WIS 82 begins on the Wisconsin side of the
Mississippi River near
Lansing, Iowa, on the
Black Hawk Bridge. Its next junction with a highway is across the bridge at
WIS 35. The highway then turns to the north,
running concurrently with WIS 35. At
De Soto, the highway turns away from the Mississippi River Basin, and heads northeasterly in general. The next settlement is
Viroqua, where it runs concurrently with
US Highway 14 (US 14),
US 61 and
WIS 27. This ends at the traffic light with Decker Street, where the road turns east, concurrent with
WIS 56. This concurrency ends approximately east of Viroqua. WIS 82 turns left, to proceed to
La Farge, while WIS 56 continues to Viola. File:Lansing Iowa bridge-5.jpg|Black Hawk Bridge at the western terminus of WIS 82 File:Wisconsin highway 56 and 82.jpg|WIS 56 and WIS 82 heading west into the east side of Viroqua File:WIS33WIS80WIS82.jpg|Intersection with WIS 82 and WIS 33 in Hillsboro File:WisconsinRiverBridge.WIS82.jpg|WIS 82 crossing the Wisconsin River between Mauston and Oxford ==Major intersections==