U.S. Route 82 in Alabama runs northwest to southeast across the northwestern and central Alabama for 240.080 miles (386.371 km). The route enters from Mississippi east of Columbus, Mississippi and exits into Georgia across the Chattahoochee River at Eufaula.

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U.S. Route 82
State Route 6 (SR 6)
US 82 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ALDOT
Length	240.080 mi[1] (386.371 km)
Existed	1934[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	US 82 near Columbus, MS
Major intersections	US 43 in Northport I-20 / I-59 in Tuscaloosa US 11 in Tuscaloosa US 31 in Prattville I-65 in Prattville Future I-685 / I-85 in Montgomery US 80 / SR 21 in Montgomery US 331 in Montgomery US 29 in Union Springs US 431 in Eufaula
East end	US 82 / SR 50 at Georgetown, GA
Location
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Counties	Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Bibb, Chilton, Autauga, Montgomery, Bullock, Barbour
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Alabama State Highway System Interstate US State
← SR 81 → SR 83
← SR 5 SR 6 → SR 7

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Throughout Alabama, US 82 is paired with unsigned State Route 6 (SR 6). The highway enters the state east of Columbus, Mississippi, and bears southeast towards Northport and Tuscaloosa, where it crosses over I-20 and I-59 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.^[3] 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 Montgomery metropolitan area. This approximately 92-mile (148 km) 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 I-65, with which it goes through downtown Montgomery with (also junctioning with the current southern terminus of I-85), 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 Chattahoochee River into Georgetown, Georgia, over Lake Eufaula.^{[citation needed]}

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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 U.S. Route 11 in Tuscaloosa. In the summer of 1948, US 82 was extended across the state along its current route and into Georgia.^[2]