Florida State Road 62

State Road 62 marker
State Road 62
Map
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length37.433 mi[1] (60.243 km)
Major junctions
West end US 301 in Parrish
Major intersections SR 37 at Duette
East end US 17 near Wauchula
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesManatee, Hardee
Highway system
← SR 61A→ SR 63

State Road 62 (SR 62) is a 37-mile (60 km) state highway in Manatee and Hardee counties in the US state of Florida that passes through scrubland from Parrish to near Bowling Green.

Route description

Sign for eastbound SR 62 in Duette, February 2012

The paved SR 62 is only two lanes wide over its entire route and cuts through the Manatee River basin. The road crosses Horse Creek and the North Fork of the Manatee River. It provides access to the Tampa Bay area from Hardee County.

Inside Duette, SR 62 meets with the intersection of Keentown Road. Keentown Road is a 1.8-mile (2.9 km) dirt road that leads into the hamlet of Keentown, a farming community. There are only 3 major junctions on this highway, Florida State Road 37, CR 39, and CR 663.

Five miles (8.0 km) east of Parrish is Lake Parrish, an artificial lake. It is home to an FPL power plant and a boat ramp.

In Hardee County, the road does not turn to the left or right for 14 miles (23 km) on its way to its southern terminus at U.S. Route 17.

History

SR 62 was designated in 1945 after the 1945 Florida state road renumbering. Prior to 1945, it was designated as part of SR 32.[2][3]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
ManateeParrish0.0000.000 US 301 (SR 43) – Ellenton, Sun City CenterWestern terminus
​8.32613.399Saffold Roadto CR 579
​17.11627.546
 CR 39 north – Plant City, Zephyrhills
Duette19.22630.941
 SR 37 north – Mulberry
HardeeFort Green Springs29.95748.211
 CR 663 north – Hardee Lakes Park		west end of CR 663 concurrence
​30.46949.035
 CR 663 south		east end of CR 663 concurence
​37.43360.243 US 17 (SR 35) – Bowling Green, WauchulaEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2014
  2. ^ "Manatee, 1936" (PDF). Florida Center for Instructional Technology. University of South Florida. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Hardee, 1936" (PDF). Florida Center for Instructional Technology. University of South Florida. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
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