State Route 62 (SR 62) is a west-to-east 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 sover ...

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

. It is designated as a primary route except for the short segment between SR 169 and its eastern terminus, which is secondary. State Route 62 begins in Putnam County at State Route 84; it ends in Knox County at U.S. Route 441/ State Route 33.

Route description

Putnam and Fentress counties

SR 62 begins in Putnam County in downtown

Monterey Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under both ...

as a primary highway at an intersection with SR 84 and SR 164. It then heads east (as East Commercial Avenue) through downtown before leaving Monterey (as Clarkrange Highway) as a two-lane highway to parallel

I-40 Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west Interstate Highway running through the south-central portion of the United States. At a length of , it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after I-90 and I-80. From west to ea ...

for a short distance before going through forested areas and the community of Muddy Pond before crossing into Fentress County. TN62-Putnam-tn1

SR 62 immediately enters farmland and goes down a fertile valley to enter Clarkrange and junction with

US 127 U.S. Route 127 (US 127) is a north–south U.S. Highway in the eastern half of the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at US 27 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The northern terminus is at Interstate 75 (I-75) near G ...

/ SR 28. The highway now leaves Clarkrange (as Deer Lodge Highway) and continues east through farmland and crosses into Morgan County.

Morgan and Roane counties

In Morgan County, SR 62 enters the Eastern Time Zone, leaving farmland and becoming very curvy (and becoming Nashville Highway) as it heads east through the mountains of the

Cumberland Plateau The Cumberland Plateau is the southern part of the Appalachian Plateau in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. It includes much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, and portions of northern Alabama and northwest Georgia. The terms "Alle ...

. It passes through Chestnut Ridge before it intersects the southern end of SR 329 south of

Deer Lodge Deer Lodge is a city in and the county seat of Powell County, Montana, United States. The population was 2,938 at the 2020 census. Description The city is perhaps best known as the home of the Montana State Prison, a major local employer. ...

and continues east to intersect with SR 298. SR 62 continues eastward and goes through Lancing and becomes even curvier, before coming to an intersection with

US 27 U.S. Route 27 (US 27) is a north–south United States Highway in the southern and midwestern United States. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 1 in Florida, US 1 in Miami, Florida. The northern terminus is at Interstate 69 in India ...

/ SR 29 (Morgan County Highway) north of

Wartburg The Wartburg () is a castle originally built in the Middle Ages. It is situated on a precipice of to the southwest of and overlooking the town of Eisenach, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It was the home of St. Elisabeth of Hungary, the p ...

. It becomes concurrent with US 27/SR 29 and widens into a four-lane highway before entering Wartburg. They then pass just east of downtown before SR 62 separates from US 27/SR 29 and continues southeast (as Knoxville Highway) as a four-lane and then exits Wartburg. SR 62 continues southeast and narrows to a two-lane before entering Joyner. The highway continues through Joyner, which is mainly farmland, and then junctions with SR 116 west of Petros before entering Stephens. It goes through Stephens and then goes through a short mountain pass (locally known as Stephens Mountain) before passing through

Coalfield A coalfield is an area of certain uniform characteristics where coal is mined. The criteria for determining the approximate boundary of a coalfield are geographical and cultural, in addition to geological. A coalfield often groups the seams of ...

to enter Oliver Springs and crosses into Roane County. SR 62 almost immediately has an intersection between SR 61 (Tri County Boulevard/Harvey H. Hannah Memorial Highway) and SR 330, with it becoming concurrent with SR 61. They then bypasses downtown to the north and east as a four-lane and enters Anderson County.

Anderson and Knox counties

The highway continues through Oliver Springs and then Separates from SR 61 and enters Oak Ridge (as Illinois Avenue). In Oak Ridge, SR 62 has a junction with SR 95 before widening to a six-lane and going through a major business district, passing by the

Oak Ridge City Center Main Street Oak Ridge, formerly known as ''Oak Ridge City Center'' and ''Oak Ridge Mall'', is a mixed-use development in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It was formerly constructed as a large indoor shopping mall. History The site cur ...

(Mall), before downgrading to a four-lane at an interchange with Centrifuge way. The highway continues to an interchanges with Bethel Valley Road, which provides access to the

Y-12 National Security Complex The Y-12 National Security Complex is a United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It was built as part of the Manhattan Proje ...

, and SR 170 before leaving Oak Ridge and crossing the

Clinch River The Clinch River is a river that flows southwest for more than through the Great Appalachian Valley in the U.S. states of Virginia and Tennessee, gathering various tributaries, including the Powell River, before joining the Tennessee River in Ki ...

Melton Hill Lake Melton Hill Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River just south of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1960s to extend the Tennessee Valley's continuou ...

, crossing into Knox County and entering Solway. Solway-highway62-tn1

SR 62 goes through Solway (as Oak Ridge Highway) and has partial interchange with SR 162 (Pellisippi Parkway) before leaving Solway and narrowing to a two-lane. It then passes through Karns and junctions with SR 131 before entering

Knoxville Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's ...

, widening to a four-lane (and becoming Western Avenue). SR 62 continues through North Knoxville before widening to a six-lane and having an interchange with I-640/

I-75 Interstate 75 (I-75) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes and Southeastern regions of the United States. As with most Interstates that end in 5, it is a major cross-country, north–south route, traveling from St ...

. The highway narrows to a two-lane for short distance before widening back out to a four-lane and intersecting SR 169. SR 62 then turns secondary and has an interchange with

I-275 Interstate 275 (I-275) may refer to: *Interstate 275 (Florida), a loop through Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Bradenton in Florida *Interstate 275 (Michigan), a western bypass of Detroit, Michigan * Interstate 275 (Ohio–Indiana–Kentucky), a full bel ...

before entering downtown and ending at an intersection with

US 441 U.S. Route 441 (US 441) is a auxiliary route of U.S. Route 41. It extends from US 41 in Miami, Florida to US 25W in Rocky Top, Tennessee. Between its termini, US 441 travels through the states of Florida, Georgia, North ...

/ SR 33.

Junction list

References

*Tennessee Department of Transportation (January 24, 2003). "State Highway and Interstate List 2003".

External links

{{Commons category
Tennessee Department of Transportation
062 Transportation in Putnam County, Tennessee Transportation in Fentress County, Tennessee Transportation in Morgan County, Tennessee Transportation in Roane County, Tennessee Transportation in Anderson County, Tennessee Transportation in Knox County, Tennessee Transportation in Knoxville, Tennessee