U.S. Route 62 in Oklahoma

U.S. Route 62
US-62 on a map of Oklahoma, highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	402.48 mi[1] (647.73 km)
Major junctions
West end:	US 62 at the Texas state line
	US-283 in Altus US-183 in Snyder I‑44 / US-277 / US-281 in Lawton US-81 in Chickasha I‑240 / I‑35 / I‑40 in Oklahoma City US-177 in Lincoln County US-377 in Prague US-75 / US-266 in Henryetta US-64 / US-69 in Muskogee US-59 in Westville
East end:	US 62 at the Arkansas state line
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Oklahoma State Highways Interstate U.S. Turnpikes ← US-60 SH-63 →

In Oklahoma, U.S. Highway 62 runs diagonally across the state, from the Texas state line in far southwestern Oklahoma to the Arkansas state line near Fayetteville. US-62 spends a total of 402.48 miles (647.73 km)^[1] in the Sooner State. The highway passes through fifteen of Oklahoma's counties. Along the way the route serves two of Oklahoma's largest cities, Lawton and Oklahoma City, as well as many regionally important cities, like Altus, Chickasha, Muskogee, and Tahlequah. Despite this, US-62 has no lettered spur routes like many other U.S. routes in Oklahoma do.

US-62 has been part of the Oklahoma highway network since 1930. With the advent of the Interstate system, the portion of its route through Oklahoma City was revised several times to adapt to the presence of the new freeways. The present-day route of US-62 includes concurrencies with I-44, I-240, I-35, and I-40.

Route description

Southwestern Oklahoma

US-62 enters Oklahoma in Harmon County, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Hollis.^[2] It then passes through that town, the county seat, where it serves as the southern terminus of State Highway 30. US-62 meets the northern terminus of SH-5 in Gould. The highway passes through unincorporated McQueen 4 miles (6.4 km)^[2] and then enters Jackson County. Just east of Duke, the route crosses SH-34. Nine miles (14.5 km) later, US-62 becomes a multilane highway and begins a concurrency with SH-6. The two highways travel together into Altus, where they intersect US-283. SH-6 follows US-283 northward out of town, while US-62 heads east towards Headrick. US-62 runs just north of that town before crossing the North Fork of the Red River onto the Kiowa–Tillman County line.^[2]

US-62 continues eastward, sending US-62 BUS north to Snyder, which was the original US-62 alignment in the area. The county line then turns south of US-62, and the route has an interchange with US-183. US-62 heads farther east, meeting the other end of US-62 BUS 3 miles (4.8 km)^[3] later. US-62 serves as the southern terminus of the northern State Highway 54 3 miles (4.8 km) east of this.^[3] The road then enters Comanche County, where it serves as the southern border of Fort Sill. It serves as the southern terminus of another Oklahoma state highway, SH-115, near Cache. A few miles of the highway east of SH-115 is freeway-grade. Continuing east, US-62 becomes an expressway, Rogers Lane, that serves the north side of Lawton (along with several Ft. Sill gates). In eastern Lawton, the highway has an interchange with Interstate 44 and begins a concurrency with it (joining at Exit 40B), along with US-277 and US-281.^[2]

I-44/US-62/277/281 head northward through Fort Sill. At Exit 45, the freeway serves as the eastern terminus of State Highway 49. The three U.S. routes split off at Exit 46, with I-44 continuing onto the northern section of the H. E. Bailey Turnpike. US-277 splits off to the east 5 miles (8.0 km) later.^[3] US-62/281 then meet SH-19 in Apache. SH-9 begins overlapping the two U.S. routes 10 miles (16 km) north of Apache. The three routes continue into Anadarko, where State Highway 8 briefly joins the concurrency. US-283 and SH-8 split off to the north, while US-62/SH-9 head out of town to the east.^[2]

Central Oklahoma

US-62 signage in Harrah

US-62/SH-9 cross into Grady County just west of Verden. At the western limits of Chickasha, US-81 joins the concurrency. In downtown Chickasha, US-81 splits off to the south, and US-277 once again joins with US-62. In far eastern Chickasha, the routes have an interchange with I-44 (the H.E. Bailey Turnpike). US-62/277/SH-9 serve as the southern terminus of SH-92 and the western terminus of SH-39. The three highways then angle northeast towards Blanchard, where they are briefly joined by State Highway 76. Northeast of Blanchard, they are carried by an expressway. SH-9 splits off at a diamond interchange that also serves as the eastern terminus of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike Spur. The two U.S. routes continue north into Newcastle, running through town on a five-lane (two lanes in each direction plus center turn lane) alignment. On the northern rim of Newcastle, the two routes encounter I-44 once again, at the northern terminus of the Bailey Turnpike. US-62 joins eastbound I-44 toward Oklahoma City, while US-277 terminates at the interchange.^[2]

I-44/US-62 pick up State Highway 37 at Exit 107, and the three highways cross the Canadian River into Cleveland County and Oklahoma City. SH-37 then splits off at Exit 110. Just north of the Oklahoma County line, I-44 has an interchange at the western terminus of Interstate 240 at Exit 115, and US-62 follows it east to Exit 4B, where it begins to concur with I-35/US-77. I-35/US-62/77 head northward to the Fort Smith Junction. US-77 splits off to join with Interstate 235, while I-35/US-77 join with eastbound I-40/US-270. I-35/US-62 split off to the north after just over a mile. US-62 leaves I-35 at Exit 130, turning east onto N.E. 23rd St., an at-grade street^[2]

US-62 serves some of Oklahoma City's eastern suburbs, including far northern Midwest City, far southern Spencer, Nicoma Park, and Choctaw. In eastern Harrah, the route meets the west terminus of State Highway 270. The highway then crosses into far southern Lincoln County, where it crosses SH-120 at Midway. US-62 runs through two more unincorporated communities, Fowler and Jacktown; the latter is the site of the US-62/US-177 junction. US-62 enters Meeker 6 miles (9.7 km)^[2] later, where it meets up with SH-18. 12 miles (19 km)^[2] further east, in Prague, it encounters US-377/SH-99.^[2]

Green Country

U.S. Highway 62 just east of Okmulgee

US-62 enters eastern Oklahoma's Green Country as it crosses into Okfuskee County west of Paden. It begins to turn southeast, intersecting State Highway 48 west of Castle, before joining once again with I-40 near Okemah, at Exit 221. US-75 also joins the interstate, 10 miles (16 km) farther east at Exit 231. The two U.S. routes split off at Exit 240B, where they continue the mainline of the Indian Nation Turnpike, which terminates at I-40. The two U.S. routes serve eastern Henryetta, and west of Dewar, they are the western terminus of U.S. Highway 266. In Okmulgee, US-62 turns east while US-75 continues north toward the Tulsa area. US-62 heads through Morris, where it intersects SH-52. The highway then has a 9-mile (14 km)^[2] overlap with SH-72, after which it begins a concurrency with US-64.

US-62 and US-69 in Muskogee

US-62/64 split up in Muskogee, where US-62 briefly shares pavement with US-69. On the east side of town, it has an interchange with the Muskogee Turnpike/SH-165 freeway. Near Ft. Gibson, US-62 begins to concur with State Highway 10, and the two routes stay joined through Tahlequah. US-62 starts to overlap State Highway 51 in Tahlequah as well; the two highways split up near Eldon. The route enters Adair County near Proctor. It intersects with US-59 in Westville before US-62 crosses the state line into Arkansas.^[2]

History

When US-62 first appeared on the state highway map in 1930, it had the same basic routing as it did today.^[4][5] In 1930, most of the highway was of gravel or earthen construction. The only portions of the highway that were paved were from Chickasha to Tabler, from Newcastle to Oklahoma City and Meeker, from Okemah to Morris, and from just south of the US-64 junction to Fort Gibson.^[5] By 1948, the entire stretch of US-62 through Oklahoma had been paved.^[6]

Oklahoma City routing

On 1950-03-06, US-62 was rerouted through Oklahoma City.^[7] US-62 followed Newcastle Boulevard into the city and turned eastbound onto S.E. 29th Street, which it followed to Robinson Avenue. It then turned north onto Robinson, which was also US-77, towards downtown. Through downtown, US-62 followed Robinson, while US-77 paralleled it one block to the east on Broadway. At N.E. 23rd Street, US-62 turned east, concurring with US-270, US-66 CITY, and the second State Highway 1. US-77 also ran along 23rd Street from Broadway to Lincoln Boulevard, where it split off to the north, along with US-66 CITY. US-62/270/SH-1 then continued along 23rd Street to Spencer.^[8]

US-62 was realigned once again on April 6, 1955.^[7]

US-62 was realigned for a third time on September 4, 1961. This routing was only meant to be temporary, following Agnew, Exchange, and Reno Avenues to downtown.^[7] This change was followed up by the September 4, 1963^[7] rerouting, which put US-62 onto its present-day routing (though I-240 did not exist yet, and I-44 still ended at I-35).^[9]

Junction list

County	Location	mi[10][11][12][13]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Texas–Oklahoma state line		0.0	0.0	US 62 continues west into Texas
Harmon	Hollis	5.0	8.0		SH-30	Southern terminus of SH-30
	Gould	13.3	21.4		SH-5	Northern terminus of SH-5
Jackson	Duke	25.4	40.9		SH-34
		33.9	54.6		SH-6	Western terminus of SH-6 concurrency
	Altus	38.9	62.6		US-283 / SH-6	Eastern terminus of SH-6 concurrency
Kiowa		56.3	90.6		US-62 Bus.
	Snyder	59.9	96.4		US-183	Diamond interchange
		63.2	101.7		US-62 Bus.
		65.8	105.9		SH-54	Southern terminus of SH-54
Comanche	Cache	78.8	126.8		SH-115	Diamond interchange, southern terminus of SH-115
		83.9	135.0		Deyo	Diamond interchange
	Lawton	86.1	138.6		Quanah Parker Trailway	Interchange
		91.4	147.1		Sheridan Road	Parclo interchange
		92.4	148.7		Fort Sill Boulevard	Parclo interchange
		93.4	150.3		I‑44 / US-277 / US-281	Interchange (I-44 exit 40A), southern terminus of I-44/US-277/US-281 concurrency
	Fort Sill	95.0	152.9	41	Key Gate
		98.7	158.8	45	SH-49 – Carnegie, Medicine Park
		99.5	160.1		I‑44 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike	Interchange (I-44 exit 46), northern terminus of I-44 concurrency
	Richards Spur	103.8	167.0		US-277	Northern terminus of US-277 concurrency
Caddo	Apache	112.6	181.2		SH-19	Western terminus of SH-19 concurrency
		113.2	182.2		SH-19	Eastern terminus of SH-19 concurrency
		123.2	198.3		SH-9	Western terminus of SH-9 concurrency
	Anadarko	131.6	211.8		US-281 / SH-8	Northern terminus of US-281 concurrency, western terminus of SH-8 concurrency
		132.2	212.8		SH-8	Eastern terminus of SH-8 concurrency
Grady	Chickasha	148.0	238.2		US-81	Western terminus of US-81 concurrency
		149.7	240.9		US-81 / US-277	Eastern terminus of US-81 concurrency, western terminus of US-277 concurrency
		151.3	243.5		I‑44 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike	Diamond interchange
		153.0	246.2		SH-92	Southern terminus of SH-92
	Tabler	156.5	251.9		SH-39	Western terminus of SH-39
McClain	Blanchard	167.3	269.2		SH-76	Western terminus of SH-76 concurrency
		168.3	270.9		SH-76	Eastern terminus of SH-76 concurrency
	Newcastle	173.0	278.4		SH-9 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike Norman spur	Diamond interchange, eastern terminus of SH-9 concurrency
		177.4	285.5		SH-130	Eastern terminus of SH-130
		179.7	289.2		I‑44	Northern terminus of US-277, southern terminus of I-44 concurrency
		180.6	290.6	108	SH-37 west – Minco, Tuttle	Western terminus of SH-37 concurrency
		181.1	291.5	108A	Frontage Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Cleveland	Oklahoma City	182.4	293.5	109	SW 149th Street
		183.4	295.2	110	SH-37 east (SW 134th Street) – Moore	Eastern terminus of SH-37 concurrency
		184.5	296.9	111	SW 119th Street
		185.6	298.7	112	SW 104th Street
Oklahoma		186.6	300.3	113	SW 89th Street
		187.5	301.8	114	SW 74th Street
		187.7	302.1	115	I‑44 / I‑240 / SH-3	Northern terminus of I-44 concurrency, western terminus of I-240/SH-3 concurrency, I-240 exit 1A
		188.3	303.0	1B	S. May Avenue
		189.3	304.6	1C	S. Penn Avenue	Full name is "Pennsylvania"
		190.3	306.3	2A	S. Western Avenue
		191.3	307.9	2B	S. Walker Avenue
		191.6	308.4	3A	S. Santa Fe Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		192.2	309.3	3B	Shields Boulevard, Santa Fe Avenue	Eastbound signed as "S. Shields Boulevard" only
		192.9	310.4	4	I‑35 / I‑240 / US-77 / SH-3	Eastern terminus of I-240/SH-3 concurrency, southern terminus of I-35/US-77 concurrency
		193.6	311.6	122A	SE 66th Street	No northbound entrance
		194.1	312.4	122B	SE 59th Street
		194.7	313.3	123A	SE 51st Street	No northbound entrance
		195.2	314.1	123B	SE 44th Street	No southbound entrance
		195.7	314.9	124A	Grand Boulevard
		196.3	315.9	124B	SE 29th Street, SE 25th Street	Signed as exit 125A southbound
		197.2	317.4	125B	SE 15th Street	Signed as exit 125D southbound
		197.9	318.5	126	I‑235 north (US-77 north) / I‑40 west (US-270 west) – Edmond, State Capitol, Oklahoma Health Center, Amarillo	Western terminus of I-40/US-270 concurrency, northern terminus of US-77 concurrency
				198.9	Eastern Avenue, M.L. King Avenue	Southbound exit is via exit 128, no northbound entrance
		199.2	320.6	128	I‑40 east / US-270 east – Ft. Smith	Eastern terminus of I-40/US-270 concurrency
		200.4	322.5	129	NE 10th Street
		201.2	323.8		I‑35	I-35 exit 130, northern terminus of I-35 concurrency
	Harrah	218.4	351.5		SH-270	Western terminus of SH-270
Lincoln	Midway	223.0	358.9		SH-102
	Jacktown	228.4	367.6		US-177
	Meeker	234.4	377.2		SH-18
	Prague	246.5	396.7		US-377 / SH-99
Okfuskee		264.4	425.5		SH-48
	Okemah	270.2	434.8		SH-27 / SH-56	Northern terminus of SH-27, northern terminus of SH-27 concurrency, northern terminus of SH-56 concurrency
		270.5	435.3		SH-56	Southern terminus of SH-56 concurrency
		271.1	436.3		I‑40 / SH-27	Southern terminus of SH-27 concurrency, western terminus of I-40 concurrency (I-40 exit 221)
		277.2	446.1	227	Clearview Road
		281.7	453.4	231	US-75 south – Wetumka, Weleetka	Western terminus of US-75 concurrency
Okmulgee	Henryetta	281.7	453.4	237	I‑40 Bus. east / US-62 Bus. / US-75 Bus. – Henryetta
		281.7	453.4	240A	Indian Nation Turnpike – McAlester, Dallas
		281.7	453.4		I‑40 / US-75 / I‑40 Bus.	Eastern terminus of I-40 concurrency (I-40 exit 240B), southern terminus of US-75/I-40 Bus. concurrency
		287.7	463.0		I‑40 Bus. / US-62 Bus. / US-75 Bus.
		290.3	467.2		US-266	Western terminus of US-266
	Okmulgee	303.2	488.0		US-75	Northern terminus of US-75 concurrency
		304.9	490.7		SH-56 Loop	Eastern terminus of SH-56 LOOP
	Morris	308.9	497.1		SH-52
Muskogee		320.2	515.3		SH-72	Southern terminus of SH-72 concurrency
		329.5	530.3		US-64 / SH-16 / SH-72	Northern terminus of SH-72 concurrency, Western terminus of US-64 concurrency, Western terminus of SH-16 concurrency
		334.5	538.3		SH-162	Southern terminus of SH-162
	Muskogee	343.3	552.5		US-64 / US-69 / US-62 Bus. / US-64 Bus.	Eastern terminus of US-64 concurrency, southern terminus of US-69 concurrency
		344.3	554.1		US-69	Northern terminus of US-69 concurrency
		347.8	559.7		SH-16	Eastern terminus of SH-16 concurrency
		349.5	562.5		SH-165	Interchange
		352.0	566.5		SH-10	Western terminus of SH-10 concurrency
	Ft. Gibson	355.3	571.8		SH-80	Southern terminus of SH-80
Cherokee	Park Hill	372.3	599.2		SH-82	Southern terminus of SH-82 concurrency
	Tahlequah	372.3	599.2		SH-51	Western terminus of SH-51 concurrency
		374.6	602.9		SH-82	Northern terminus of SH-82 concurrency
		376.5	605.9		SH-10	Northern terminus of SH-10 concurrency
	Eldon	382.4	615.4		SH-51	Eastern terminus of SH-51 concurrency
Adair	Westville	395.4	636.3		US-59
Oklahoma–Arkansas state line		398.3	641.0	US 62 continues east into Arkansas
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

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External links

• US-62 at OKHighways
• Oklahoma Highways: US 62—Lawton to Altus

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