&qvq=w4s:/when%2F1939;q:Nebraska;sort:pub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_date%2Cpub_date;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=0&trs=4 |scale = 1:1,267,200 |location = Chicago |publisher = Rand McNally and Company |pages = 58-59 |via = Rumsey Collection |access-date = July 26, 2020}} Between 1941 and 1944, US-183 and US-83 were swapped within Nebraska and a small portion into Kansas, which straightened their alignment and eliminated the overlap between the two in Norton. The former alignment of US-83 from northeast of Selden to east of Woodruff became US-383, now K-383.{{cite map |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |year = 1941 |url = http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1941Mapside.pdf |title = Kansas State Highway System |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = July 22, 2020 }}{{cite map |author = State Farm Insurance Companies Travel Bureau |year = 1944 |map = Kansas |title = State Farm Road map: Kansas |map-url = https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~317854~90086233:State-Farm-Road-map--Kansas?sort=pub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_date%2Cpub_date&qvq=q:Kansas%201944;sort:pub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_date%2Cpub_date;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=0&trs=2 |scale = 1:1,235,520 |location = Chicago |publisher = Rand McNally and Company |via = Rumsey Collection |access-date = July 26, 2020}}
Major intersections
{{KSint
|county=Clark
|cspan=2
|location=none
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=OK|US|183|dir1=south}}
|notes=Continuation into Oklahoma
}}
{{KSint
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|160|K|34|dir1=west|dir2=north|city1=Bucklin|city2=Ashland}}
|type=concur
|notes=Southern end of US-160 overlap; southern terminus of K-34
}}
{{KSint
|county=Comanche
|cspan=2
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|1|dir1=south|location1=Freedom OK}}
|notes=Northern terminus of K-1
}}
{{KSint
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|160|dir1=east|name1=Gypsum Hills Scenic Byway|city1=Medicine Lodge}}
|type=concur
|notes=Northern end of US-160 overlap
}}
{{KSint
|county=Kiowa
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|54|US|400|city1=Meade|city2=Greensburg}}
|notes=
}}
{{KSint
|county=Edwards
|cspan=2
|location=Kinsley
|lspan=2
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|50|city1=Dodge City|city2=Hutchinson}}
}}
{{KSint
|mile=
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|56|dir2=west|city1=Dodge City}}
|notes=Southern end of US-56 overlap
}}
{{KSint
|county=Pawnee
|cspan=2
|location=none
|mile=
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|56|dir1=east|city1=Larned}}
|notes=Northern end of US-56 overlap
}}
{{KSint
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|156|city1=Jetmore|city2=Larned}}
|notes=Former {{jct|state=KS|US|156|noshield=yes}}
}}
{{KSint
|county=Rush
|cspan=2
|location=Rush Center
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|96|name1=Union Street|city1=Ness City|city2=Great Bend}}
|notes=
}}
{{KSint
|location=La Crosse
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|4|city1=McCracken|city2=Hoisington}}
|notes=
}}
{{KSint
|county=Ellis
|cspan=2
|location=Hays
|lspan=2
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|US-Byp|dab1=Hays|183|dir1=north|city1=Ellis|location2=Old Fort Hays}}
|notes=Southern terminus of US-183 Byp.
}}
{{KSint
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|I|70|US|40|city1=Salina|location2=Denver}}
|notes=I-70 exit 159
}}
{{KSint
|county=Rooks
|cspan=2
|location=Plainville
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|18|city1=Hill City|city2=Lincoln}}
|notes=
}}
{{KSint
|location=Stockton
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|24|city1=Hill City|city2=Osborne}}
|notes=
}}
{{KSint
|county=Phillips
|cspan=5
|location=Glade
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|9|city1=Logan|city2=Kirwin}}
|notes=
}}
{{KSint
|location=Phillipsburg
|lspan=2
|type=concur
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|36|dir1=east|city1=Smith Center}}
|notes=Southern end of US-36 overlap
}}
{{KSint
|type=concur
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|36|dir1=west|name1=State Street west|city1=Norton}}
|notes=Northern end of US-36 overlap
}}
{{KSint
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|383|dir1=south|city1=Almena|city2=Norton}}
|notes=Northern terminus of K-383; former {{jct|state=KS|US|383|noshield=yes|dir1=south}}
}}
{{KSint
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=NE|US|183|dir1=north|city1=Alma}}
|notes=Continuation into Nebraska; former {{jct|state=NE|US|383|noshield=yes|dir1=north}}
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
Bypass
{{infobox road small
|state=KS
|type=US-Byp
|county=
|route=183
|established=
|decommissioned=
|location=Hays
|length_mi=
|length_ref=
}}
U.S. Route 183 Bypass (US-183 Bypass) is a bypass route in Hays. It begins at US-183 and runs north and ends at I-70 and US-40.{{cite map|url=https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/hays.pdf|title=City of Hays, Ellis County, Kansas|author=Bureau of Transportation Planning|publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation|date=December 2009|access-date=February 6, 2022}}
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References
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External links
{{Attached KML}}
- [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/MapsState.asp Kansas Department of Transportation State Map]
- [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp KDOT: Historic State Maps]
{{state detail page browse|type=US|route=183|statebefore=Oklahoma|state=Kansas|stateafter=Nebraska}}
Category:Transportation in Clark County, Kansas
Category:Transportation in Comanche County, Kansas
Category:Transportation in Kiowa County, Kansas
Category:Transportation in Edwards County, Kansas
Category:Transportation in Pawnee County, Kansas
Category:Transportation in Rush County, Kansas
Category:Transportation in Ellis County, Kansas
Category:Transportation in Rooks County, Kansas