Does anyone have any experience driving from Montgomery, Al. to Tifton, Ga by way of 82 highway. We are leaving Saturday from Kansas to go to south central Florida. I'd like to know road condition, divide highway, wide rv friendly road and does it go thru lots of small towns with slow downs. Any input would be appreciated.

82 (a/k/a GA 520) is a fantastic road from Dawson to Tifton. 4 lane all the way from Columbus. A few small towns and speed changes along the way. We run it regularly from Columbus to Tifton (just did last week) with a toad behind the moho. More stop and go on the section from Albany to Tifton but it goes fast. I think I'd prefer running over to US 280 in Columbus on US 80 or I-85 from Montgomery to Columbus then down the 520. I think your total route would be more 2 lane than the 520 but regardless your proposed route should be no problem as a good bit of it is rural.

I drove from Montgomery to the Tifton area a month ago with my 5th wheel. The road is good and not that much traffic. You shouldn't have any problems along this way.

82 through GA is a beautiful drive through rural south GA all the way to Waycross.

Hwy 82 is a good highway all the way across Alabama.

fla-gypsy wrote:82 through GA is a beautiful drive through rural south GA all the way to Waycross.So are you saying US 82 from Brunswick, GA (where it starts) to Waycross is no good? :)-Michael

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h1h0silver
Visitor
Sep 14, 2025
Just ran across this stretch Friday evening on my scooter…. Great departure from the 80+ mph craziness that I saw on SB I-65 before it. Never encountered a single vehicle heading the same direction all the way to GA and only a few oncoming westward! Couldn’t have been a better ride! Curious to recall (age and memory loss working against me!) the name I kept seeing on signs and GPS that I can’t seem to identify via Google though… “?? Memorial Highway?
ksbowman
Explorer II
Feb 04, 2016
We took 82 and it was fine. One town had a rough couple of blocks in their downtown area. The highlight of the cut across was Eufalla. There is a section of town that has a beautiful boulevard with unbelievable ante bellum homes.
fla-gypsy
Explorer
Feb 01, 2016
mgirardo wrote:
fla-gypsy wrote:
82 through GA is a beautiful drive through rural south GA all the way to Waycross.

So are you saying US 82 from Brunswick, GA (where it starts) to Waycross is no good? :)

-Michael

Not at all, that's just the part I use and am familiar with
Bird_Freak
Explorer II
Jan 29, 2016
mgirardo wrote:
fla-gypsy wrote:
82 through GA is a beautiful drive through rural south GA all the way to Waycross.

So are you saying US 82 from Brunswick, GA (where it starts) to Waycross is no good? :)

-Michael
I like that road also, its just not where the op wants to go.:@
edatlanta
Explorer II
Jan 29, 2016
Alabama Jim wrote:
Hwy 82 is a good highway all the way across Alabama.

Approximately half way between Tuscaloosa and Montgomery on Hwy 82 at Maplesville is a rest area that has a dump station.
ksbowman
Explorer II
Jan 29, 2016
Thanks guys, Makes me feel more comfortable taking it. At least now I can warrant avoiding Atlanta traffic.
mgirardo
Explorer
Jan 28, 2016
fla-gypsy wrote:
82 through GA is a beautiful drive through rural south GA all the way to Waycross.

So are you saying US 82 from Brunswick, GA (where it starts) to Waycross is no good? :)

-Michael
Alabama_Jim
Explorer
Jan 28, 2016
Hwy 82 is a good highway all the way across Alabama.
fla-gypsy
Explorer
Jan 28, 2016
82 through GA is a beautiful drive through rural south GA all the way to Waycross.
edatlanta
Explorer II
Jan 28, 2016
I drove from Montgomery to the Tifton area a month ago with my 5th wheel. The road is good and not that much traffic. You shouldn't have any problems along this way.