Indiana State Road 62

State Road 62 marker

State Road 62
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length: 203.823 mi[1] (328.021 km)
Existed: October 1, 1926[2] – present
Major junctions
West end: IL 141 on the Wabash Memorial Bridge at the Illinois state line
 

SR 69 at Mount Vernon
US 41 at Evansville
I-69 at Evansville
SR 61 at Boonville
US 231 at Dale
I-64 at New Albany
I-65 at Jeffersonville
I-265 / SR 265 at Jeffersonville

US 421 at Madison
East end: SR 262 at Dillsboro
Location
Counties: Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Perry, Posey, Ripley, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick
Highway system
← SR 61SR 63 →

State Road 62 (SR 62) in the U.S. state of Indiana is an east–west route that travels 228 miles (367 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

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. Within the City of Evansville, SR 62 is the Lloyd Expressway, a divided expressway-grade highway until reaching U.S. Route 41 (US 41) nearly halfway through the city. The expressway contains a mix of intersections and interchanges. Despite the construction delays and need for improvements, the $160 million east–west expressway allows drivers to travel from one end of the city to the other with much greater ease.[3]

Then, SR 62 travels concurrently with US 41/SR 66 to Morgan Avenue on which it 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, I-265, and SR 265, bypassing the cities of New Albany, Clarksville, and Jeffersonville. The highway then turns to the northeast, serving the cities of Charlestown, Hanover and Madison before ending at SR 262 just south of US 50 at Dillsboro.

The highway forms part of the Lincoln Heritage Trail.

History

Western terminus of SR 62, at the Wabash Memorial Bridge on the Wabash River

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

West of US 41, SR 62 is known as the Lloyd Expressway within Vanderburgh County. 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".

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.[3]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmExitDestinationsNotes
PoseyBlack Township0.000.00 IL 141 west – New HavenWestern terminus of SR 62 at Wabash Memorial Bridge.
Mount Vernon5.428.72 SR 69 southWestern end of SR 69 concurrency
10.7117.24 SR 69 north – GriffinEastern terminus of SR 69 concurrency
VanderburghEvansville28.1545.30 US 41 south / SR 66 east – Tell City, HendersonSouthern end of US 41 and SR 66 concurrences. Known as the Lloyd Expressway from this interchange to the Posey County line
29.7847.93 US 41 north / SR 66 west – Vincennes, New HarmonyNorthern end of US 41 and SR 66 concurrences. Between I-69 and US 41, this stretch is known as Morgan Avenue.
33.7154.25 I-69 – Evansville
WarrickBoonville44.2571.21 SR 261 south – NewburghNorthern terminus of SR 261
44.6671.87 SR 61 southWestern end of SR 61 concurrency
45.3272.94 SR 61 north – PetersburgEastern end of SR 61 concurrency
Skelton Township50.3881.08 SR 161 south – Richland CityWestern end of SR 161 concurrency
55.5789.43 SR 161 north – TennysonEastern end of SR 161 concurrency
SpencerJackson Township59.2695.37 US 231 south – ChrisneySouthern end of US 213 concurrency
Gentryville63.06101.49 SR 162 east – Santa ClausWestern terminus of SR 162
Dale67.68108.92 US 231 north – HuntingburgNorthern end of US 231 concurrency
SR 68 west – LynnvilleEastern terminus of SR 68
Carter Township68.71110.58 SR 245 south – Santa ClausNorthern terminus of SR 245 (spur to Holiday World and Splashin' Safari)
Harrison Township73.85118.85 SR 162 – Santa Claus, Ferdinand
78.05125.61 SR 545 south – TroyNorthern terminus of the southern section of SR 545.
PerryClark Township86.58139.34 SR 145 – Birdseye
St. Croix92.77149.30 SR 37 – Tell City
CrawfordSulphur100.06161.03 SR 66 west to SR 237 north – Derby, EnglishWestern end of SR 66 concurrency
Leavenworth107.84173.55 SR 66 east – MarengoEastern end of SR 66 concurrency
HarrisonWhite Cloud116.01186.70 SR 462 southNorthern terminus of SR 462 (spur to Harrison-Crawford State Forest).
Corydon122.99197.93 SR 135 – Mauckport, Salem
124.16199.82 SR 337 north – DepauwNorthern end of SR 337 concurrency
124.27199.99 SR 337 southSouthern end of SR 337 concurrency
FloydGeorgetown Township136.53219.72 SR 11Northern terminus of the southern section of SR 11.
139.13223.91118 I-64 west / SR 64 west – Evansville, GeorgetownWestern end of I-64; eastern terminus of SR 64
Floyds Knobs140.97226.87119 US 150 west – GreenvilleWestern end of US 150 concurrency
New Albany144.69232.86121
0		 I-64 east / I-265 east / US 150 east – New Albany, LouisvilleEastern end of I-64 and US 150; western terminus and end of I-265 concurrency; Exit 121 on I-64 and Exit 0 on I-265
147.43237.273 SR 111 – New Albany
148.32238.704 SR 311 – New Albany, Sellersburg
ClarkJeffersonville150.90242.857 I-65 / I-265 west / SR 265 east – Indianapolis, LouisvilleEastern terminus and end of I-265; Western terminus and western end of SR 265
153.93247.7310 SR 265 westEastern terminus and eastern end of SR 265
Charlestown161.11259.28 SR 3 north – CharlestownSouthern terminus of SR 3
Clark–Jefferson
county line		Washington–Saluda
township line		176.30283.73 SR 362 westEastern terminus of SR 362S
JeffersonHanover183.11294.69 SR 356 westEastern terminus of SR 356
183.40295.15 SR 56 west – ScottsburgWestern end of SR 56 concurrency
188.47303.31 SR 56 east – MadisonEastern end of SR 56 concurrency
188.60303.52 SR 256 – Austin, Madison
Madison192.57309.91 SR 7 – Madison, North Vernon
195.24314.21 US 421 – Madison, Versailles
Jefferson Proving Ground200.58322.80 SR 250 westWestern end of SR 250 concurrency
Canaan207.79334.41 SR 250 eastEastern end of SR 250 concurrency
RipleyCross Plains212.23341.55 SR 129 southSouthern end of SR 129 concurrency
214.70345.53 SR 129 northNorthern end of SR 129 concurrency
DearbornDillsboro227.19365.63 SR 262 to US 50Eastern terminus of SR 62.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ Indiana Department of Transportation (July 2015). Reference Post Book (PDF). Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. SR 62. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Road Numbers to Be Changed". The Hancock-Democrat. The Indianapolis News. September 30, 1926. Retrieved June 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 "Driving Division was frustrating, scary". Evansville Courier & Press. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
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