Louisiana Highway 182

Louisiana Highway 182
LA 182 in red, LA 182-1 and LA 182-2 in blue
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length	174.307 mi[1] (280.520 km)
Existed	1955 renumbering–present
Major junctions
Northwest end	LA 29 in Whiteville
Major intersections	I-49 north of Washington US 167 in Nuba US 190 in Opelousas I-49 / US 167 north of Carencro I-10 / Future I-49 / US 90 / US 167 in Lafayette Future I-49 / US 90 in Broussard Future I-49 / US 90 in Morgan City Future I-49 / US 90 south of Raceland LA 1 in Raceland
Southeast end	Future I-49 / US 90 north of Raceland
Location
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parishes	St. Landry, Lafayette, St. Martin, Iberia, St. Mary, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche
Highway system
Louisiana State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← LA 181 → LA 183

Louisiana Highway 182 (LA 182) is a state highway located in central and southeastern Louisiana. It runs 173.41 miles (279.08 km)^[2] in a northwest to southeast direction from LA 29 in Whiteville to U.S. Highway 90 (US 90) north of Raceland.

Along the way, the highway serves the cities of Opelousas, Lafayette, New Iberia, Morgan City, and Houma. LA 182 is generally bannered as a north–south highway north of Lafayette (where it largely parallels US 167) and as an east–west highway from Lafayette to Raceland (where it parallels US 90). Today, most of LA 182 follows the previous alignments of US 90 and US 167 before their re-routing onto newer four-lane alignments. Additionally, the former US 90 alignment between Lafayette and Raceland was once part of the earlier Old Spanish Trail and is still known as such in many places along the route.

In 2015, a rerouting of LA 182 around Broussard via LA 89-1 and US 90, along with a section of the old route through Broussard being retired to local authorities, led to the creation of two auxiliary routes from the remaining state-owned sections of the old alignment. These short highways were known as LA 182-1 and LA 182-2 respectively, and were both located almost entirely within Broussard. Both auxiliary routes were retired in the summer of 2022.