US Route 82 runs east-west across the South, extending west across northern Texas to end in south-central New Mexico. The eastern end is at Brunswick, Georgia, at Interstate 95 and US Route 17.  The route heads west across south Georgia and enters Alabama, where the route takes a northwesterly turn through Montgomery and Tuscaloosa.  US Route 82 crosses into Mississippi north of the state's middle, about two-thirds of the way up the state.  Then it crosses the southernmost latitudes of Arkansas, making it into Texas by way of Texarkana.  Aside from the northern panhandle of Texas, US Route 82 hugs the northern edge of the state.  US Route 82 continues west through Lubbock into New Mexico, and it ends at US Routes 54 and 70 at Alamogordo.

​​​​​An older photo of US Route 82 was once featured on this page, but a newer, better photo of US Route 82 has since replaced it. The older photo is still available for viewing, however; it was simply moved to the bottom of this page.

My photo of US Route 82 shows an eastbound trailblazer in Plains, Texas, seen by those leaving the 4-way intersection with Texas Highway 214.  The town of Plains marks the western end of a lengthy concurrency shared between US Route 82 and US Route 380. This photo looks east on the opposite side of town from the point where US Route 82 and US Route 380 first join together toward the east. I took this photo in October 2024, during a trip to Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma.

Here is the older photo, formerly featured on this page for US Route 82:

My former photo for US Route 82 comes from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This sign assembly faces traffic heading east on the concurrency of US Route 11 and US Route 43, approaching a junction home to the northern end of Interstate 359. Another thing that happens at this junction is the act of US Route 82 coming from the north and turning east.  Despite the sensory overload provided by this smorgasbord of signs, the sign assembly doesn't even tell you the whole story.  There is no mention of what happens to US Route 11. I took this photo during my drive south to the Gulf Coast in October 2016 (the second Gulf Coast trip). Feel free to make your own jokes about the University of Alabama logo on the garbage truck in the background.
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