U.S. Route 82

U.S. Route 82 marker
U.S. Route 82
Map
US 82 highlighted in red
Route information
Length1,625 mi[1] (2,615 km)
ExistedJuly 1, 1931[1]–present
Major junctions
West end US 54 / US 70 at Alamogordo, NM
Major intersections
East end I-95 / US 17 / SR 25 / SR 520 at Brunswick, GA
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesNew Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia
Highway system
US 81 US 83
US Highway 82 crossing the high plains of the Llano Estacado of West Texas

U.S. Route 82 (US 82) is an east–west United States highway in the Southern United States. Created on July 1, 1931 across central Mississippi and southern Arkansas, US 82 eventually became a 1,625-mile-long (2,615 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 interchange with Interstate 95. It is co-signed for its last 12 mile (800 m) 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.

  1. ^ a b "U.S. 82". Highway History. Federal Highway Administration. November 18, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2016.