Florida State Road 62
State highway in Florida, United States
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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
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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
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manatee | Parrish | 0.000 | 0.000 |  US 301 (SR 43) – Ellenton, Sun City Center | Western terminus |
| | 8.326 | 13.399 | Saffold Road | to CR 579 | |
| | 17.116 | 27.546 |   CR 39 north – Plant City, Zephyrhills | ||
| Duette | 19.226 | 30.941 |   SR 37 north – Mulberry | ||
| Hardee | Fort Green Springs | 29.957 | 48.211 |  CR 663 north – Hardee Lakes Park | west end of CR 663 concurrence |
| | 30.469 | 49.035 |  CR 663 south | east end of CR 663 concurence | |
| | 37.433 | 60.243 |  US 17 (SR 35) – Bowling Green, Wauchula | Eastern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
