Massachusetts Route 62

Route 62 marker

Route 62
Route information
Length: 82.1817 mi[1] (132.2586 km)
Major junctions
West end: Route 32/Route 122 in Barre
  I-495 in Berlin
Route 2 in Concord
US-3 in Bedford
I-93 in Wilmington
US-1 in Danvers
I-95 in Danvers
Route 128 in Danvers
East end: Route 127 in Beverly
Location
Counties: Worcester, Middlesex, Essex
Highway system
Route 60Route 63

Route 62 is an eastwest state highway in Massachusetts. The route crosses four of the Bay State's 13 interstates, as well as U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 3, Route 2 and Route 128 as it heads from the northern hills of Worcester County through the northern portions of Greater Boston, ending in the North Shore city of Beverly.

Route description

Route 62 begins in Barre, in the north central hills of Worcester County, at Routes 32 and 122, at that town's commons. It heads northeastward into the town of Hubbardston, crossing Route 68 before heading into Princeton. In Princeton, Route 62 has a short concurrency with Route 31. It then crosses into Sterling, intersecting with Route 140 and passing underneath Interstate 190 without junction, before passing through that town's center concurrently with Route 12.

Eastbound with Route 70 in Clinton
Eastbound in Maynard
Wood Square, Hudson, at the junction of Routes 62 & 85

From Sterling, Route 62 passes through the southern end of the town of Lancaster before entering Clinton. In Clinton, it is concurrent with Route 70 for most of the town, with a short section being triply concurrent, with Route 110. Routes 62 and 70 pass through the center of town and pass the dam on the Nashua River which creates the Wachusett Reservoir before Route 62 heads eastward again, splitting with Route 70 just north of the Boylston town line. After crossing through the town of Berlin, it crosses Interstate 495 at Exit 26 before crossing into Middlesex County and the town of Hudson.

In Hudson, Route 62 has a short concurrency with Route 85 as it heads eastward, crossing the Assabet River before entering northward into the town of Stow. At the center of Stow, Route 62 turns eastward again, becoming concurrent with Route 117 for two miles into the town of Maynard. In Maynard, the route crosses the Assabet twice more, the second time concurrently with Route 27. Following the path of the Assabet, it then passes through the far southern corner of Acton before heading into Concord. In Concord, Route 62 joins that town's Main Street, passing the West Concord Depot, a commuter rail stop along the Fitchburg Line. As Main Street, Route 62 intersects Routes 2/2A and crosses the Sudbury River before leaving that road at Concord's town common, just south of the site of the Battle of Concord.

Route 62 continues northeastward into Bedford, where it shares a concurrency with Routes 4 and 225, passing the historic Fitch Tavern before splitting from those roads. It then splits from that route, crossing Route 3 at Exit 26 before entering Burlington. It crosses the old Middlesex Turnpike before arcing northward to meet Route 3A just south of the Billerica town line. It becomes concurrent with Route 3A southward for half a mile before turning northward, heading into the town of Wilmington. In Wilmington it crosses Routes 38 and 129 just south of the Wilmington Station along the Lowell Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail line. It then crosses Interstate 93 at Exit 40just east of Route 62's junction with the southern end of Route 125. After crossing I-93, Route 62 heads eastward into North Reading. It shares a quarter-mile long concurrency with Route 28 before continuing eastward through the town into Essex County and the town of Middleton.

In Middleton, Route 62 heads north one final time, sharing a short wrong-way concurrency with Route 114 before turning eastward, crossing the Ipswich River before finally turning southeastward into the town of Danvers. In Danvers, the route has consecutive interchanges with U.S. Route 1 (along the Newburyport Turnpike) and I-95, just north of the former Danvers State Hospital site. It continues eastward, crossing Route 35 and Route 128 (at Exit 22) before entering Beverly. In Beverly, Route 62 crosses Routes 1A and 22 before finally ending at Route 127, just a tenth of a mile north of Mackerel Cove, Beverly Harbor and Massachusetts Bay.

Junction list

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
WorcesterBarre0.000.00 Route 32 / Route 122Western terminus of Route 62.
Hubbardston6.610.6 Route 68
Princeton12.920.8 Route 31 southSouthern terminus of concurrency with Route 31.
13.221.2 Route 31 northNorthern terminus of concurrency with Route 31.
Sterling16.927.2 Route 140Moore’s Corner.
18.930.4 I190No access between Route 62 and I-190.
19.831.9 Route 12 southSouthern terminus of concurrency with Route 12.
0.00.0 Route 12 northNorthern terminus of concurrency with Route 12.
Clinton24.739.8 Route 70 northNorthern terminus of concurrency with Route 70.
24.839.9 Route 110 eastBeginning of triple concurrency.
25.140.4 Route 110 westEnd of triple concurrency. Concurrency with Routes 62 and 70 continues.
27.243.8 Route 70 southSouthern terminus of concurrency with Route 70.
Berlin31.951.3 I495I-495 Exit 26
MiddlesexHudson33.954.6 Route 85 northNorthern terminus of concurrency with Route 85.
34.054.7 Route 85 southSouthern terminus of concurrency with Route 85.
Stow39.363.2 Route 117 westWestern terminus of concurrency with Route 117.
Maynard41.366.5 Route 117 eastEastern terminus of concurrency with Route 117.
42.368.1 Route 27 southSouthern terminus of concurrency with Route 27
42.468.2 Route 27 northNorthern terminus of concurrency with Route 27
Concord46.675.0 Route 2 / Route 2A
Bedford52.484.3 Route 4 west / Route 225 westWestern terminus of triple concurrency with Routes 4 & 225.
53.485.9 Route 4 east / Route 225 eastEastern terminus of triple concurrency with Routes 4 & 225.
55.188.7 US 3US 3 Exit 26; To I-95/Route 128 via US 3 south
Burlington55.889.8Middlesex Turnpike
57.993.2 Route 3A northNorthern terminus of concurrency with Route 3A.
58.694.3 Route 3A southSouthern terminus of concurrency with Route 3A.
Wilmington61.899.5 Route 38 / Route 129
64.2103.3 I93I-93 Exit 40
North Reading66.6107.2 Route 28 northNorthern terminus of concurrency with Route 28.
66.8107.5 Route 28 southSouthern terminus of concurrency with Route 28.
EssexMiddleton73.2117.8 Route 114 eastEastern terminus of wrong-way concurrency with Route 114.
73.3118.0 Route 114 westWestern terminus of wrong-way concurrency with Route 114.
Danvers76.1122.5 US 1 to I95 northCloverleaf interchange.
76.3122.8 I95 southI-95 Exit 49
Southbound exit and Northbound entrance
78.1125.7 Route 35
78.9127.0 Route 128Route 128 Exit 22
Beverly81.3130.8 Route 1A
81.7131.5 Route 22
82.18132.26 Route 127Eastern terminus of Route 62.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Google

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  1. Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory Archived 2006-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
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