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U.S. Highway 83 North - Mission to Laredo

U.S. 83 north
Leaving the Zapata area, U.S. 83 northbound sees a picnic area on the bend 4.2 miles out of town. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
Approaching Arroyo Burro on U.S. 83 northbound. A reassurance marker resides near Tanque Lane. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
Spanning Arroyo Burro on U.S. 83 north. Arroyo Burro is a part of the International Falcon Reservoir, a man-made lake created by Falcon Dam at Falcon Village and Heights to the south. The settlement of Falcon Reservoir lies north of the water crossing. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
U.S. 83 continues 4.3 miles north to San Ygnacio, a town along the Rio Grande. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
FM 3169 (Lincoln Avenue) enters San Ygnacio from the northeast and ends at U.S. 83. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
A flasher governs the movements between U.S. 83 and Texas Farm To Market Road 3169 (Lincoln Avenue). FM 3169 spurs 17.7 miles northeast to Overjas Road and a Petroleum products pine line. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
Northbound mileage sign posted after the intersection with Lincoln Avenue in San Ygnacio. U.S. 83 continues to shadow the Rio Grande 36 miles northward to Laredo. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
A short U.S. 83 Business loop serves the business district of San Ygnacio via Washington Avenue west, Trevino Street north, and Uribe Street east. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
Texas Tropical Trail marker posted along U.S. 83 northbound in San Ygnacio. The trail travels through 20 counties in south Texas to promote tourism and historical awareness. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
Leaving San Ygnacio, U.S. 83 crosses the Arroyo Grullo on the 16.4-mile drive to the Webb County line. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
34 miles south of Laredo on rural U.S. 83 northbound in western Zapata County. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
U.S. 83 and the Rio Grande draw close to another as the US highway spans the Arroyo San Francisco. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
A small roadside park lies along the southbound side of U.S. 83 with a view of the adjacent Rio Grande. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
Continuing north toward the Webb County line on two-lane U.S. 83. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
U.S. 83 immediately widens into a four lane divided highway at the Webb County line. An airstrip likes nearby and presently the northbound carriageway begins as a merge lane from the airport access road. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
Traffic shifts onto its own carriageway beyond the Webb County line. The four-laning section ends in a way that will allow for its extension southward into Zapata County. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
Speed limits increase to 70 mph as U.S. 83 heads northward through rural portions of Webb County. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
Another northbound U.S. 83 reassurance marker posted on the drive between Zapata County and Rio Bravo. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
U.S. 83 upgrades into a short expressway on the east edge of Rio Bravo. Frontage roads provide the connections to Espejo Molina, Paseo de Tiber, and Paseo de Danubio Roads west into the town. Espejo Molina Road leads southwest to the Rio Grande village of El Cenizo. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
While on the Rio Bravo expressway section, U.S. 83 crosses the city limits of Laredo. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
Much of southern Laredo remains rural in nature. Pockets of residential tracts lie north of the intersection of Cielitto Lindo Boulevard. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
Nearing the intersection with Don Camilo Boulevard west and Cielito Lindo Boulevard east. The South Campus of Laredo Community College resides along Don Camilo Boulevard; Cielito Lindo Boulevard east serves a somewhat new residential area and school. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
U.S. 83 (Sacred Heart Drive) northbound transitions into a sprawly commercial arterial north of Southgate Boulevard. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
Loop 20 (Ross Street / Bob Bullock Boulevard) ends at U.S. 83 (Sacred Heart Drive) in southeast Laredo. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
The Bob Bullock Loop of Loop 20 encircles much of Laredo between U.S. 83 (Sacred Heart Drive) and Interstate 35 on the north end of town. Some of the route is a controlled access expressway, but the drive east to Texas 359 traverses residential and industrial areas. Texas 359 (old U.S. 59) provides one of two routes eastward from Laredo to the Texas coastal counties. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
Connections with Texas 359 east (1.6 miles) from Loop 20 north lead drivers east to Hebbronville and with U.S. 59 north (3.8 miles) lead motorists northeast to Freer. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
U.S. 83 (Sacred Heart Drive) north at the north beginning of Loop 20 (Bob Bullock Loop). Loop 20 totals 14 miles between south Laredo and FM 1472 (Mines Road) west of Interstate 35 (Exit 8). Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
A second Loop 20 shield directs motorists to Ross Street east for the Bob Bullock Loop north to Laredo International Airport. U.S. 83 (Martin Avenue) continues north across Chacon Creek ahead. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
Seven blocks north of the Chacon Creek is the west end of Texas 359. Texas 359 begins here and travels east to Loop 20 and the expanding sprawl of southeast Laredo. The routing represents original U.S. 59 east to Oilton, Hebbronvile, Benavides, Alive, and Skidmore. Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).
U.S. 83 (Martin Avenue) curves northwest from Texas 359 toward the one-way street couplet of Guadalupe Street (north) and Chihuahua Street (south toward downtown Laredo and IH 35. Texas 359 meanwhile spans Chacon Creek on the eastward 1.4-mile drive to Loop 20 (Bob Bullock Loop). Photo taken by Kevin Trinkle (02/20/06).

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