| State: | TX |
| Type: | SH |
| Route: | 183 |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Map Notes: | SH 183, highlighted in red |
| Length Mi: | 35.942 |
| Length Round: | 3 |
| Established: | by 1939 |
| Direction A: | West |
| Terminus A: | in Fort Worth |
| Junction: | in Fort Worth in Fort Worth in Fort Worth from Hurst to North Richland Hills from Hurst to Bedford in Irving in Irving |
| Direction B: | East |
| Terminus B: | in Dallas |
| Previous Type: | US |
| Previous Route: | 183 |
| Next Type: | SH |
| Next Route: | 184 |
State Highway 183 (SH 183) is a state highway in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in Texas. Its most heavily used section is designated Airport Freeway where it serves the southern entrance of DFW Airport.
SH 183 was designated on November 30, 1932 from SH 15 east of Mesquite via Mesquite to Dallas. This highway was SH 15A before March 19, 1930, and this highway was erroneously omitted from the March 19, 1930 highway log.[1] On September 26, 1939, it was extended to Fort Worth, replacing a section of SH 15. On October 30, 1939, SH 183 was extended west from US 81 to US 80. On October 6, 1943, SH 183 was extended south from US 80 to US 377, and SH 183 was rerouted east to US 77 northwest of Dallas. The section east of US 77 was renumbered as SH 352, and the old route west of US 77 would be designated as FM 684 on February 26, 1946, but this would be changed to SH 356 on August 8, 1946. On December 4, 1957, SH 183 was rerouted to end at I 35-E, and the old route of SH 183 was transferred to Loop 12. On May 13, 1977, SH 183 was extended southeast to I-20 over cancelled Loop 820. On August 29, 1979, SH 183 was rerouted over Spur 350 and SH 121 and I-820. The old route of SH 183 was redesignated as SH 10.
TX 183 begins in south Fort Worth, near Hulen Mall, heading to the northwest as a freeway from an interchange with I-20 and the Chisholm Trail Parkway. Entitled Southwest Boulevard, TX 183 crosses the Clear Fork of the Trinity River and meets Vickery Boulevard in a folded diamond interchange, from which it reverts to a three-lane arterial road. The route meets with US 377 in a large roundabout, shortly before heading north as Alta Mere Drive into an intersection with Camp Bowie West Boulevard (Spur 580). TX 183 meets I-30 in a cloverleaf interchange near Ridgmar Mall, turns northeast, and follows along the eastern boundaries of Fort Worth Naval Air Base and White Settlement as Westworth Boulevard.
Entering Westworth Village heading east, TX 183 forms a trumpet interchange with northbound Pumphrey Drive, connects with White Settlement Road, crosses the West Fork of the Trinity River, and becomes River Oaks Boulevard as it enters River Oaks. The road meets the intersection with Jacksboro Boulevard (TX 199) and is named Ephriham Avenue until it enters the North Side neighborhood of Fort Worth, where the road is called NW 28th Street. TX 183 continues east as NE 28th Street, passing north of the Fort Worth Stockyards and running over the interchange with I-35W, after which it forms the northern boundaries of Mount Olivet Cemetery.
TX 183 proceeds through the residential neighborhoods of Haltom City until it joins US 377 at an intersection, turning northeast onto Belknap Street. US 377 departs from Belknap Street at Denton Highway, leaving TX 183 on Belknap Street until the route diverges eastward from Belknap Street and the southern terminus of TX 26 as Baker Boulevard. The route continues through Richland Hills until meeting the interchange with I-820 concurrent with TX 121. TX 183 turns north, joining both routes, and turns east along with TX 121 as I-820 turns west at a large interchange in North Richland Hills. In northern Hurst, TX 183 and TX 121 are joined with the North Tarrant Express tollway from the I-820 interchange. TX 121 departs at another interchange in Bedford. TX 183, along with its tollway, remains on the Airport Freeway, meeting TX 360 in an interchange at Euless. The route connects with the southern end of International Parkway, which proceeds north into DFW Airport as TX 183 continues eastward.
Entering Dallas County, TX 183 forms an interchange with the President George Bush Turnpike. As the route enters Irving, it forms a cloverleaf interchange with North Belt Line Road, which connects with Irving Boulevard (TX 356). TX 183 then enters the former site of the Texas Stadium, proceeding into a interchange with Walton Walker Boulevard (Loop 12) and its toll road. Spur 482 stems off the highway before TX 183 merges with TX 114, heading southeast as John W. Carpenter Freeway until both routes terminate in a merger with I-35E in Dallas.
All exits are unnumbered.