U.S. Route 62 or U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) is an east–west
United States Highway
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in the
southern and
northeastern United States
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. It runs from the
Mexican border
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*To the north the United States–Mexico border, which extends for a length of through the states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.
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at
El Paso, Texas
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, to
Niagara Falls, New York
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, near the
Canadian border
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. It is the only east–west
United States Numbered Highway
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that connects Mexico and Canada. Parts of US 62 follow what once was the
Ozark Trail, including the historic bridge across the
South Canadian River in
Newcastle, Oklahoma (the first structure built with federal highway funds in Oklahoma after lobbying efforts by
Stanley Draper). This bridge was damaged beyond repair by the
2013 Moore tornado
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that struck Newcastle and
Moore, Oklahoma
Moore is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The population was 62,793 at the 2020 census, making Moore the seventh-largest city in the state of Oklahoma.
Located between Okl ...
. The highway is signed north–south in New York and Pennsylvania, reflecting its directional orientation in both states, and is signed east-west for the remainder of its course.
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West Texas
US 62 has two separate segments in
Texas
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, separated by a portion in
New Mexico
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with the first section in Texas from its terminus in El Paso to the state line in the
Guadalupe Mountains
The Guadalupe Mountains () are a mountain range located in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The range includes the highest summit in Texas, Guadalupe Peak, , and the "signature peak" of West Texas, El Capitan, both of which are located wi ...
. Through El Paso, US 62 begins at the
Santa Fe Street Bridge, and follows Santa Fe Street, then Paisano Drive. At the Paisano Drive underpass for
I-10 (I-10 exit 23B), US 62
runs concurrently with
US 180, while US 180 ends its concurrency with I-10. The route then follows Montana Avenue, continuing the concurrency with US 180 until
Seminole
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. Before exiting Texas, the route passes through the Salt Flats of Texas, the southern base of
Guadalupe Peak
Guadalupe Peak, also known as Signal Peak, is the highest natural point in Texas, with an elevation of above sea level. It is located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and is part of the Guadalupe Mountains range in southeastern New Mexico ...
, the highest point in Texas, and
Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
New Mexico
Through New Mexico, US 62 is entirely concurrent with
US 180. The highway continues past
Carlsbad Caverns National Park and
White's City into the city of
Carlsbad. In Carlsbad,
US 285 joins US 62/US 180 for approximately , then heads east to
Hobbs. US 62 comes within of the
WIPP Plant while also coming across several State Highway termini:
New Mexico State Road 360 (NM 360),
NM 176,
NM 243,
NM 529,
NM 483, and
NM 8 along the stretch. US 62 comes into Hobbs along Marland Boulevard. After coming close to
Hobbs High School's Watson Stadium, US 62 leaves Hobbs going east to the Texas–New Mexico state line.
Texas Panhandle
After re-entering Texas, US 62 continues east through Seminole where US 180 heads east towards
Lamesa and US 62 turns north northeast along a concurrency with
US 385 through
Seagraves and
Brownfield
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. In Brownfield, US 62 picks up
US 82/
US 380 from
Plains for a four-way concurrency for about two blocks, where US 380 heads east toward
Tahoka. US 385 drops off approximately later to head northwest toward
Levelland. US 82 continues as a concurrency with US 62 into
Lubbock. US 62 splits from US 82 and joins with
State Highway 114 (SH 114) for approximately along the
campus of Texas Tech University's southern border. On the east side of Lubbock, US 82 joins back into US 62/SH 114 and then continues east passes through
Lorenzo, then leaves off the concurrency and forms a spur around
Ralls, locally known as the "US 62 Loop". The route then turns north to form a concurrency with
SH 207 up to
Floydada, where
US 70 joins in for east and then SH 207 turns north of the east side of Floydada. US 62/US 70 then east through
Matador
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to
Paducah, and north again dropping off US 70 and gaining
US 83 through
Childress to a point to the north of Childress where it turns east alone, before crossing the Texas–Oklahoma border west of
Hollis.
Oklahoma
US 62 runs east from the Texas border across Southwest
Oklahoma
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through
Hollis,
Gould and
Altus and then continues east bypassing the communities of
Headrick,
Snyder,
Indiahoma and
Cache into
Lawton. On the north side of Lawton, US 62 joins
I-44 as a concurrent route for through the
Fort Sill Military Reservation and then splits on its own at Exit 46 near Medicine Park to continue north through
Apache
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then north and east toward
Anadarko. From Anadarko, US 62 runs east through
Verden to
Chickasha and northeast through
Blanchard and then
Newcastle
Newcastle usually refers to:
*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area ...
before returning to a concurrent route with I-44 into
Oklahoma City
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and then with
I-240 and
I-35
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through much of the city before leaving I-35 at Northeast 23rd Street (exit 130) east of the Oklahoma State Capitol. It leaves Oklahoma City at 23rd street and heads east through
Midwest City,
Spencer,
Nicoma Park,
Choctaw
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,
Harrah,
Meeker and
Boley to
Okemah. At Okemah, US 62 overlaps
I-40 for to
Henryetta. US 62 then leaves I-40 to continue north to
Okmulgee and east to
Muskogee, and heads northeast through
Fort Gibson and
Tahlequah and into Arkansas.
In addition to sections of I-44, I-240, I-35 and I-40, US 62 also runs concurrent with other US highways over its miles across Oklahoma including US 281 from Lawton to Anadarko and US 277 from Lawton north about 11 miles (both including the I-44 concurrency north of Lawton), US 81 in the Chickasha city limits, a second US 277 concurrency from Chickasha to Newcastle, US 75 from Henryetta to Okmulgee, US 64 from an intersection near Taft to Muskogee and US 69 in the Muskogee city limits. US 62 business routes are designated through the cities of Snyder and Muskogee.
Arkansas
In the state of
Arkansas
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, US 62 runs from the
Oklahoma
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border near
Summers east to the
Missouri
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border in
St. Francis, serving the northern portion of the state. The route passes through several cities and towns, including
Fayetteville,
Springdale,
Bentonville, and
Rogers. US 62 runs concurrently with several highways in Arkansas including
I-49
Interstate 49 (I-49) is a north–south Interstate Highway with multiple segments. The original portion is entirely within Louisiana with an additional signed portion extending from I-220 in Shreveport to the Arkansas state line, three ne ...
and
US 71 between Fayetteville and Bentonville,
US 412 through much of the state,
US 65 in the
Harrison area, and with
US 63 and
US 67 (Future
I-57) in northeast Arkansas.
Missouri
US 62 enters Missouri from Arkansas at Whitaker Place, and proceeds more or less easterly across the Missouri Bootheel via
Malden to
New Madrid. Between Malden and New Madrid, US 62 was designated as Route 82 in 1922. The part southwest of
Campbell was designated as Route 93 in 1930. The part from Malden to Campbell was unnumbered until it became US 62. At New Madrid US 62 begins a concurrency with US 61. The combined US 61/62 goes north as far as
Sikeston, where US 62 resumes its easterly direction. From Sikeston US 62 runs east to
Charleston, where it is concurrent with Business I-57 for a short distance. After crossing I-57, US 62 becomes concurrent with US 60, this concurrency continues until US 60/62 leave Missouri by way of the
Mississippi River bridge into Cairo Ill.
Illinois
US 62 overlaps
US 60 for its entire length, , in
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...
.
It crosses Illinois at its very southern tip between the
Mississippi
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and
Ohio
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rivers at
Cairo
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. US 62 enters Illinois from Missouri by means of
a bridge over the Mississippi River, turning east at
US 51 with US 51 joining the concurrency. The three routes immediately cross into Kentucky via the
Cairo Ohio River Bridge
The Cairo Ohio River Bridge is a cantilever bridge carrying U.S. Route 51, U.S. Route 60, and U.S. Route 62 across the Ohio River between Wickliffe, Kentucky and Cairo, Illinois. Of all the Ohio River crossings, it is the furthest downstream ...
.
Kentucky
US 62 runs right through the tourist section of Western
Kentucky
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; between the cities of
Paducah and
Eddyville, it passes
Kentucky Lake
Kentucky Lake is a major navigable river, navigable reservoir along the Tennessee River in Kentucky and Tennessee. It was created in 1944 by the Tennessee Valley Authority's impounding of the Tennessee River via Kentucky Dam for flood control a ...
and
Lake Barkley
Lake Barkley, a reservoir in Livingston County, Lyon County and Trigg County in Kentucky and extending into Stewart County and Houston County in Tennessee, was impounded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1966 upon the completion of ...
, two large manmade lakes. From there US 62 heads east through the cities of
Princeton,
Central City,
Beaver Dam
A beaver dam or beaver impoundment is a dam built by beavers; it creates a pond which protects against predators such as coyotes, alligators, cougars, foxes, eagles, wolves and bears, and holds their food during winter. These structures modify th ...
,
Leitchfield,
Elizabethtown,
Bardstown,
Lawrenceburg and
Midway. For much of this portion, US 62 is paralleled by portions of the Kentucky Parkway System, including the
Western Kentucky Parkway
The Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway is a controlled-access highway, freeway running from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Elizabethtown to near Nortonville, Kentucky. It intersects with Interstate 65 in Kentucky, Interstate 65 (I-65) at its e ...
(
I-69
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) and the
Bluegrass Parkway, which have taken most long-distance and freight traffic off the old US 62 route. After passing through
Georgetown and
Cynthiana it leaves Kentucky in
Maysville over the
Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge.
US 62 is the only US Highway to cross the Ohio River twice.
[I-275 around Cincinnati is the only other numbered highway to do so.)] It crosses the Ohio River between Illinois and Kentucky, connecting the far western region of Kentucky with the southern tip of Illinois. Its other crossing over the Ohio River connects the northeastern Kentucky city of
Maysville and the southwestern Ohio village of
Aberdeen
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.
Ohio

US 62 enters
Ohio
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from
Kentucky
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, crossing the
Ohio River
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at
Aberdeen
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. After the river crossing, the highway follows
US 52 until
Ripley and US 68 until just east of
Georgetown. From there, US 62 enters the towns of
Russellville,
Hillsboro, and
Washington Court House. In Washington Court House, US 62 meets up with
State Route 3 (SR 3) and continues all the way into
Columbus, passing through the towns of
Mount Sterling,
Orient
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In English, it is largely a meto ...
,
Harrisburg
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, and
Grove City. After heading toward downtown Columbus, US 62 diverts from SR 3 onto
US 40 (Broad Street) for a few blocks to Nelson Road. US 62 runs concurrently with
I-670 near
John Glenn Columbus International Airport until the eastern side of
I-270 where US 62 heads toward
Gahanna,
New Albany,
Johnstown,
Utica,
Millersburg, and
Navarre
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. About north of Navarre, US 62 joins up with
US 30 into
Canton, where US 62 heads north along
I-77. The highway passes
West Lawn Cemetery and the
President William McKinley memorial and tomb in Canton. At exit 107B on I-77, US 62 heads northeast to
Alliance
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, and
Youngstown
Youngstown is a city in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Ohio, 11th-most populous city in Ohio with a population of 60,068 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Mahoning ...
. It leaves Ohio near
Hubbard and enters
Pennsylvania
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near the interchange for
I-80
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.
Pennsylvania
US 62 enters
Pennsylvania
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from Ohio in
Sharon
Sharon ( 'plain'), also spelled Saron, is a given name as well as a Hebrew name.
In Anglosphere, English-speaking areas, Sharon is now predominantly a feminine given name, but historically it was also used as a masculine given name. In Israel, ...
. Also, at the Ohio–Pennsylvania state line, signage for US 62 changes from an east–west to north–south. US 62 also runs north-northeast from the Ohio border towards New York.
US 62 passes through
Mercer and runs across country to
Franklin. At this point US 62 enters the
Allegheny River
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valley and follows this river for . US 62 crosses the river at
Oil City, at
Tionesta, and twice again in the
Warren area, once near Buckaloons Recreational Area in the
Allegheny Islands Wilderness region, where it is concurrent with
US 6 for a short distance.
New York

While most of the route is an east–west route, US 62 takes a north–south directionality in Pennsylvania and
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
New York may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
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. It is signed north–south in northern Pennsylvania and New York.
US 62 enters New York State from Pennsylvania in
Chautauqua County, south of
Frewsburg, past which it intersects with
I-86 (Southern Tier Expressway). Following a northeasterly course, US 62 enters
Cattaraugus County, crosses
Cattaraugus Creek to enter
Erie County and passes through the village of
Gowanda, taking a more northerly direction. At the village of
Hamburg
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, US 62 turns northeast, passing Buffalo Raceway and the
Erie County Fair,
New York State Thruway (
I-90
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), continues northward through
Lackawanna as South Park Avenue and passes through
Buffalo as South Park Avenue and Bailey Avenue. The Bailey Avenue section from
New York State Route 5
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(NY 5) at the Buffalo city line to
NY 324 is maintained by Erie County as County Road 152.
US 62 briefly overlaps NY 324 (Sheridan Drive) in the town of
Amherst, and turns northward as Niagara Falls Boulevard, intersects
I-290, then exits
Erie County and enters
Niagara County, as US 62 crosses the
Erie Canal
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/
Tonawanda Creek
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and travels into the town of
Wheatfield. The highway intersects
NY 425 and turns to the northwest intersecting
NY 265 and
I-190. On the east side of
Niagara Falls
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the route diverges into US 62 and its parallel route,
Business US 62, (formerly NY 62A). Within the city of Niagara Falls, US 62 runs "backwards", bearing west for several miles as Ferry Avenue southbound (eastbound) and Walnut Avenue northbound (westbound) and terminates on Main Street, while is still signed north–south. The northern (eastern) terminus for both US 62 and Business US 62 is at
NY 104 (Main Street), less than from the
Rainbow Bridge and U.S. Customs. The Rainbow Bridge then crosses the
Niagara River
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into Canada, offering side-views of the famous
Niagara Falls
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.
In 2009, Legislation was proposed in the NY State Legislature for a bill (S.6277-A/A.9939-A) designating all of US Route 62 in New York State as the "National Veterans Highway". The measure was sponsored by then Senator William Stachowski, and Assemblyperson Francine Delmonte as proposed by the Sons of the American Legion Post 880 as a way to salute and commemorate the service and sacrifice of all veterans of the US. The Bill was signed into law by Governor David Paterson on July 30, 2010. The designation runs from the Pennsylvania State Line south of Frewsburg, NY to a northern terminus near the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, NY. Designations have also been successful in Illinois and Kentucky to this point.
Future
In Ohio, there are plans to reroute US 62 onto a divided highway from Alliance to
Salem, part of a larger relocation of both US 62 and
SR 14, then from downtown Youngstown to I-80 as part of the "Hubbard Arterial". Parts of the highway have long been completed to the north of Alliance and Salem; the portion northwest of Alliance is known in documents as US 62T, while the portion north of Salem not already carrying US 62 is known as SR 14T; neither carries a posted route, instead only carrying
trailblazer markers indicating routes intersected at the termini.
Ohio Department of Transportation
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br>Straight Line Diagrams
for Columbiana and Mahoning Counties
Major intersections
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:
Benito Juárez
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Street and at the
Mexican border
Mexico shares international borders with three nations:
*To the north the United States–Mexico border, which extends for a length of through the states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.
*To the sou ...
in
El Paso
El Paso (; ; or ) is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. The 2020 United States census, 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the List of ...
. US 62/US 85 travels concurrently through the city.
: in El Paso
: in El Paso
: in El Paso. US 62/US 180 travel concurrently to
Seminole
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, with an approximate concurrency through
New Mexico
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in-between.
;New Mexico
: in
Carlsbad. The highways have a concurrency north.
;Texas
: in Seminole. US 62/US 385 travel concurrently to
Brownfield
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.
: in Brownfield. US 62/US 82 travels concurrently to
Lubbock. US 62/US 380 travels concurrently through the city.
: in Lubbock
: in Lubbock
: in Lubbock. The highways travel concurrently to southwest of
Ralls.
: in
Floydada. The highways travel concurrently to
Paducah.
: in Paducah. US 62/US 83 travels concurrently to south-southeast of
Wellington
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.
: in
Childress
;Oklahoma
: in
Altus
: in
Snyder
: in
Lawton. I-44/US 62 travels concurrently to east of
Medicine Park. US 62/US 277 travels concurrently to north of Fort Sill. US 62/US 281 travels concurrently to
Anadarko.
: in
Chickasha. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
: in Chickasha. US 62/US 277 travels concurrently to
Newcastle
Newcastle usually refers to:
*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area ...
.
: in Chickasha
: in Newcastle. I-44/US 62 travels concurrently to
Oklahoma City
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.
: in Oklahoma City. I-240/US 62 travels concurrently through the city.
: in Oklahoma City. I-35/US 62/US 77 travels concurrently through the city.
: in Oklahoma City. I-40/US 62/US 270 travels concurrently through the city.
: in
Jacktown
: in
Prague
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: in
Okemah. The highways travel concurrently to
Henryetta.
: northeast of
Clearview. The highways travel concurrently to
Okmulgee.
: in Henryetta
: north-northeast of
Boynton. The highways travel concurrently to
Muskogee.
: in Muskogee. US 62/US 69 travel concurrently through the city.
: in
Westville
;Arkansas
: in
Fayetteville. The highways travel concurrently to
Bentonville.
: in
Springdale
: in
Alpena. The highways travel concurrently to
Imboden.
: in
Bear Creek Springs. The highways travel concurrently to
Bellefonte.
: in
Ash Flat
: in
Hardy. The highways travel concurrently to Imboden.
: in
Pocahontas
Pocahontas (, ; born Amonute, also known as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. S ...
. The highways travel concurrently to
Corning.
: in
Piggott
;Missouri
: southwest of
Howardville. The highways travel concurrently to
Sikeston.
: in
New Madrid. US 61-62 are also known as , I-55 exit 44.
: north of New Madrid, I-55 exit 49.
: in Sikeston
: in
Miner
A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay, or other minerals from the earth through mining. There are two senses in which the term is used. In its narrowest sense, a miner is someone who works at the rock face (mining), face; cutt ...
, I-55 exit 67.
: in Charleston. BL I-57 forms a concurrency for to I-57 on the east side of Charleston.
: in Charleston. US 60-62 travels concurrently to
Wickliffe, Kentucky, with a short
Illinois
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segment in-between.
;Illinois
: in
Cairo
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. The highways travel concurrently to
Bardwell.
;Kentucky
: in
Paducah
: in Paducah. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
: in Paducah. The highways travel concurrently to
Riverview.
: in
Calvert City
: in
Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park. The highways travel concurrently to
Eddyville.
: in
Kuttawa
: in Eddyville
: in
Nortonville
: in Central City
: in
Beaver Dam
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. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
: in
Elizabethtown
: in Elizabethtown
: in
Bardstown. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
: in Bardstown. US 62/US 150 travels concurrently through the city.
: in
Lawrenceburg
: in
Versailles
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. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
: in
Midway. The highways travel concurrently to northwest of
Lexington.
: northwest of Lexington
: in
Georgetown
: in Georgetown
: in Georgetown
: southwest of
Cynthiana. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
;Ohio
: in
Aberdeen
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. The highways travel concurrently to
Ripley.
: in Aberdeen. The highways travel concurrently to
Redoak.
: in
Hillsboro
: in
Washington Court House
: in Washington Court House. The highways travel concurrently for through the city.
: northeast of
Harrisburg
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, I-71 exit 94.
: northeast of Harrisburg
: in
Grove City, I-270 exit 2.
: in Columbus, I-70 exit 98A from westbound, no eastbound exit onto US 62/SR 3 and no entrance directly onto I-70 from US 62/SR 3.
: in Columbus. The highways travel concurrently for .
: in Columbus. US 40 travels concurrently with US 62 and SR 3 for before SR 3 heads toward
Cleveland
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...
. US 40 continues before heading toward
Reynoldsburg
: in Columbus, I-71 exit 108B.
: in Columbus, I-670 exit 7. The highways travel concurrently to west of
Gahanna.
: in Gahanna
: in
Millwood
: in
Wilmot. The highways travel concurrently through the village for
: in Massillion. The highways travel concurrently to
Canton.
: in
Canton. I-77/US 62 travels concurrently through the city to exit 107B.
: in
Canfield
: in
Youngstown
Youngstown is a city in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Ohio, 11th-most populous city in Ohio with a population of 60,068 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Mahoning ...
: in Youngstown
: north of
Hubbard; I-80 exit 234
;Pennsylvania
: in
Mercer. The highways travel concurrently to north of Mercer.
: southwest of
Jackson Center
: in
Franklin. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
: east-southeast of
Youngsville. The highways travel concurrently to
Warren.
;New York
: in
Frewsburg
: in
Kennedy
: in
Gowanda
: near
Hamburg
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: near
Blasdell
: near
Cheektowaga
: in
Buffalo
: near
Amherst
: in
Amherst
: in
Niagara Falls
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: in Niagara Falls
Special routes
US 62 has special and suffixed routes in several states.
See also
Notes
References
External links
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