the roadway that would eventually become us 82 was established at least as early as 1919 as sr 32 from dawson through albany and into sylvester. it was also designated as sr 46 from sylvester to tifton and sr 38 from waycross, through blackshear and jesup, and ended in hinesville. by the end of 1921, sr 50 was designated from georgetown through cuthbert, dawson, albany, sylvester, tifton, alapaha, pearson, waycross, and hoboken, and ended at the sr 27 intersection northwest of brunswick. this truncated sr 32 at ashburn and absorbed all of sr 46. also, the portion of sr 38 northeast of hinesville was shifted southeast to end at sr 25 east-southeast of hinesville. by the end of 1926, us 84 was designated on sr 50 east of waycross. the eastern terminus of us 84/sr 50 was then indicated to be at the us 17/sr 25 northwest of brunswick. the crossing of the altamaha river between jesup and ludowici was indicated to have "no bridge or ferry". two segments of sr 50 had a "completed hard surface": the eastern part of albany and west-northwest of sylvester. six segments of sr 50 and one segment of sr 38 had a "completed semi hard surface": the southeastern part of georgetown, east-southeast of cuthbert, west-southwest of dawson, east-southeast of albany, the worth county portion of the sylvester–tifton segment, west-northwest of waycross, and from waycross to blackshear. three portions of sr 50 and two segments of sr 38 had a "sand clay or top soil" surface: from dawson to a point northwest of albany, west-northwest of pearson, west of nahunta, from blackshear to a point southwest of jesup, and the western half of the hinesville–midway segment. one segment of sr 50 and two segments of sr 38 were indicated to be under construction: west-northwest of albany, the wayne county portion of the jesup–ludowici segment, and the eastern half of the hinesville–midway segment. by the end of 1929, three segments of sr 50 and one segment of sr 38 had a completed hard surface: the southeast part of georgetown, from dawson to a point northwest of albany, from west-northwest of waycross into the city, and from waycross to blackshear. the segment of sr 38 from jesup to ludowici had a completed semi hard surface. three segments of sr 50 and two segments of sr 38 had a sand clay or top soil surface: southeast of georgetown, from cuthbert to dawson, from west of nahunta to east-northeast of that city, from about patterson to about screven, and from hinesville to midway. from about screven to jesup, sr 38 had completed grading. five segments of sr 50 and one segment of sr 38 were indicated to be under construction: from a point northwest of albany to just south of the lee–dougherty county line, the atkinson county line portion of the tifton–pearson segment, west-northwest of waycross, east-northeast of waycross, from east-northeast of nahunta to the eastern terminus of us 84/sr 50, and northeast of blackshear.