page_title: Louisiana Highway 82
section_title: Sabine Lake to Cameron
hierarchical_section_title: Louisiana Highway 82 / Route description / Sabine Lake to Cameron
caption_attribution_description: English: Boarding the LaDOTD Acadia Ferry, which is used for crossing the Calcasieu Ship Channel on Louisiana Highway 82.
context_page_description: Louisiana Highway 82 is a state highway located in southern Louisiana. It runs 142.87 miles in a general east–west direction from the Texas state line east of Port Arthur to the Vermilion–Lafayette parish line southwest of Youngsville.
  The route parallels the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico for the majority of its length. On its eastern end, LA 82 becomes a north–south route as it turns away from the coast toward the Vermilion Parish city of Abbeville, located along LA 14. Connections are made here to the U.S. Highway 90 corridor along Bayou Teche as well as the Lafayette metropolitan area via US 167.
  LA 82 serves as a vital route for both the area's oil and gas as well as seafood and fishing industries. It is also the only east–west route spanning the coastal portions of Cameron and Vermilion parishes. This sparsely populated area in the southwestern part of the state contains a string of small settlements and communities located along natural ridges in the vast marshland, known locally as cheniers. LA 82 connects several of these cheniers, allowing them access to the cities of Port Arthur on the west and Abbeville on the northeast.
context_section_description: From the west, LA 82 begins at the Texas state line continuing the route of Texas State Highway 82 (SH 82) midway across a bridge over Sabine Lake.  The bridge connects Jefferson County, Texas and Cameron Parish, Louisiana just offshore of the city limits of Port Arthur, Texas near the Gulf of Mexico.  Heading northeast off of the bridge, LA 82 (co-signed as the Creole Nature Trail) immediately curves to the southeast and passes the Chevron Sabine Gas Plant and Cheniere Energy liquefied natural gas facility located on the Sabine Pass.  The highway then curves to the east and heads through the desolate marshes of Cameron Parish initially along an artificial embankment flanked by drainage canals.  As the highway begins to approach the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico, however, it transitions onto the Blue Buck Ridge, a narrow strip of natural dry land.  A few homes begin to dot the landscape, most of which are raised on piers and set back a distance from the road.
  Passing through the small community of Johnson Bayou, located about 14 miles (23 km) from the Sabine Lake bridge, LA 82 becomes known as the Gulf Beach Highway.  The sandy beaches of the gulf coast come into view approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Johnson Bayou in an area known as Constance Beach.  LA 82 proceeds eastward flanked by the beach and the uninhabited marsh for another 6 miles (9.7 km) before curving into a T-intersection with LA 27 at Holly Beach.  This leg of LA 27 heads north to Sulphur outside the larger city of Lake Charles and provides one of only two inland connections from the Cameron Parish gulf coast.  LA 82 turns to resume its eastward course as it runs concurrently with LA 27 past the cluster of raised waterfront homes comprising Holly Beach.  After 5 miles (8.0 km), the highway curves to the northeast away from the coastline and then due north alongside the Calcasieu Ship Channel.  2 miles (3.2 km) later, the road curves east to cross the channel via ferry.  The Cameron Ferry charges $1 per vehicle and 25 cents per bicycle or pedestrian.
caption: Boarding the LaDOTD Acadia Ferry, which is used for crossing the Calcasieu Ship Channel on Louisiana Highway 82.
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