US 82

U.S. Route 82
Game	American Truck Simulator: New Mexico Texas
State	New Mexico, Texas
Length	694 mi (1,119 km)
Speed Limit	25–75 mph (40–121 km/h)
Route
	0 mi (0 km) US 54 and US 70 in Alamogordo
	NM 0–177 mi (0–285 km) US 285 NM 18, NM 529
	TX 177–694 mi (285–1,119 km) I-27, I-30, I-35 US 69, US 75, US 77, US 83, US 84, US 87, US 259, US 271, US 277, US 281, US 287 SH 114, SH 258 FM 131, FM 422, FM 677, FM 992
	694 mi (1,119 km) New Boston
Map
Highway System
Previous	← US 81
	US
Next	US 83 →
← US 70
NM
US 84 →
← US 81
TX
US 83 →

U.S. Route 82 (US 82) is an east–west United States Highway in southeastern New Mexico and northern Texas in American Truck Simulator. The route is separated into two sections: The first section runs from US 54 and US 70 in Alamogordo to NM 18 in Hobbs. The second section runs from US 62 in Lubbock to due east of Interstate 30 in New Boston.

In real life, US 82 spans a total length of 1,625 miles (2,615 km) from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Brunswick, Georgia.

Course

US 82 begins at an intersection with the concurrency of US 54 and US 70 in northern Alamogordo with a truck stop provided there. The highway heads east and accends into the Sacramento Mountains as it climbs the steep Mexican Canyon, where its section in this area is among one of the most scenic routes in New Mexico. It passes by the Tunnel Vista Observation Site, where a viewpoint is presented, and a tunnel is presented afterwards. The highway enters Lincoln National Forest and winds through the preserved area after passing by Mountain Park. The highway enters the western edge of the broad Pecos River valley and intersects US 285 in Artesia. As the highway traces across the Chihuahuan Desert, it runs through an oil field with many wells surrounding the road; here, it intersects NM 529 as it begins to trace across the Llano Estacado, a large plain covering eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. The highway enters Hobbs, where it intersects NM 18, and the gap in the route begins here.

Across the state line from New Mexico, the highway resumes at an incomplete-accessed interchange served by US 62 in western Lubbock in northwestern Texas. As it traces through the city, it follows concurrently with the 62, intersecting US 84 and the overlapped highways of Interstate 27 and US 87. As the highway leaves Lubbock to the east, a gap of US 62 begins here, ending the concurrency of the latter route, and starts its concurrency with SH 114. The two highways traverse through the Caprock Escarpment, the eastern escarpment of the Llano Estacado, and crosses Blanco Canyon, where it also crosses White River nearby Silver Falls; there, a rest area is presented with the same name of the falls. The highway begins to trace through the rolling hills of northwestern Texas and passes by a second rest area; soon afterwards, it intersects US 83 in Guthrie. A third rest area is passed and enters Seymour, where SH 114 ends its concurrency with the 82 and merges with US 277 until it breaks off in Wichita Falls, where it then merges with US 287. At this point, US 82 begins to run parallel with the Red River and Oklahoma, the bordering state north of the river, and traces across the Red River valley. The highway branches off of the 287 east of Wichita Falls and traverses through hilly terrain south of the Red River. It runs through Saint Jo, and soon afterwards, it approaches Gainesville, where it intersects the overlapped highways of Interstate 35 and US 77. The surrounding forests become more denser as the 82 continues east towards its junction with US 75 in Sherman, and further east of the said town, it also intersects US 69. At this point, the highway has reached about two thirds of its entire length as it continues to parallel the Red River and Oklahoma. US 82 enters Paris, where it follows a similar course to the northern sections of Loop 286 in real life, while the latter route's existence in ATS is not present, as well as intersecting US 271; the population center of Paris can also be seen south of the interchange. Approaching the town of De Kalb, the 82 crosses US 259 before serving the town center; soon afterwards, it intersects Interstate 30 in New Boston before terminating at a Chuck & Jack's sawmill, shown as part of Texarkana.

Cities

New Mexico

• Alamogordo
• Artesia
• Hobbs

Scenery towns

• Mountain Park

Texas

• Lubbock
• Wichita Falls
• Texarkana (via I-30)

Scenery towns

• Guthrie
• Seymour
• Saint Jo
• Gainesville
• Sherman
• Paris
• De Kalb
• New Boston

Junction list

New Mexico

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Alamogordo	0	0	US 54 / US 70 / Business Route – Alamogordo		Western terminus
	0	0	Gallon Oil Truck Stop
	41	66	US-82 rest area
Artesia	116	187	Minor road
	116	188	Minor road
	117	188	Minor road
	117	188	US 285 (1st Street) – Roswell, Carlsbad
	117	188	Aron Gas Station
	117	189	Aron Gas Station
	117	189	Minor road
	118	190	Minor road
	147	236	NM 529 East		Western terminus of NM 529; NM 529's direction is mislabeled as "South"
Hobbs	176	283	Hobbs Charged Market
	177	285	NM 18 South (Bender Boulevard)
End first section

Texas

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Start second section
Lubbock	177	285	----	Texas Tech Parkway		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; western terminus of US 62 concurrency; inaccessible
	199	320	----	US 84 (Avenue Q)		US 84 eastbound is inaccessible
	211	341	----	I-27 / US 87 – Amarillo, Lamesa		I-27 exit 4
	230	371		Lubbock Petrolucent Drilling Site		Eastern terminus of US 62 concurrency; western terminus of SH 114 concurrency
	247	399	----	Silver Falls Rest Area		Eastbound only
	294	473	----	Dickens County Rest Area		Westbound only
Guthrie	313	504	----	US 83 – Guthrie, Anson
	344	555		Knox County Safety Rest Area
Seymour	377	608		FM 422 East (California Street) / Main Street – Archer City		TOTSO; FM 422 is inaccessible
	382	615		SH 114 East – Olney		Eastern terminus of SH 114 concurrency; SH 114 eastbound is inaccessible
	384	618		US 277 South – Anson	----	TOTSO; western terminus of US 277 concurrency
	421	677		SH 258 West – Kamay		Inaccessible
	423	681		Wichita Falls Golden Meadows Farm
Wichita Falls	429	691	----	Lawrence Road / Lebanon Road
	440	708	----	US 277 North / US 281 North / US 287 North to I-44 – Lawton, Amarillo		TOTSO; eastern terminus of US 277 concurrency; western terminus of US 287 concurrency
	450	724	----	Windthorst Road
	463	745	----	US 287 South – Fort Worth		TOTSO; eastern terminus of US 287 concurrency
	494	796		Rest Stop
Saint Jo	504	812		FM 677		Inaccessible
Gainesville	525	846		I-35 (US 77)		I-35 exit 498
	528	851		Culberson Street / Gallon Oil Truck Stop		Access to Fort Worth Grand Pastures livestock auction
	529	853		Weaver Street		Inaccessible
	530	855	----	Minor road		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; inaccessible
Sherman	551	889	642	US 75 / FM 131 North – Dallas, Durant		US 75 exit 62; FM 131 is inaccessible
	570	918	653	US 69 – Denison, Greenville		US 69 northbound is inaccessible
Paris	621	1,001	----	US 271 North – Hugo		Southern terminus of US 271; US 271 southbound is inaccessible
De Kalb	670	1,079		US 259
	674	1,086		FM 992 (Runnels Street)		Inaccessible
New Boston	685	1,104		I-30 – Dallas, Texarkana		I-30 exit 199
	690	1,112		Gallon Oil Truck Stop
	694	1,119		Texarkana Chuck & Jack's Sawmill		Eastern terminus in-game; US 82 continues east inaccessibly

History

• In the initial version of the New Mexico map expansion DLC, US 82 began at US 54 and US 70 in Alamogordo and ended at NM 18 in Hobbs.

• In the initial version of the Texas map expansion DLC, the section of US 82 from US 62 in Lubbock to due east of Interstate 35 and US 77 in Gainesville was added.

• In update 1.48, the section of US 82 from Gainesville to due east of Interstate 30 in New Boston was added.

Trivia

• In the initial release of the Texas map expansion DLC, a small network of roads was discovered in the northeastern portion of the state beyond Dallas, Tyler and Longview, including an unfinished section of US 82 between Gainesville and Interstate 30 near Texarkana. Originally, the northern section of Loop 286 in Paris was planned to be featured with three interchanges along its route. The system of roads was later removed in update 1.47, and with the release of update 1.48, Loop 286 was obsolete from the game, with only one diamond interchange rendered at the junction with US 82 and US 271 in Paris.

Gallery

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  Alamogordo

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  Sacramento Mountains

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  Tunnel Vista Observation Site

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  Tunnel near Mountain Park

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  Mountain Park

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  Lincoln National Forest

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  Plains near Artesia

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  Artesia

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  Oil field between Artesia and Hobbs

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  Hobbs

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  Lubbock

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  Silver Falls Park

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  Guthrie

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  Seymour

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  Wichita Falls

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  Saint Jo

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  Gainesville

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  Sherman

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  Paris

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  De Kalb

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  New Boston

References

See also

• Information about U.S. Route 82 in real life