Route information | ||||
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Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
Length | 13.009 mi[1] (20.936 km) | |||
Existed | January 29, 1975–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | LA 82 over Sabine River | |||
SH 87 in Port Arthur | ||||
North end | SH 73 in Port Arthur | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Texas | |||
Counties | Jefferson | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 82 (SH 82) is a 13.009-mile (20.936 km) state highway in Jefferson County, Texas, United States, that connects Louisiana Highway 82 (LA 82) at the Louisiana state line (on the Causeway Bridge over the Sabine River) with Texas State Highway 72 (SH 72) in Port Arthur. A roadway existed from at least 1970, when the Gulfgate Bridge (later renamed Martin Luther King Bridge) was completed;[2] the route was designated SH 82 in 1975. The designation had previously applied to a route in West Texas, from 1923 to 1958.