Co Rd 30 at 27
Old US 82 in
Pickens County, Alabama
Several of the original twists and turns US 82
took thru west Alabama have survived in
Tuscaloosa and Pickens Counties.

In Pickens these loops are signed Co. Hwy 30.
unpaved in decades
This section of Co. 30 runs thru the community of
Coal Fire and has street sign designation as Coal Fire
Circle. It is thew least maintained of the segments of
old 82 in Pickens Co. Until the late 1980s, Tuscaloosa
Co. 1 (thru Buhl and Coker) looked the same. The
original concrete highway under the macadam in
Tuscaloosa made the ride noticeably bumpier, however.
Old 82 photo index
Alabama Hwy pics
west to Columbus, Miss.
east to Gordo
June 2003: Tuscaloosa News article on murder in Coal Fire
decommissioned bridge
near Englewood