State Highway 62 (SH 62) is a
state highway in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
. SH 62's western terminus is at
SH 145 in
Placerville, and the eastern terminus is at
U.S. Route 550 (US 550) in
Ridgway.
Route description
SH 62 starts at a junction with
SH 145 just north of
Placerville, Colorado
Placerville is a census-designated place (CDP) and post office in and governed by San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. The Placerville post office has the ZIP Code 81430 ( post office boxes). At the United States Census 2010, the popul ...
in the
San Miguel River valley and heads northeast up the Leopard Creek Canyon. The highway bends slowly to the east before crossing the
Dallas Divide
Dallas Divide (el. ) is a high mountain pass in the United States state of Colorado located on State Highway 62 about west of the town of Ridgway.
The pass is a saddle between the San Juan Mountains to the south and the Uncompahgre Plateau t ...
at an elevation of . It then follows Cottonwood and Dallas creeks downstream to
Ridgway, Colorado
The Town of Ridgway is the home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The town is a former railroad stop on the Uncompahgre River in the northern San Juan Mountains. The town populati ...
. The highway crosses the
Uncompahgre River
The Uncompahgre River is a tributary of the Gunnison River, approximately 75 mi (121 km) long, in southwestern Colorado in the United States. Lake Como at 12,215 ft (3723m) in northern San Juan County, in the Uncompahgre National ...
just before ending at a junction with
US 550.
State Highway 62 is part of the
San Juan Skyway
The San Juan Skyway Scenic and Historic Byway is a All-American Road, National Forest Scenic Byway, and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan, and San Miguel counties, Colorado, ...
, designated as a
National Scenic Byway in 1996.
Major intersections
References
External links
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062
Roads in Ouray County, Colorado
Transportation in San Miguel County, Colorado