U.S. Route 62 (US 62) is a US highway that runs from the Mexico–US border at El Paso, TX to the Canada-US border at Niagara Falls, NY. In Texas, the highway exists in two segments separated by a segment in New Mexico. US 62 is a major corridor in West Texas as it connects the cities of El Paso and Lubbock.
 U.S. Highway 62 | ||||
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 US 62 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 403.744 mi[1] (649.763 km) | |||
| Existed | 1932[1]–present | |||
| West Texas | ||||
| West end |  US 85 at the Mexican border in El Paso | |||
| Major intersections |  I-110 in El Paso US 54 in El Paso  I-10 / US 180 in El Paso | |||
| East end |  US 62 / US 180 at New Mexico state line northwest of Pine Springs | |||
| South Plains | ||||
| West end | US 62 / US 180 at New Mexico state line west of Seminole | |||
| Major intersections |   I-27 / US 87 in Lubbock | |||
| East end | US 62 at Oklahoma state line near Hollis | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson; Gaines, Terry, Hockley, Lubbock, Crosby, Floyd, Motley, Cottle, Childress | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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Trans-Pecos
editUS 62 begins at the Santa Fe Street Bridge at the Mexico–US border in El Paso concurrent with U.S. Route 85. US 62 ends its overlap with US 85 and runs along E. Paisano Drive through Downtown El Paso. The highway runs northeast and passes by the Chamizal National Memorial before interchanging with Interstate 110 and U.S. Route 54. US 62 continues to run along E. Paisano Drive and has a short overlap with State Highway 20, which both enters and leaves via a traffic circle. The highway meets Interstate 10, where it begins an overlap with U.S. Route 180. Just north of I-10, US 62/180 leave E. Paisano Drive and begin to run along Montana Avenue, passing just south of El Paso International Airport. The section of Montana Avenue from Global Reach Drive/N. Yarbrough Drive to Rich Beem Boulevard runs along the reservation line to Fort Bliss. Development begins to steadily decrease along the highway east of Loop 375 as US 62 runs through the communities of Homestead Meadows North/Homestead Meadows South, Butterfield, and Montana Vista. After leaving El Paso County, the highway runs through sparsely populated areas and the town of Pine Springs near Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The highway winds through the Guadalupe Mountains before crossing into New Mexico.
South Plains
editUS 62/180 reenters Texas from New Mexico between Hobbs and Seminole. US 62 ends its overlap with US 180 in Seminole and begins an overlap with U.S. Route 385. The two highways run north-northeast through the towns of Seagraves and Wellman before entering Brownfield. In Brownfield, US 62 has a short overlap with U.S. Route 380 and State Highway 137 and begins an overlap with U.S. Route 82. US 385 leaves the concurrency in the northern part of the town. US 62/82 run through the towns of Meadow and Ropesville before entering metro Lubbock and the town of Wolfforth. The highway bypasses the town as a freeway and enters Lubbock near the 82nd Street exit. US 62/82 becomes a divided highway between 82nd Street and Spur 327 before becoming a freeway again, which is known locally as the Marsha Sharp Freeway. US 62 runs along the Marsha Sharp Freeway through a heavily developed area of southwest Lubbock before leaving US 82 at State Highway 114. US 62/SH 114 run through the heart of the city on 19th Street before becoming Idalou Road at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. The highway rejoins US 82 near the East Loop 289 interchange. The highways run northeast out of the city before turning in a predominantly east direction in Idalou.
US 62 leaves US 82/SH 114 in Ralls before beginning a concurrency with State Highway 207. The highway's concurrency with SH 207 ends in Floydada, with US 62 beginning an overlap with U.S. Route 70. US 62 has a lengthy overlap with US 70 that lasts from Floydada to Paducah. In Paducah, US 62 begins an overlap with U.S. Route 83, with the two highways running through Childress. US 62 ends its overlap with US 83 just north of the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River and exits the state into Oklahoma a few miles west of Hollis.
History
editThe section of US 62 in far west Texas, from El Paso to SH 54, was originally designated as SH 130. The highway was designated on January 18, 1928.[2][3] In 1932, SH 130 was co-designated as part of US 62.[1] The highway was extended to the New Mexico state line in 1936, replacing a portion of SH 54.[4] The SH 130 designation was removed in 1939. US 180 was routed along this section of US 62 in 1943.[5]
Junction list
edit| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| El Paso | El Paso | 0.00 | 0.00 | Stanton Street Bridge | Mexican border; west end of US 85 overlap | ||
| 0.5 | 0.80 |  US 85 north (Paisano Drive) | East end of US 85 overlap | ||||
| 1.4 | 2.3 |   Loop 375 east | Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; Loop 375 exit 59 | ||||
| I-110 (Bridge of the Americas) – Juárez | |||||||
| 3.2 | 5.1 |  US 54 (Gateway North South Boulevard) to Loop 375 east | US 54 exit 20A | ||||
| 4.4 | 7.1 |   SH 20 west | Traffic circle; west end of SH 20 overlap | ||||
| 4.5 | 7.2 | SH 20 east | Traffic circle; east end of SH 20 overlap | ||||
| 5.2 | 8.4 | I-10 (Gateway East West Boulevard) / US 180 west | West end of US 180 overlap; I-10 exit 23B | ||||
| 9.4 | 15.1 |   FM 2316 south (McRae Boulevard) | |||||
| Global Reach Drive / Yarbrough Drive | Future west end of Montana Avenue Expressway | ||||||
| Lee Trevino Drive | Interchange under construction | ||||||
| George Dieter Drive | Interchange under construction | ||||||
| Lee Boulevard | Interchange under construction | ||||||
| Saul Klenfield Drive | Interchange under construction | ||||||
| 14.6 | 23.5 | Loop 375 (Joe Battle Boulevard / Purple Heart Memorial Highway) | Loop 375 exit 35 | ||||
| Tierra Este Road | Planned future interchange | ||||||
| Rich Beem Boulevard | Planned future interchange | ||||||
| 17.6 | 28.3 |  FM 659 south (Zaragoza Road) | Interchange; future east end of Montana Avenue Expressway | ||||
| | 26.8 | 43.1 |  RM 2775 north – Hueco Tanks State Historic Site | ||||
| Hudspeth | Cornudas | 62.8 | 101.1 |  RM 2317 south | |||
| | 69.6 | 112.0 |  RM 1111 south – Sierra Blanca | ||||
| | 79.6 | 128.1 |  FM 1437 north – Dell City | ||||
| Salt Flat | 87.1 | 140.2 |  FM 1576 north – Dell City | ||||
| Culberson | | 101.2 | 162.9 |  SH 54 south – Van Horn | |||
| | 129.0 | 207.6 |  RM 652 east – Orla | ||||
| | 129.1 | 207.8 | US 62 east / US 180 east – Carlsbad | New Mexico state line | |||
| US 62 crosses through New Mexico | |||||||
| Gaines | | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 62 west / US 180 west – Hobbs | New Mexico state line | ||
| | 3.0 | 4.8 |  FM 3306 north | ||||
| | 15.7 | 25.3 |  FM 1757 west | ||||
| Seminole | 24.1 | 38.8 |  SH 214 north – Denver City, Plains | ||||
| 24.5 | 39.4 |  US 180 east / US 385 south | East end of US 180 overlap; west end of US 385 overlap | ||||
| Seagraves | 42.0 | 67.6 |  SH 83 – Denver City, Welch | ||||
| Terry | Wellman | 52.5 | 84.5 |   FM 213 / FM 303 south | South end of FM 303 overlap | ||
| | 56.6 | 91.1 | FM 303 north | North end of FM 303 overlap | |||
| Brownfield | 63.6 | 102.4 |   SH 137 north / FM 403 south – Levelland | West end of SH 137 overlap | |||
| 63.8 | 102.7 | SH 137 south – Lamesa | East end of SH 137 overlap | ||||
| 65.3 | 105.1 |   US 82 west / US 380 west – Plains | West end of US 82/380 overlap | ||||
| 65.4 | 105.3 |  US 380 east (Tahoka Road) – Terry County Airport | East end of US 380 overlap | ||||
| 66.3 | 106.7 | US 385 north – Levelland | East end of US 385 overlap | ||||
| 66.4 | 106.9 |  FM 2066 north | |||||
| | 69.6 | 112.0 |  FM 1698 east | ||||
| Meadow | 76.2 | 122.6 |  FM 211 – New Home | ||||
| Hockley | Ropesville | 82.8 | 133.3 |   FM 41 / FM 168 | |||
| Lubbock | | 89.8 | 144.5 |  FM 1585 east | West end of FM 1585 overlap | ||
| | 91.5 | 147.3 | FM 1585 west | East end of FM 1585 overlap | |||
| Wolfforth | 92.3 | 148.5 |  Loop 193 – Wolfforth | Interchange; west end of freeway | |||
| 92.8 | 149.3 |  FM 179 – Wolfforth | |||||
| 94.4 | 151.9 | Frontage Road | Eastbound exit only | ||||
| 94.8 | 152.6 | Loop 193 / 82nd Street – Wolfforth | |||||
| Lubbock | 95.7 | 154.0 | Upland Avenue | ||||
| 96.8 | 155.8 |  Spur 327 east | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
| 97.3 | 156.6 | Milwaukee Avenue | |||||
| 98.5 | 158.5 |  Loop 289 | |||||
| 99.6 | 160.3 | 34th Street / Slide Road | |||||
| 101.1 | 162.7 | Quaker Avenue | |||||
| 101.4– 102.0 | 163.2– 164.2 |  US 82 east / SH 114 west | East end of US 82 overlap; west end of SH 114 overlap; east end of freeway | ||||
| 104.5 | 168.2 |  US 84 (Avenue Q) | |||||
| 105.3 | 169.5 | I-27 / US 87 | I-27 exit 3 | ||||
| 108.3– 108.7 | 174.3– 174.9 | US 82 west (Parkway Drive) / Loop 289 | Interchange; west end of US 82 overlap | ||||
| | 112.2 | 180.6 |  FM 2641 west – Preston Smith International Airport | ||||
| | 113.5 | 182.7 |  FM 1729 south – Buffalo Springs Lake, Ransom Canyon | West end of FM 1729 overlap | |||
| | 114.6 | 184.4 | FM 1729 north – New Deal | East end of FM 1729 overlap | |||
| | 117.6 | 189.3 |  FM 400 – Plainview, Slaton | ||||
| | 120.6 | 194.1 |  FM 789 south – Acuff | West end of FM 789 overlap | |||
| | 121.6 | 195.7 | FM 789 north – Petersburg | East end of FM 789 overlap | |||
| Crosby | Lorenzo | 125.1 | 201.3 |  FM 378 north – Lockney | West end of FM 378 overlap | ||
| 125.6 | 202.1 | FM 378 south | East end of FM 378 overlap | ||||
| | 129.0 | 207.6 |  FM 2236 north | ||||
| | 131.0 | 210.8 |  FM 2576 south | ||||
| Ralls | 133.0 | 214.0 | US 82 east / SH 114 east – Crosbyton | East end of US 82/SH 114 overlap | |||
| 134.1 | 215.8 |  SH 207 south – Post | South end of SH 207 overlap | ||||
| | 137.8 | 221.8 |  FM 1471 | ||||
| Cone | 141.7 | 228.0 |  FM 193 – McAdoo | ||||
| Floyd | | 147.0 | 236.6 |  FM 54 west – Petersburg | |||
| | 151.5 | 243.8 |  FM 37 west – Fieldton | ||||
| Floydada | 155.0 | 249.4 |  US 70 west – Plainview | West end of US 70 overlap | |||
| 155.9 | 250.9 |  SH 207 north / FM 1958 east – Silverton | East end of SH 207 overlap | ||||
| | 159.9 | 257.3 |  FM 651 – Crosbyton | ||||
| | 162.9 | 262.2 |  FM 602 south | ||||
| | 168.9 | 271.8 |  FM 28 south – Dougherty | West end of FM 28 overlap | |||
| | 169.9 | 273.4 | FM 28 north | East end of FM 28 overlap | |||
| Motley | Matador | 185.7 | 298.9 |  SH 70 – Turkey, Dickens | |||
| 186.0 | 299.3 |  FM Spur 94 north (Main Street) | |||||
| 186.4 | 300.0 |  Spur 196 west | |||||
| | 188.8 | 303.8 |  FM 1380 | ||||
| Cottle | | 212.4 | 341.8 |  FM 1037 | |||
| Paducah | 217.2 | 349.5 |  US 70 east / US 83 south – Guthrie, Crowell | East end of US 70 overlap; west end of US 83 overlap | |||
| 217.3 | 349.7 | FM 1037 east (Backus Street) | West end of FM 1037 overlap | ||||
| 217.5 | 350.0 | FM 1037 south | East end of FM 1037 overlap | ||||
| 217.7 | 350.4 |  FM 2876 east – Quanah | |||||
| | 223.5 | 359.7 |  FM 2998 north | ||||
| | 224.5 | 361.3 |  FM 3256 west – Matador Wildlife Management Area | ||||
| | 226.1 | 363.9 | FM 2998 south | ||||
| | 232.2 | 373.7 |  FM 1440 west – Cee Vee | ||||
| Childress | | 241.1 | 388.0 |  FM 2103 west | |||
| | 243.5 | 391.9 |  FM 94 south – Tell, Matador | ||||
| Childress | 246.0 | 395.9 |  FM 2042 | ||||
| 257.2 | 413.9 |  FM 164 – Childress Municipal Airport | |||||
| 247.9 | 399.0 |  US 287 – Memphis, Quanah | |||||
| 248.7 | 400.2 |  FM 3181 east | |||||
| | 255.4 | 411.0 |  FM 2465 | ||||
| | 257.2– 257.5 | 413.9– 414.4 | Bridge over Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River | ||||
| | 264.4 | 425.5 | US 83 north – Wellington | East end of US 83 overlap | |||
| | 266.4 | 428.7 |  FM 1438 north | ||||
| | 273.6 | 440.3 |  FM 1642 north – Dodson | ||||
| | 275.3 | 443.1 | US 62 east – Hollis | Oklahoma state line | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b c Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 62". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ Texas State Highway Commission (January 16, 1928). "Minutes" (PDF). Austin: Texas State Highway Department.
- ^ Texas State Highway Department (1928). Official Map of the Highway System of Texas (Map). Austin: Texas State Highway Department. §§ M6-7. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
- ^ Texas State Highway Commission (January 20, 1936). "Minutes" (PDF). Austin: Texas State Highway Department.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 180". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
