Minnesota State Highway 62 (west)

For the route located in the Minneapolis - Saint Paul area numbered 62, see Minnesota State Highway 62 (east).

Trunk Highway 62
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.114
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	23.992 mi[1] (38.611 km)
Existed:	1933 – present
Major junctions
West end:	U.S. 59 at Fulda
East end:	U.S. 71 / MN 60 at Windom
Location
Counties:	Murray, Cottonwood
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 61 US 63 →

Minnesota State Highway 62 is a highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 59 and Murray County Road 2 in Fulda and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. 71 and State Highway 60 in Windom.

Highway 62 is 24 miles (39 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 62 serves as an east–west route in southwest Minnesota between the cities of Fulda and Windom.

Highway 62 crosses the Des Moines River in Southbrook Township, Springfield Township, and in the city of Windom.

The route is also known as 11th Street in Belfast Township.

The route is legally defined as part of Constitutional Route 16 in the Minnesota Statutes.^[2] It is not marked with this number.

History

Highway 62 was authorized in 1933.^[3]

The route was paved by 1942.^[3]

A second State Highway 62 exists within the state of Minnesota. In 1988, former Hennepin County Highway 62 in the Twin Cities area was renumbered State Highway 62. Mn/DOT assigned the Twin Cities route its former Hennepin County numbering because of its local familiarity; and further determined that it was not necessary to renumber existing Highway 62 (between Fulda and Windom) because of what Mn/DOT perceived as low potential for confusion of the two routes. This is the only situation where two different state-numbered routes have duplicate numbering.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Murray	Fulda	0.000	US 59, CR 2 west
	Bondin Township	0.489	CR 40
	Belfast Township	3.640	CR 91
		5.635	CR 44
		6.626	CR 46
Cottonwood	Southbrook Township	8.196	CR 7
		10.693	CR 6
	Springfield Township	13.708	CR 5
		16.418	CR 40
	Great Bend Township	19.225	CR 18
	Windom	24.012	US 71 / MN 60, CR 17 ahead
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 7" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d7.pdf. Retrieved October 24, 2010. 
2. ^ Minnesota State Legislature (2010). "§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.114. Retrieved October 24, 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 51-75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r51-75.htm#62. Retrieved October 24, 2010. ^{[unreliable source]}

Adam Froehlig (November 23, 2003). Minnesota Highway 62 (I). MN Highway Endings. Accessed August 26, 2004.
Adam Froehlig (March 18, 2003). Minnesota Highway 62 (II). MN Highway Endings. Accessed August 26, 2004.