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U.S. Route 62 (US 62) is part of the
U.S. Highway System
The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. As the designation and numbering of these h ...
. US 62 travels from the United States–Mexico border
United may refer to:
Places
* United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...
at El Paso, Texas
El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the county seat, seat of El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau w ...
, to Niagara Falls, New York. In the U.S. state of New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
, US 62 extends from the Texas state line southwest of Whites City and ends at the Texas state line east of Hobbs.
Route description
Through New Mexico, US 62 is entirely concurrent with US 180. The highway continues pastCarlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave Carlsbad Cavern. Visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural ...
and White's City into the city of Carlsbad. In Carlsbad, US 285 joins US 62/US 180 for approximately , then heads east to Hobbs. US 62 comes within of the WIPP Plant while also coming across several State Highway termini: New Mexico State Road 360 (NM 360), NM 176, NM 243, NM 529, NM 483, NM 360, and NM 8 along the stretch. US 62 comes into Hobbs along Marland Boulevard. After coming close to Hobbs High School
Hobbs High School (HHS) is located in Hobbs, New Mexico, United States. It had a student population of about 1900 students as of 2017.
In addition to Hobbs it serves Monument, Nadine, and North Hobbs.
Ralph Tasker coached basketball at HHS ...
's Watson Stadium, US 62 leaves Hobbs going east to the Texas–New Mexico state line.
Major intersections
References
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