U.S. Route 62 in Texas

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 62 in Texas. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 62.

U.S. Route 62 (US 62) is a US highway that runs from the Mexico–US border at El Paso, TX to the Canada-US border at Niagara Falls, NY. In Texas, the highway exists in two segments separated by a segment in New Mexico. US 62 is a major corridor in West Texas as it connects the cities of El Paso and Lubbock.

U.S. Highway 62
US 62 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	403.744 mi^[1] (649.763 km)
Existed	1932^[1]–present
West Texas
West end	US 85 at the Mexican border in El Paso
Major intersections	I-110 in El Paso US 54 in El Paso I-10 / US 180 in El Paso
East end	US 62 / US 180 at New Mexico state line northwest of Pine Springs
South Plains
West end	US 62 / US 180 at New Mexico state line west of Seminole
Major intersections	I-27 / US 87 in Lubbock
East end	US 62 at Oklahoma state line near Hollis
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson; Gaines, Terry, Hockley, Lubbock, Crosby, Floyd, Motley, Cottle, Childress
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec
← SH 61 → SH 62

Route description

 

El Capitan as seen from US 62 in Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Trans-Pecos

US 62 begins at the Santa Fe Street Bridge at the Mexico–US border in El Paso concurrent with U.S. Route 85. US 62 ends its overlap with US 85 and runs along E. Paisano Drive through Downtown El Paso. The highway runs northeast and passes by the Chamizal National Memorial before interchanging with Interstate 110 and U.S. Route 54. US 62 continues to run along E. Paisano Drive and has a short overlap with State Highway 20, which both enters and leaves via a traffic circle. The highway meets Interstate 10, where it begins an overlap with U.S. Route 180. Just north of I-10, US 62/180 leave E. Paisano Drive and begin to run along Montana Avenue, passing just south of El Paso International Airport. The section of Montana Avenue from Global Reach Drive/N. Yarbrough Drive to Rich Beem Boulevard runs along the reservation line to Fort Bliss. Development begins to steadily decrease along the highway east of Loop 375 as US 62 runs through the communities of Homestead Meadows North/Homestead Meadows South, Butterfield, and Montana Vista. After leaving El Paso County, the highway runs through sparsely populated areas and the town of Pine Springs near Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The highway winds through the Guadalupe Mountains before crossing into New Mexico.

South Plains

US 62/180 reenters Texas from New Mexico between Hobbs and Seminole. US 62 ends its overlap with US 180 in Seminole and begins an overlap with U.S. Route 385. The two highways run north-northeast through the towns of Seagraves and Wellman before entering Brownfield. In Brownfield, US 62 has a short overlap with U.S. Route 380 and State Highway 137 and begins an overlap with U.S. Route 82. US 385 leaves the concurrency in the northern part of the town. US 62/82 run through the towns of Meadow and Ropesville before entering metro Lubbock and the town of Wolfforth. The highway bypasses the town as a freeway and enters Lubbock near the 82nd Street exit. US 62/82 becomes a divided highway between 82nd Street and Spur 327 before becoming a freeway again, which is known locally as the Marsha Sharp Freeway. US 62 runs along the Marsha Sharp Freeway through a heavily developed area of southwest Lubbock before leaving US 82 at State Highway 114. US 62/SH 114 run through the heart of the city on 19th Street before becoming Idalou Road at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. The highway rejoins US 82 near the East Loop 289 interchange. The highways run northeast out of the city before turning in a predominantly east direction in Idalou.

US 62 leaves US 82/SH 114 in Ralls before beginning a concurrency with State Highway 207. The highway's concurrency with SH 207 ends in Floydada, with US 62 beginning an overlap with U.S. Route 70. US 62 has a lengthy overlap with US 70 that lasts from Floydada to Paducah. In Paducah, US 62 begins an overlap with U.S. Route 83, with the two highways running through Childress. US 62 ends its overlap with US 83 just north of the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River and exits the state into Oklahoma a few miles west of Hollis.

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
El Paso	El Paso	0.00	0.00	Avenida Benito Juárez	One-way street, inbound access only; continuation from Mexico; west end of US 85 overlap
				US 85 north (Paisano Drive west)	East end of US 85 overlap
				I-110 (Bridge of the Americas) – Juárez	Interchange
				US 54 (Patriot Freeway) to Loop 375 – Alamogordo	US 54 exit 20A
				SH 20 west	Traffic circle; west end of SH 20 overlap
				SH 20 east	Traffic circle; east end of SH 20 overlap
				US 180 west / I-10	West end of US 180 overlap; I-10 exit 23B
				FM 2316 south (McRae Boulevard)
				Loop 375 (Joe Battle Boulevard) – Fort Bliss, Biggs Army Airfield, Alamogordo, Ysleta	Loop 375 exit 35
				FM 659 south (Zaragoza Road) – Ysleta	Interchange
	​			RM 2775 north – Hueco Tanks State Historic Site
Hudspeth	Cornudas			RM 2317 south
	​			RM 1111 south – Sierra Blanca
	​			FM 1437 north – Dell City
	Salt Flat			FM 1576 north – Dell City
Culberson	​			SH 54 south – Van Horn
	​			RM 652 east – Orla
	​			US 62 east / US 180 east – Carlsbad, Hobbs	New Mexico state line
US 62 crosses through New Mexico
Gaines	​			US 62 west / US 180 west – Hobbs, Carlsbad	New Mexico state line
	​			FM 3306 north
	​			FM 1757 north – Higginbotham
	Seminole			SH 214 north – Denver City, Plains
				US 180 east / US 385 south – Lamesa, Andrews, Odessa	East end of US 180 overlap; west end of US 385 overlap
	Seagraves			SH 83 – Denver City, Welch
Terry	Wellman			FM 213 / FM 303 south – Loop	South end of FM 303 overlap
	​			FM 303 north – Gomez	North end of FM 303 overlap
	Brownfield			SH 137 north / FM 403 south – Levelland	West end of SH 137 overlap
				SH 137 south – Lamesa, Stanton	East end of SH 137 overlap
				US 82 west – Plains, Roswell, Artesia	West end of US 82/380 overlap
				US 380 east – Tahoka, Post	East end of US 380 overlap
				US 385 north – Levelland, Littlefield	East end of US 385 overlap
				FM 2066 north
	​			FM 1698 east
	Meadow			FM 211 – New Home, Wilson
Hockley	Ropesville			FM 41 / FM 168 – Smyer, Slaton
Lubbock	​			FM 1585 east – Posey	West end of FM 1585 overlap
	​			FM 1585 west	East end of FM 1585 overlap
	Wolfforth			Loop 193 east (Main Street)	West end of freeway
				FM 179 – Wolfforth, Lamesa, Shallowater
				Loop 193 west / 82nd Street – Wolfforth	East end of freeway
	Lubbock			Upland Avenue
				Spur 327 east – Tahoka, Post	West end of freeway; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				Milwaukee Avenue
				Loop 289 (West Loop) – Tahoka, Levelland
				34th Street/Slide Road
				Quaker Avenue
				US 82 east (Marsha Sharp Freeway) / SH 114 west (19th Street) – Levelland, Crosbyton, Floydada	East end of US 82 overlap; west end of SH 114 overlap; east end of freeway
				US 84 (Avenue Q) – Shallowater, Slaton
				I-27 / US 87 – Plainview, Amarillo, Lamesa	I-27 exit 3
				US 82 west (Parkway Drive) / Loop 289 (East Loop) – Brownfield, Plainview, Slaton	Interchange; west end of US 82 overlap
	​			FM 2641 west – Preston Smith International Airport
	​			FM 1724 south – Buffalo Springs Lake, Ransom Canyon, Posey	West end of FM 1724 overlap
	​			FM 1729 north – New Deal	East end of FM 1724 overlap
	Idalou			FM 400 – Plainview, Slaton, Ransom Canyon
	​			FM 789 south – Acuff	West end of FM 789 overlap
	​			FM 789 north – Petersburg	East end of FM 789 overlap
Crosby	Lorenzo			FM 378 north – Lockney	West end of FM 378 overlap
				FM 378 south	East end of FM 378 overlap
	​			FM 2236 north
	​			FM 2576 south
	Ralls			US 82 east / SH 114 east – Crosbyton, Wichita Falls	East end of US 82/SH 114 overlap
				SH 207 south – Post	South end of SH 207 overlap
	​			FM 1471
	Cone			FM 193 – McAdoo
Floyd	​			FM 54 west – Petersburg, Littlefield
	​			FM 37 west – Fieldton
	Floydada			US 70 west – Plainview, Lockney	West end of US 70 overlap
				SH 207 north / FM 1958 east – Silverton	East end of SH 207 overlap
	​			FM 651 – Crosbyton
	​			FM 602 south
	​			FM 28 south – Dougherty	West end of FM 28 overlap
	​			FM 28 north	East end of FM 28 overlap
Motley	Matador			SH 70 – Turkey, Dickens
				Spur 94 north – Tell, Childress
	​			FM 1380
Cottle	​			FM 1037 north
	Paducah			US 70 east / US 83 south – Crowell, Vernon, Guthrie, Abilene	East end of US 70 overlap; west end of US 83 overlap
				FM 1037 south	West end of FM 1037 overlap
				FM 1037 north	East end of FM 1037 overlap
				FM 2876 east – Quanah
	​			FM 2998 north
	​			FM 3256 west – Matador Wildlife Management Area
	​			FM 2998 south
	​			FM 1440 west – Cee Vee
Childress	​			FM 2103 west
	​			FM 94 south – Tell, Matador
	Childress			FM 2042
				FM 164 – Childress Municipal Airport
				US 287 – Memphis, Amarillo, Quanah, Wichita Falls
				FM 3181 east to FM 401 south / FM 2530
	​			FM 2645
	​			Bridge over Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River
	​			To US 83 north / SH 256 – Wellington, Memphis	East end of US 83 overlap
	​			FM 1438 north
	​			FM 1642 north – Dodson
	​			US 62 east – Hollis	Oklahoma state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 62". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 1, 2016.

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