U.S. Route 82 in Mississippi

U.S. Route 82
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	180.0 mi[1] (289.7 km)
Existed:	1932[2] – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 82 / US 278 at the Arkansas state line
	US 61 / US 278 in Leland US 49W in Indianola US 49E in Greenwood I-55 near Winona US 51 in Winona US 45 in Columbus
East end:	US 82 at the Alabama state line
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced Mississippi State Highway System Interstate US State Unsigned ← US 80 US 84 →

U.S. Route 82 (US 82) is a section of a west-east highway that travels through Mississippi. It starts at the Arkansas state line at Refuge and ends at the Alabama state line east of Columbus.

Route description

As is most other US numbered highways in the state, this entire section of US 82 is defined in Mississippi Code Annotated § 65-3-3.^[3]

Through the entire state, the highway is four-laned with interchanges at major junctions. After crossing the Mississippi River from Arkansas via the four-laned, cable-stayed Greenville Bridge, the road briefly travels northeast toward central Greenville, then turns east toward Leland, where it intersects US 61, as US 278 breaks it concurrency and goes on to follow US 61 north. US 82 continues eastward, intersecting US 49W in Indianola, US 49E in Greenwood, I-55 and US 51 in Winona, and passing through Starkville.

From Starkville east through Columbus up until the Alabama state line, US 82 is built to freeway standards. It forms a brief concurrency with US 45 in Columbus, as both highways cross the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway together via an unnamed bridge. As US 45 heads north, US 82 continues to wind its way around the city, finally crossing into Alabama almost immediately after an interchange with Lee Stokes Road.

History

US 82 was first requested by MDOT in part as a route that extended from Texarkana, Arkansas to Columbus. Their request was approved on July 1, 1931 after a similar request was made from AHTD processed a similar request. Eventually, in June 1934, an expansion to Tuscaloosa was approved and completed in the same year. The length of US 82 began shortening sometime just before 1939, mainly within cities. The length of the highway in the state was shortened even further by 1942.^[2]

Future

Construction is now underway on a U.S. 82 bypass around Greenville. The new road will commence at the Greenville Bridge and terminate at the current US 82 near Leland, creating a half-loop freeway around South Greenville. Cloverleaf interchanges are presently being built at the freeway's junctions with MS 454 and MS 1. This new bypass will be the southern terminus for the planned freeway connector to Interstate 69, which is also under construction through the northern Mississippi Delta.^[4]

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Mississippi River		0.0	0.0	US 82 / US 278 continue west via the Greenville Bridge into Arkansas
Washington	Refuge	1.1	1.8	MS 454	Future bypass route
	Greenville	9.7	15.6	MS 1 – Metcalfe, Avon
	Leland	17.4	28.0	Broad Street	Former US 61 north; future bypass route
		18.9– 19.5	30.4– 31.4	US 61 / US 278 – Rolling Fork, Cleveland	Interchange; eastern terminus of US 278 concurrency
Sunflower	Indianola	33.0	53.1	MS 448 – Shaw
		33.7	54.2	US 49W – Yazoo City, Tutwiler
	Moorhead	40.9	65.8	MS 3 – Sunflower, Inverness
Leflore	Itta Bena	53.4	85.9	MS 7 – Belzoni	Western terminus of MS 7 concurrency
	Greenwood	57.9	93.2	US 49E – Tutwiler	Western terminus of US 49E concurrency
		62.2– 62.6	100.1– 100.7	US 49E – Yazoo City	Interchange; eastern terminus of US 49E concurrency
		63.8	102.7	MS 430 – Vaiden
		64.1	103.2	MS 7 – Grenada	Eastern terminus of MS 7 concurrency
Carroll	​	77.8	125.2	MS 17 / MS 35 – Carrollton, North Carrollton, Holcomb, Lexington	Western terminus of MS 35 concurrency
	​	79.4	127.8	MS 35 – Vaiden, Kosciusko	Eastern terminus of MS 35 concurrency
Montgomery	Winona	86.8	139.7	I-55 – Jackson, Memphis	I-55 exit 185
		88.9	143.1	US 51 – Jackson	Interchange
	Kilmichael	98.3	158.2	MS 182
		100.6	161.9	MS 182	Western terminus of MS 182 concurrency
Webster	​	116.6	187.6	MS 182 – Eupora	Eastern terminus of MS 182 concurrency
	Eupora	119.5	192.3	MS 9 – Ackerman, Calhoun City	Interchange
	​	122.0	196.3	MS 182 – Eupora	Western terminus of MS 182 concurrency
	​	126.7	203.9	Natchez Trace Parkway	Interchange
	Mathiston	127.8	205.7	MS 15 / MS 403 – Ackerman, Louisville	Western terminus of MS 15 concurrency
		128.7	207.1	MS 15 – Maben, Pontotoc	Interchange; Eastern terminus of MS 15 concurrency
Oktibbeha	​	137.9	221.9	MS 182 – Starkville	Eastern terminus of MS 182 concurrency
	Starkville	144.6– 145.3	232.7– 233.8	MS 25 – Louisville	Interchange; west end of freeway; western terminus of MS 25 concurrency
		145.6	234.3	MS 389 – Pheba, Beasley
		147.7– 148.2	237.7– 238.5	MS 12 – Ackerman	Western terminus of MS 12 concurrency
	Clayton Village	149.5– 150.0	240.6– 241.4	MS 182 – Starkville
	​	153.5	247.0	Hickory Grove Road
Lowndes	​	156.3	251.5	US 45 Alt. / MS 25 – West Point, Brooksville	Eastern terminus of MS 25 concurrency
	​	160.5	258.3	MS 791 to MS 182	Access to Golden Triangle Regional Airport
	​	166.2	267.5	US 45 to MS 182 – Macon, Meridian	Western terminus of US 45 concurrency
	Bridge over the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
	Columbus	169.4	272.6	MS 182
		170.0	273.6	US 45 / MS 50 / MS 69 – West Point, Aberdeen, Amory	Eastern terminus of US 45 concurrency
		170.6	274.6	North 18th Avenue
		171.7	276.3	Military Road
		173.9	279.9	MS 12 (Tuscaloosa Road) / MS 50	Eastern terminus of MS 12 concurrency
	​	178.9– 179.3	287.9– 288.6	Lee Stokes Road
Alabama state line		180.0	289.7	US 82 continues east into Alabama East end of freeway SR 6 begins
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Unopened

References

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