U.S. Route 82 in Alabama runs northwest to southeast across the northwestern and central Alabama for . The route enters from

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east of

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and exits into

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across the

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at Eufaula.

Route description

Throughout Alabama, US 82 is paired with unsigned State Route 6 (SR 6). The highway enters the state east of

, and bears southeast towards Northport and

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, where it crosses over

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and

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south of town. It is known in West Alabama as McFarland Boulevard, in memory of Ward Wharton McFarland, a political, business, and civic leader who died in 1979. After leaving Tuscaloosa, the route continues southeast, passing through the cities of Brent, Centreville, and Maplesville en route to Prattville, on the northern edge of the

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. This approximately drive goes through some of the most rural areas of the state, much of it two lanes with the exception of the section from Tuscaloosa to Centreville. Upon arriving in Prattville, it runs concurrently with

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, with which it goes through downtown Montgomery with (also junctioning with the current southern terminus of

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), and splits off to the east south of downtown. After leaving Montgomery, the route continues southeast through Union Springs and Midway en route to Eufaula, on the Alabama–Georgia state line, where it junctions with US 431. The route then crosses over the

into Georgetown, Georgia, over Lake Eufaula.

History

U.S. Route 82 was first designated within the state of Alabama in June of 1934. At the time, it ran from the Mississippi border to

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. In the summer of 1948, US 82 was extended across the state along its current route and into

Major intersections

References

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