U.S. Route 62

U.S. Route 62
U.S. Route 62
	Map of the United States with US 62 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	2,248 mi[citation needed] (3,618 km)
Existed	1930[citation needed]–present
Major junctions
West end	US 85 at the Mexican border in El Paso, TX
	I-10 / US 180 in El Paso, TX; I-35 / I-40 / I-44 at Oklahoma City, OK; I-55 in Miner, MO; I-65 at Elizabethtown, KY; I-75 near Georgetown, KY; I-70 / I-71 at Columbus, OH; I-77 / US 30 at Canton, OH; I-80 at Hubbard, OH; I-79 at Mercer, PA; I-86 / NY 17 / Southern Tier Expressway at Kennedy, NY;
East end	NY 104 near the Canadian border in Niagara Falls, NY
Location
Country	United States
States	Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided;

U.S. Route 62 or U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) is an east–west United States Highway in the southern and northeastern United States. It runs from the Mexican border at El Paso, Texas, to Niagara Falls, New York, near the Canadian border. It is the only east–west United States Numbered Highway that connects Mexico and Canada. Parts of US 62 follow what once was the Ozark Trail,^[1] including the historic bridge across the South Canadian River in Newcastle, Oklahoma^[2] (the first structure built with federal highway funds in Oklahoma after lobbying efforts by Stanley Draper).^[3] This bridge was damaged beyond repair by the 2013 Moore tornado that struck Newcastle and Moore, Oklahoma.^[4] The highway is signed north–south in New York and Pennsylvania reflecting its directional orientation in both states, and is signed east-west the remainder of its course.

^ "Ozark Trails". Marion.ohio-state.edu. October 26, 1998. Archived from the original on March 9, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
^ "Old US 62 Canadian River Bridge". Okbridges.wkinsler.com. Retrieved January 26, 2013.^{[self-published source]}
^ Anderson, Sam (2018). Boom town: the fantastical saga of Oklahoma city, its chaotic founding, its apocalyptic weather, its purloined basketball team, and the dream of becoming a world-class metropolis (First ed.). New York: Crown. ISBN 978-0-8041-3733-1.
^ "Historic bridge near Newcastle damaged beyond repair". May 23, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2014.