At this point, the route turned east for a concurrency with US-36, crossing US-283 in Norton.

Past Norton, US-383 split from US-36 and resumed northeast, reaching an intersection with US-183 near Woodruff a short distance south of the Nebraska border.

[1][2] In Nebraska, US-383 continued north on the present alignment of US-183, reaching an intersection with US-136 in Alma.

[1][2] Prior to 1964, US-383 continued north past Alma, intersecting US-6/US-34 in Holdrege before ending at US-30 in Elm Creek.

[1][3] When the route was first commissioned in 1942, it ran from Oakley, Kansas to Elm Creek, Nebraska, a distance of 175 miles (282 km).