 The portion of the route now followed by LA 82 was gravel surfaced in the late 1920s.Paving was completed between Perry and Abbeville around 1946 and between Esther and Perry shortly before the 1955 renumbering.The route remained largely the same during the pre-1955 era other than a sharp zigzag that was smoothed out just north of Little Bayou during the early 1930s.