U.S. Route 82

Infobox U.S. Route
article_route=82

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length_mi=1609
length_ref= [http://www.us-highways.com/us1830.htm US Highways from US 1 to US 830] Robert V. Droz]
length_km=2589
yrcom=1932
direction_a=West|direction_b=East
from=Jct|state=NM|US|54|US|70 at Alamogordo, NM
junction=Jct|state=TX|I|27 at Lubbock, TX
Jct|state=TX|I|35 at Gainesville, TX
Jct|state=TX|I|30 near New Boston, TX
Jct|state=MS|I|55 at Winona, MS
Jct|state=AL|I|20|I|59 at Tuscaloosa, AL
Jct|state=AL|I|65 at Montgomery, AL
Jct|state=GA|I|75 at Tifton, GA
to=Jct|state=GA|I|95 at Brunswick, GA

U.S. Route 82 is an east-west United States highway in the southern United States. What started as a 1932 addition to the systemDroz, Robert V. [http://www.us-highways.com/usbt.htm U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830)] . URL accessed 19 March 2006.] across central Mississippi and southern Arkansas eventually became a 1,609 mile (2,589 km) route extending from the White Sands of New Mexico to Georgia's Atlantic coast.

The highway's eastern terminus is in Brunswick, Georgia, at an intersection with Interstate 95. It is co-signed for its last half mile with U.S. Route 17. Its western terminus is in Alamogordo, New Mexico at an intersection with U.S. Route 54 and U.S. Route 70. [http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite%2FFalls%2F3369/HwyEnds/End082/end082.htm Endpoints of US highways] ]

Route description

New Mexico

US 82 begins at an intersection with US highways 54 and 70 north of Alamogordo. From there, it generally follows a north-northeasterly bearing until Artesia,where it takes a more due-easterly bearing on through to Lovington, veering back slightly to the north before crossing into Texas.

Texas

Arkansas

US 82 enters Arkansas in downtown Texarkana, then proceeds almost due east across the flat plains of the Red River. It crosses the Red River at Garland City on a new bridge, then passes through the towns of Lewisville and Magnolia. At Magnolia the route joins US 79 for approximately two miles before continuing eastward. The route passes through the cities of El Dorado and Strong before crossing the Ouachita River just north of Lake Jack Lee, then continues through Crossett and Hamburg to Lake Village. The route continues from there across the Mississippi river to Greenville, MS.

Mississippi

Through the entire state, the highway is four-laned with interchanges at major junctions. It crosses the Mississippi Delta, heading almost due east to Starkville, passing through Indianola and Greenwood, while bypassing Itta Bena. From Starkville east through Columbus and on to the Alabama state line, Hwy 82 is built to freeway standards. At the west end of the state, near Greenville, a new four-laned, cable-stayed Mississippi River bridge has been constructed. The Arkansas and Mississippi approaches are currently under construction and the bridge is expected to open in 2009. Currently a bypass around Greenville and Leland, Mississippi is under construction, the current route of Hwy 82 which goes through Greenville will become U.S. 82 Business. The existing Hwy 82 is expected to become Business 82 through the town. The new bypass will be the southern terminus for the planned freeway spur to the new Interstate 69, which is also under construction through the northern Mississippi Delta. The Mississippi section of U.S. 82 is defined in Mississippi Code Annotated § 65-3-3.

Alabama

Throughout Alabama, U.S. 82 is paired with unsigned State Route 6. The highway crosses the state, and is known in West Alabama (Tuscaloosa and Northport) as McFarland Boulevard, in memory of the late Honorable Ward Wharton McFarland, a political, business, and civic leader who died in 1979. Currently in Pickens County, Alabama, a widening project of U.S. 82 is underway to make the highway four-laned. New bridges are being constructed using Federal Highway Administration monies, as well as matching Alabama Department of Transportation funds. Four-laning the highway is also underway in western Tuscaloosa County, Alabama but numerous delays, caused by the lack of commitment of matching funds by the Tuscaloosa County Commission, have added years to the project. Portions of the project site along Highway 82 in western Tuscaloosa County have been excavated and site-readied multiple times, due to repeated holdups associated with the County Commission's funds commitment; as of July, 2008, there has been no action to finish the work. Interestingly, Tuscaloosa County holds the largest county government cash reserves in the state, currently in excess of forty million dollars.

Georgia

Throughout much of southern Georgia, U.S. 82 is paired with State Route 520 and designated as "Corridor Z" and "South Georgia Parkway." West of Dawson, U.S. 82 is paired with Georgia Hwy 50, the historic State Route number for U.S. 82 in Georgia.

History

The east ends of US 82 and U.S. Route 84 were swapped in 1989 after the roads around Waycross, Georgia, were reconfigured.

Most of the Arkansas section was originally Highway 2.

Major intersections

*U.S. Route 70 and U.S. Route 54 in Alamogordo, New Mexico
*U.S. Route 62 in Brownfield, Texas
*U.S. Route 84, U.S. Route 87 and Interstate 27 in Lubbock, Texas
*U.S. Route 83 in Guthrie, Texas
*U.S. Route 81 in Ringgold, Texas
*Interstate 35 and U.S. Route 77 in Gainesville, Texas
*U.S. Route 75 in Sherman, Texas
*U.S. Route 69 in Bells, Texas
*U.S. Route 271 in Paris, Texas
*Interstate 30 in New Boston, Texas
*U.S. Route 59, U.S. Route 67, and U.S. Route 71 in Texarkana, Texas/Arkansas
*U.S. Route 79 in Magnolia, Arkansas
*U.S. Route 63 and U.S. Route 167 in El Dorado, Arkansas
*U.S. Route 65 in Lake Village, Arkansas.
*U.S. Route 61 in Leland, Mississippi
*U.S. Route 49W in Indianola, Mississippi
*U.S. Route 49E in Greenwood, Mississippi
*Interstate 55 and U.S. Route 51 in Winona, Mississippi
*U.S. Route 45 in Columbus, Mississippi
*U.S. Route 43 in Northport, Alabama
*Interstate 20, 59 and U.S. Route 11 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
*U.S. Route 31 and Interstate 65 in Prattville, Alabama
*Interstate 85 and U.S. Route 80 in Montgomery, Alabama
*U.S. Route 29 in Union Springs, Alabama
*U.S. Route 27 in Cuthbert, Georgia
*U.S. Route 19 in Albany, Georgia
*Interstate 75 and U.S. Route 41 in Tifton, Georgia
*U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 23, and U.S. Route 84 in Waycross, Georgia
*U.S. Route 17 in Brunswick

ee also

Related routes

* Mississippi Highway 182
* State Highway 56

Bannered and suffixed routes

* U.S. Route 82 Business in Paris, Texas
*U.S. Route 82 Business in Stamps, Arkansas
*U.S. Route 82 Business in Magnolia, Arkansas
*U.S. Route 82 Business in El Dorado, Arkansas
*U.S. Route 82 Business in Albany, Georgia
*U.S. Route 82 Business in Greenwood, Mississippi (decommissioned)

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