State Road 62 (SR 62) in the
U.S. state
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of
Indiana
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is an east–west route that travels from the
Illinois
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state line in the southwest corner of Indiana to the
Louisville, Kentucky
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area, then northeast toward the
Cincinnati
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,
Ohio
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area.
Route description
SR 62 begins at the
Wabash Memorial Bridge
The Wabash Memorial Bridge (''Wabash Memorial Toll Bridge'' in INDOT documents) carries vehicular traffic across the Wabash River between Indiana State Road 62 and Illinois Route 141. The , two-lane bridge is located in both Posey County, Indiana, ...
over the
Wabash River
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between
New Haven, Illinois
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History
Before the Ne ...
and
Posey County
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* Posey, California
* Posey, Illinois
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* Posey, West Virginia
* Posey County, Indiana
* Posey Township, Indiana (disambiguation)
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* Posey (surname)
* Po ...
. It travels through
Mount Vernon, Indiana
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and then becomes a divided highway as it approaches
Evansville
Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in S ...
. Within Evansville, SR 62 forms part of the
Lloyd Expressway
The Lloyd Expressway is a major east-west Highway, traffic artery located in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. The route primarily runs through Evansville, Indiana, reaching from Interstate 69 in Indiana, Interstate 69 on the east side of the city t ...
, a divided expressway-grade highway that serves as a major east-west traffic artery through the city. The
expressway
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contains a mix of
intersections and
interchanges
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* Interchange (road), a collection of ramps, exits, and entrances between two or more highways
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. Nearly halfway through the city, the expressway meets
US 41 and SR 62 leaves the expressway, running north
concurrently with US 41 and SR 66. At Morgan Avenue, SR 62 turns east and leaves Evansville.
East of Evansville, the four lane divided road continues to
Chandler
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and then on to
Boonville. It then becomes a two-lane road. For much of its trip through
Spencer,
Perry
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,
Crawford
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,
Harrison
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* Harrison (name)
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In Australia:
* Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin
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* Inukjuak, Quebec, or "Po ...
, and western
Floyd counties, it is narrow, winding, and hilly.
SR 62 travels concurrently with
I-64
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and
I-265
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, bypassing the cities of
New Albany,
Clarksville, and
Jeffersonville. The highway then turns to the northeast, serving the cities of
Charlestown,
Hanover
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, then having a junction at
SR 56, and
Madison Madison may refer to:
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* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
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* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
before ending at
SR 262 just south of
US 50 at
Dillsboro.
The highway forms part of the
Lincoln Heritage Trail
The Lincoln Heritage Trail is a designation for a series of highways in the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky that links communities with pre-presidential period historical ties to U.S. president Abraham Lincoln.
History
Fifty years ...
.
History
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
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,
Missouri
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and
Louisville, Kentucky
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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.
Russell G. Lloyd Sr. (March 29, 1932 – March 21, 1980) served as the Republican mayor of Evansville, Indiana from 1972 to 1980 and was an alternate delegate from Indiana to the 1972 Republican National Convention. He was the only Republican to b ...
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. The $160 million expressway supplants the old Division Street/Pennsylvania Avenue corridor through the city, allowing drivers to travel from one end of the city to the other with much greater ease.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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Transportation in Clark County, Indiana
Transportation in Crawford County, Indiana
Transportation in Dearborn County, Indiana
Transportation in Floyd County, Indiana
Transportation in Harrison County, Indiana
Transportation in Jefferson County, Indiana
Transportation in Perry County, Indiana
Transportation in Posey County, Indiana
Transportation in Ripley County, Indiana
Transportation in Spencer County, Indiana
Transportation in Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Transportation in Warrick County, Indiana
Transportation in Evansville, Indiana
Evansville metropolitan area
Boonville, Indiana
New Albany, Indiana
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Charlestown, Indiana
Madison, Indiana