West Virginia Route 62 is a north–south

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in western

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. The southern terminus of the route is at

West Virginia Route 25 West Virginia Route 25 is an east–west state highway located within the counties of Kanawha and Putnam in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The western terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 62 in Rock Branch (unincorporated) b ...

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. The northern terminus is at

Interstate 77 Interstate 77 (I-77) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the ...

and

U.S. Route 33 U.S. Route 33 (US 33) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs northwest–southeast for from northern Indiana to Richmond, Virginia, passing through Ohio and West Virginia en route. Although most odd-numbered U.S. routes are north– ...

in Ripley.

History

In the 1920s, WV 62 was designated West Virginia Route 19. Up until the late 1960s, WV 62 was designated as

U.S. Route 35 U.S. Route 35 (US 35) is a United States Highway that runs southeast-northwest for approximately from the western suburbs of Charleston, West Virginia to northern Indiana. Although the highway is physically southeast-northwest, it is nomi ...

from Dunbar to Point Pleasant, crossing the

Silver Bridge The Silver Bridge was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 and named for the color of its aluminum paint. The bridge carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. On Dec ...

into

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. After the Silver Bridge collapsed in 1967 (necessitating the building of a new bridge, the

Silver Memorial Bridge The Silver Bridge was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 and named for the color of its aluminium, aluminum paint. The bridge carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohi ...

—finished in 1969), US 35 was moved to the south bank (replacing the former WV 17) of the

Kanawha River The Kanawha River ( ) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 mi (156 km) long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The largest inland waterway in West Virginia, its valley has been a significant industrial region of the stat ...

and US 35's previous route was designated as WV 62. In December 2003, WV 62 was extended northward (but geographically southeastward) along then-US 33 from its former northern terminus at US 33 in

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to Ripley.WV 62 Termini
/ref> Sometimes WV 62 is referred to as "Believe It Or Not Highway" because it actually goes south when it's signed as "north" going toward Ripley from Mason, and vice versa.

Major intersections

West Virginia Route Spur 62

WV Spur 62 connects WV 62 to

Ohio State Route 833 State Route 833 (SR 833) is a long east–west state highway in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its western terminus is at the West Virginia state line in Pomeroy, where it provides a connection to West Virginia Rout ...

via the

Pomeroy–Mason Bridge The Bridge of Honor, commonly known as the Pomeroy–Mason Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Ohio River between the American cities of Pomeroy, Ohio and Mason, West Virginia. With construction being carried out by the C.J. Mahan Const ...

. , Spur 62 is signposted as part of Ohio State Route 833.

References

062 Transportation in Kanawha County, West Virginia Transportation in Putnam County, West Virginia Transportation in Mason County, West Virginia Transportation in Jackson County, West Virginia Point Pleasant micropolitan area U.S. Route 35 {{WestVirginia-road-stub