 u.s. route 283 is a spur of u.s. route 83. it currently runs for 731 miles (1,175&nbsp;km) from brady, texas at u.s. route 87 to lexington, nebraska at u.s. route 30. it passes through the states of texas, oklahoma, kansas, and nebraska. ==route description== ===texas=== this route originally went southeast from albany via cisco, rising star, and brownwood to end at brady. in 1951, this route became us 380 (later sh 6), us 183, and us 377. it was rerouted to its current routing between albany and brady in 1951, replacing the old route of us 183.  ===oklahoma===  us-283 enters oklahoma from texas in rural jackson county at a crossing of the red river. it runs concurrently with state highway 5 for several miles past elmer and continues north to altus, the largest oklahoma town on the route. at the intersection of u.s. highway 62 in altus, sh-5 splits off and 283 joins with state highway 6 for the next  before it takes a western bend to the town of mangum. the route continues northwesterly until it crosses i-40 at sayre. through northwestern oklahoma, us-283 passes through very sparsely populated areas and is the main north&ndash;south traffic corridor. after passing through cheyenne, 283 meanders through black kettle national grassland then crosses the canadian river. it continues north to arnett where it joins with state highway 51 west for  then turns north again passing through shattuck and laverne following part of state highway 15 along the way. north of laverne, 283 turns west for  to visit the town of rosston then turns north again to cross the cimarron river shortly before leaving the state for kansas. some points of interest along us-283 in oklahoma include the museum of the western prairie in altus; the [[greer county, texa
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