Indiana State Road 62

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State Road 62
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SR 62 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length: 203.823 mi[2] (328.021 km)
Existed: October 1, 1926[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: IL 141 on the Wabash Memorial Bridge at the Illinois state line
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East end: SR 262 at Dillsboro
Location
Counties: Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Perry, Posey, Ripley, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick
Highway system
SR 61 SR 63

State Road 62 (SR 62) in the U.S. state of Indiana is an east–west route that travels 204 miles (328 km) from the Illinois state line in the southwest corner of Indiana to the Louisville, Kentucky area, then northeast toward the Cincinnati, Ohio area.

Route description

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View along SR 62 facing west approaching the Wabash Memorial Bridge

SR 62 begins at the Wabash Memorial Bridge over the Wabash River between New Haven, Illinois and Posey County. It travels through Mount Vernon, Indiana and then becomes a divided highway as it approaches Evansville. Within Evansville, SR 62 forms part of the Lloyd Expressway, a divided expressway-grade highway that serves as a major east-west traffic artery through the city. The expressway contains a mix of intersections and interchanges. Nearly halfway through the city, the expressway meets US 41 and SR 62 leaves the expressway, running north concurrently with US 41 and SR 66. At Morgan Avenue, SR 62 turns east and leaves Evansville.

East of Evansville, the four lane divided road continues to Chandler and then on to Boonville. It then becomes a two-lane road. For much of its trip through Spencer, Perry, Crawford, Harrison, and western Floyd counties, it is narrow, winding, and hilly.

SR 62 travels concurrently with I-64 and I-265, bypassing the cities of New Albany, Clarksville, and Jeffersonville. The highway then turns to the northeast, serving the cities of Charlestown, Hanover, then having a junction at SR 56, and Madison before ending at SR 262 just south of US 50 at Dillsboro.

The highway forms part of the Lincoln Heritage Trail.

History

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In the pre-Interstate era, SR 62 between Evansville and New Albany was also part of US 460, a heavily traveled route between St. Louis, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky before I-64 supplanted it as a through route.

Before the extension of I-265, SR 62 traveled directly through the cities of New Albany, Clarksville, and Jeffersonville.

Lloyd Expressway

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West of US 41, SR 62 is known as the Lloyd Expressway within Vanderburgh County.[dubious ] It is named in honor of former Mayor Russell G. Lloyd, Sr. who was assassinated after leaving office in 1980. Evansville residents use the term "expressway" loosely due to the large number of stoplights along the Evansville stretch of the route. It is usually referred to simply as "the Lloyd".[citation needed]

The road was built in various stages and officially opened on July 19, 1988. The west section of the expressway was completed in the 1950s with plans to continue it east at a later date as funding became available. The $160 million expressway supplants the old Division Street/Pennsylvania Avenue corridor through the city, allowing drivers to travel from one end of the city to the other with much greater ease.[3]

Major intersections

County Location mi km Exit Destinations Notes
Posey Black Township 0.00 0.00 IL 141 west – New Haven Western terminus at Wabash Memorial Bridge
Mount Vernon 5.42 8.72 SR 69 south Western end of SR 69 concurrency
10.71 17.24 SR 69 north – Griffin Eastern terminus of SR 69 concurrency
Vanderburgh Evansville 28.15 45.30 US 41 south / SR 66 east – Tell City, Henderson Southern end of US 41 and SR 66 concurrences; known as the Lloyd Expressway from this interchange to the Posey County line
29.78 47.93 US 41 north / SR 66 west – Vincennes, New Harmony Northern end of US 41 and SR 66 concurrences; between I-69 and US 41, this stretch is known as Morgan Avenue.
33.71 54.25 I-69 – Evansville
Warrick Boonville 44.25 71.21 SR 261 south – Newburgh Northern terminus of SR 261
44.66 71.87 SR 61 south Western end of SR 61 concurrency
45.32 72.94 SR 61 north – Petersburg Eastern end of SR 61 concurrency
Skelton Township 50.38 81.08 SR 161 south – Richland City Western end of SR 161 concurrency
55.57 89.43 SR 161 north – Tennyson Eastern end of SR 161 concurrency
Spencer Jackson Township 59.26 95.37 US 231 south – Chrisney Southern end of US 213 concurrency
Gentryville 63.06 101.49 SR 162 east – Santa Claus Western terminus of SR 162
Dale 67.68 108.92 US 231 north – Huntingburg Northern end of US 231 concurrency
SR 68 west – Lynnville Eastern terminus of SR 68
Carter Township 68.71 110.58 SR 245 south – Santa Claus Northern terminus of SR 245 (spur to Holiday World and Splashin' Safari)
Harrison Township 73.85 118.85 SR 162 – Santa Claus, Ferdinand
78.05 125.61 SR 545 south – Troy Northern terminus of the southern segment of SR 545
Perry Clark Township 86.58 139.34 SR 145 – Birdseye
St. Croix 92.77 149.30 SR 37 – Tell City
Crawford Sulphur 100.06 161.03 SR 66 west to SR 237 north – Derby, English Western end of SR 66 concurrency
Leavenworth 107.84 173.55 SR 66 east – Marengo Eastern end of SR 66 concurrency
Harrison White Cloud 116.01 186.70 SR 462 south Northern terminus of SR 462 (spur to Harrison-Crawford State Forest)
Corydon 122.99 197.93 SR 135 – Mauckport, Salem
124.16 199.82 SR 337 north – Depauw Northern end of SR 337 concurrency
124.27 199.99 SR 337 south Southern end of SR 337 concurrency
Floyd Georgetown Township 136.53 219.72 SR 11 Northern terminus of the southern segment of SR 11
139.13 223.91 118 I-64 west / SR 64 west – EvansvilleGeorgetown Western end of I-64 concurrency; eastern terminus of SR 64
Floyds Knobs 140.97 226.87 119 US 150 west – Greenville Western end of US 150 concurrency
New Albany 144.69 232.86 121
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I-64 east / I-265 east / US 150 east – New Albany, Louisville Eastern end of I-64 and US 150 concurrencies; western end of I-265 concurrency; western terminus of I-265; I-64 exit 121; I-265 exit 0
Clark Jeffersonville 150.90 242.85 7 I-65 – Indianapolis, Louisville
153.93 247.73 10 I-265 east Eastern end of I-265 concurrency
Charlestown 161.11 259.28 SR 3 north – Charlestown Southern terminus of SR 3
ClarkJefferson
county line
176.30 283.73 SR 362 west Eastern terminus of SR 362
Jefferson Hanover 183.11 294.69 SR 356 west Eastern terminus of SR 356
183.40 295.15 SR 56 west – Scottsburg Western end of SR 56 concurrency
188.47 303.31 SR 56 east – Madison Eastern end of SR 56 concurrency
188.60 303.52 SR 256 – Austin, Madison
Madison 192.57 309.91 SR 7 – Madison, North Vernon
195.24 314.21 US 421 – Madison, Versailles
Jefferson Proving Ground 200.58 322.80 SR 250 west Western end of SR 250 concurrency
Canaan 207.79 334.41 SR 250 east Eastern end of SR 250 concurrency
Ripley Cross Plains 212.23 341.55 SR 129 south Southern end of SR 129 concurrency
214.70 345.53 SR 129 north Northern end of SR 129 concurrency
Dearborn Dillsboro 227.19 365.63 SR 262 to US 50 Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

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