U.S. Route 283 (US-283) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from US-87 in Brady, Texas north to US-30 in Lexington, Nebraska.

Along the way it intersects other major routes including US-50, US-56 and US-400 in Dodge City, Interstate 70 (I-70) and US-40 in WaKeeney.

Following the split, US-283 continues north through Minneola before making its way into Dodge City, the only town with a population of more than 3,300 the highway passes through in the Sunflower State.

It meets with U.S. Route 400, but the two highways do not stay joined for long; US-400 splits and heads southeast towards Greensburg, while US-283 continues eastbound past the Dodge City Regional Airport.

US-50 and US-56 split east towards Kinsley, and US-283 resumes a due northerly course through open fields before reaching Jetmore, where K-156 crosses in an east–west direction.

At the split, K-9 continues west to Lenora, and US-283 resumes a straight northerly direction until the city of Norton, where after crossing U.S. Route 36, it reaches Nebraska 11 miles (18 km) later.

[8][9] In an August 7, 1941 resolution, a one mile (1.6 km) section of K-21 was realigned at the Nebraska border to eliminate two sharp curves.

[3][4] Also between 1941 and 1945, US-83 and US-183 were swapped within Nebraska and a small portion into Kansas, which straightened their alignment and eliminated their overlap in Norton.

[11] In a February 26, 1958 resolution, a section of I-70 was approved from Collyer east to Ogallah, which included a new diamond interchange to be built at US-283 to serve WaKeeney.