<Ul> <Li> List </Li> <Li> Special </Li> <Li> Divided </Li> <Li> Replaced </Li> </Ul> <P> U.S. Route 82 is an east--west United States highway in the Southern United States . Created on July 1, 1931 across central Mississippi and southern Arkansas, US 82 eventually became a 1,625 - mile (2,615 km) route extending from the White Sands of New Mexico to Georgia's Atlantic coast . </P> <P> The highway's eastern terminus is in Brunswick, Georgia, at an intersection with Interstate 95 . It is co-signed for its last half - mile with U.S. Route 17 . Its western terminus is in Alamogordo, New Mexico at an intersection with U.S. Route 54 and U.S. Route 70 . </P> <P> US 82 begins at an intersection with US highways 54 and 70 north of Alamogordo, and south of La Luz, New Mexico . Heading east out of Alamogordo the road ascends into the Sacramento Mountains, traveling through the Lincoln National Forest . While climbing steep Mexican Canyon, the highway passes the abandoned railroad trestles of the El Paso and Northeastern Railway, and passes through the only road tunnel in New Mexico . The road then traverses the New Mexico villages of High Rolls, Cloudcroft, and Mayhill After descending the mountains into the rugged, flat plains of eastern New Mexico, it generally follows a north - northeasterly bearing until Artesia, where it takes a more due - easterly bearing on through to Lovington, veering back slightly to the north before crossing into Texas . </P>

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