State Highway 82 (SH 82) is a
state highway in the
U.S. state
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of
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
that runs from the
Louisiana
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state line as a continuation of
Louisiana Highway 82
Louisiana Highway 82 (LA 82) is a state highway located in southern Louisiana. It runs in a general east–west direction from the Texas state line east of Port Arthur to the Vermilion–Lafayette parish line southwest of Youngsville.
Th ...
to the
East Texas
East Texas is a broadly defined cultural, geographic, and ecological region in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas that comprises most of 41 counties. It is primarily divided into Northeast and Southeast Texas. Most of the region cons ...
city of
Port Arthur. A roadway existed from at least 1970, when the Gulfgate Bridge (later renamed
Martin Luther King Bridge) was completed; the route was designated SH 82 in 1975. The designation had previously applied to a route in
West Texas
West Texas is a loosely defined region in the U.S. state of Texas, generally encompassing the arid and semiarid lands west of a line drawn between the cities of Wichita Falls, Abilene, and Del Rio.
No consensus exists on the boundary betwee ...
, from 1923 to 1958.
History
Pecos, Ward, and Winkler Counties
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SH 82 was originally designated on August 21, 1923, on a route from the
West Texas
West Texas is a loosely defined region in the U.S. state of Texas, generally encompassing the arid and semiarid lands west of a line drawn between the cities of Wichita Falls, Abilene, and Del Rio.
No consensus exists on the boundary betwee ...
town of
Monahans south to
Fort Stockton
Fort Stockton is a city in and the county seat of Pecos County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 10 in Texas, Interstate 10, future Interstate 14, U.S. Highways U.S. Route 67 (Texas), 67, U.S. Route 285 (Texas), 285, and U.S. R ...
, with a planned extension south to
Sanderson Sanderson may refer to:
Places
* Sanderson, Florida, a town in the United States
* Sanderson, Texas, a census-designated place in the United States
* Sanderson, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
* Sanderson, Northern ...
, replacing part of
SH 17. On October 16, 1928, SH 82 was extended north to
Kermit. On June 25, 1929, SH 82 was extended north to the
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
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, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
state line.
The planned extension to Sanderson was transferred to newly designated
U.S. Highway 285 (cosigned since 1935) on September 26, 1939. On February 27, 1958, the remainder of the route was renumbered as
SH 18
Route 18, or Highway 18, may refer to:
International
* Asian Highway 18
* European route E18
* European route E018
Argentina
*
Australia
* Waterfall Way
Canada
* Alberta Highway 18
* British Columbia Highway 18
* Manitoba Highway 18
* On ...
, to coordinate with its intersection with
New Mexico State Road 18.
Jefferson County
On January 29, 1975, SH 82 was designated over its current route in
Jefferson County from
SH 87 to Louisiana Highway 82. On January 7, 1987, the route was extended to
SH 73 incorporating the former
Spur 214. The section west of Sabine Pass was previously proposed on September 19, 1956, as
SH 362 (for access to the proposed levee; to be cancelled when construction was completed), but the designation was changed to
FM 1900 on December 13, 1956 (still was to be cancelled when construction was completed), and FM 1900 was completed, and FM 1900 was cancelled on October 30, 1958, due to completion of construction.
Major junctions
References
External links
Transportation in Jefferson County, Texas
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