PA 982 begins at
US 119 near
Moyer. From there, it runs northeast across rural
Fayette County, meeting
PA 31 at the Fayette/
Westmoreland county line. The route continues into rural Westmoreland County, crossing the
Pennsylvania Turnpike (
I-70/
I-76) without access. The route intersects
PA 130 about two miles (3 km) southeast of
Pleasant Unity, where it is briefly concurrent with PA 130 as the route heads north and east through the village of Lycippus. The route then passes through the borough of
Youngstown, and then meets
US 30 at a
cloverleaf interchange. The route runs along the eastern end of the city of
Latrobe and through
McChesneytown. PA 982 then ends at
US 22 and US 119 near the borough of
Blairsville. Before the construction of the Conemaugh Dam, PA 982 used to occupy Livermore Road, across from its current terminus, and continued on, crossing the Conemaugh River at
Livermore, and connecting with
PA 217 a few miles north in
Indiana County. ==Major intersections==