Texas State Highway 62

State Highway 62
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	29.249 mi[1] (47.072 km)
Existed	1923–present
Major junctions
South end	SH 73 / SH 87 near Bridge City
	I-10 / US 90 in Orange
North end	; US 96 / Bus. US 96 / FM 1004 at Buna
Location
Counties	Orange, Newton, Jasper
Highway system

State Highway 62 (SH 62) is a highway located in southeastern Texas. It runs 29.249 miles (47.072 km) from SH 73/SH 87 near Orange to an intersection with U.S. Highway 96 (US 96), Business U.S. Highway 96 (US 96 Bus), and Farm to Market Road 1004 (FM 1004) in Buna. SH 62 was established in 1923, and its southern end was extended from US 90 to SH 73/SH 87 in 1962.

Route description

SH 62 begins at SH 73 and SH 87 between Orange and Bridge City. SH 73 is concurrent with SH 62 from the southern terminus to the intersection with Interstate 10 (I‑10) and US 90, where SH 73 ends. SH 62 continues its northward journey past this point, going through Mauriceville and Texla in Orange County, clipping the extreme southwest corner of Newton County, and, in Jasper County, traveling through the small community of Gist and ending at Buna.

History

This route was designated on August 21, 1923, but with its south end at SH 3 (later US 90), replacing SH 8B.[2] On May 1, 1962, FM 406 between US 90 and SH 73 was canceled and combined with SH 62.[1]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Orange		29.154	46.919	SH 73 / SH 87 – Bridge City, Orange	South end of SH 73 overlap; SH 73 west continues concurrently with SH 87 south
		27.047	43.528	FM 105 (Orangefield Road) – Orangefield, West Orange
	Orange	24.571– 24.513	39.543– 39.450	I-10 / US 90 / SH 73 – Beaumont, Lake Charles	I-10 exit 873; north end of SH 73 concurrency; east end of SH 73
	Orange	23.221	37.371	FM 1078 east
	Mauriceville	17.568	28.273	FM 1130 to FM 1136 – Little Cypress	Interchange
	Mauriceville	17.323– 17.207	27.879– 27.692	SH 12 – Beaumont, Deweyville
	Texla	16.261	26.170	FM 2802 west (Texla Road) to FM 105
Newton	No major junctions
Jasper		8.499	13.678	FM 2246 west – Evadale
		4.123	6.635	FM 2938 north – Masterson State Forest
		2.217	3.568	FM 2938 south
	Buna	0.971	1.563	FM 253 east to SH 87
		0.653	1.051	Bus. US 96	South end of unsigned US 96 Business overlap
		0.000	0.000	US 96 / Bus. US 96 / FM 1004 – Kirbyville, Evadale	North end of unsigned US 96 Business overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 62". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
Texas Highway Department (August 21, 1923). "Minutes of the Seventy-Third and First Adjourned Meeting of the State Highway Commission" (PDF). Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
Texas Department of Transportation (2018). "Statewide Planning Map LRS Readout (ArcGIS)". Retrieved October 4, 2019.

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[SH_62-1] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 62". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 21, 2018.

[2] Texas Highway Department (August 21, 1923). "Minutes of the Seventy-Third and First Adjourned Meeting of the State Highway Commission" (PDF). Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 5, 2019.

[TXDOT_SPM-3] Texas Department of Transportation (2018). "Statewide Planning Map LRS Readout (ArcGIS)". Retrieved October 4, 2019.