US 62

U.S. Route 62 (US 62) is an east–west US Highway spanning western Texas, southeastern New Mexico, northern Texas, central Oklahoma, and northern Arkansas in American Truck Simulator. The route is separated into seven sections: The first section runs from El Paso to US 82 and SH 114 east of Lubbock. The second section runs from US 83 and FM 164 in Childress to Interstate 44, US 277, and US 281 in Lawton. The third section runs entirely within Oklahoma City, concurrent with Interstate 35 and Interstate 40. The fourth section runs entirely within Prague as a secret road. The fifth section runs from Interstate 40, US 75 and SH-375 in Henryetta to US 75 between Henryetta and Tulsa, concurrent with US 75. The sixth section runs concurrently with Interstate 49 between Fayetteville and Springdale, Arkansas. The seventh section runs between Harrison and Hardy, concurrent with US 412.

In real-life, US 62 spans a total length of 2,248 miles (3,618 km) from El Paso, Texas to Niagara Falls, New York. It is the only east–west US highway to connect Mexico and Canada.

Course

US 62 begins at Airway Boulevard in eastern El Paso, where it also begins its concurrency with US 180. The highway runs east, leaving the city after passing by El Paso International Airport to the south, and traces across the northwestern portion of the Trans-Pecos region in the Chihuahuan Desert, where the portion of Texas lies west of the Pecos River; this portion is also synonymous with "Far West Texas", a subdivision of West Texas. The highway passes by a Border Patrol Interior Checkpoint, and soon afterwards, it crosses the salt flats, historically known as the site of the San Elizario Salt War, which occurred between 1877 and 1878. After crossing the salt flats, US 62 winds through the Guadalupe Mountains. As it traverses across the mountain range, the highway passes by El Capitan to the west, where a rest stop and a viewpoint are provided here, and the Pinery Butterfield Stage ruins, where a second rest stop is provided; shortly afterwards, the highway passes by a third rest stop.

A little while after tracing through the Guadalupe Mountains, US 62 enters New Mexico in the southeast. The highway heads northeast to the resort town of Whites City nearby Carlsbad Caverns National Park; soon afterwards, it enters the city of Carlsbad from the south, where it follows a short concurrency with US 285 within the southern limits of the city, and then it turns to the east, crossing the Pecos River before leaving downtown. As it continues to trace across the Chihuahuan Desert, the highway intersects NM 529 approximately half-way across its course from Carlsbad to Hobbs, which is the next city the highway enters within its course in New Mexico. In Hobbs, the highway intersects NM 18 and NM 218 as it runs through the city.

US 62 re-enters Texas in the northwestern part of the state and continues to run eastward as it traces through the cotton fields into Seminole, where it intersects US 385 and heads northeast, leaving its long-run concurrency with US 180 from its western terminus in El Paso. The highway traverses several farmlands as it approaches Lubbock, where it begins its concurrency with US 82 in the western limits of the city. Here, the highway also intersects US 84, and the overlapped highway of Interstate 27 and US 87. The highway then approaches an access road to an oil drilling site operated by Petrolucent; it is here that a section of US 62 ends here, while US 82 continues to run towards the escarpment of the Llano Estacado and Wichita Falls. The highway resumes at an intersection with FM 164 south of Childress, where it begins to follow US 83 within the city and beyond, intersecting US 287 and into the southeastern part of the Texas panhandle. US 62 crosses the Red River before turning east, branching off of the 83, and then it crosses Buck Creek.

US 62 passes by a Mary's Cotton plant (shown as part of Lawton) as soon as it enters Oklahoma in the southwest, paralleling the state line with Texas to the south. The highway traces onto the Wichta Uplift and through the town of Altus. Soon after crossing the North Fork Red River, the 62 intersects US 183, which serves the city of Clinton to the north, and then it crosses Blue Beaver Creek before entering Lawton. US 62 bypasses Lawton to the north, following Rogers Lane to intersect Interstate 44, US 271, and US 281; here, another gap in the route begins, and the 62 resumes at Interstate 35 in Oklahoma City, the state capital of Oklahoma. The highway follows several concurrencies with the latter route, Interstate 40, US 77, and US 270 as it travels through the city and around the downtown district to the south and east; soon afterwards, another gap in the route begins at Interstate 44, northeast of Oklahoma City. The highway resumes as a short section through the secret town of Prague as well as being functioned as a secret road; here, it intersects US 377 and SH-99 (both of which are also secret roads). Once again, US 62 resumes at a cloverleaf interchange serving Interstate 40, US 75 (as a concurrency), and SH-375 in Henryetta. The route continues north until reaching an intermediate interchange on US 75 between Henryetta to the south and Tulsa to the north.

US 62 resumes in Fayetteville, Arkansas, at the intersection of AR 180 and Interstate 49. The route joins I-49 and heads north to Springdale, ending at the junction with US 412. It picks back up east of Springdale at the intersection of US 412 and US 65 north of Harrison. US 62 follows US 65 and US 412 south through Harrison until reaching a Heartwood Furniture depot, after which US 65 continues south while US 62 and US 412 turn east. The two routes continue east through Henderson and enter Hardy, where US 63 joins the concurrency for a brief distance. At the eastern edge of Hardy, US 62 terminates in American Truck Simulator, while US 63 and US 412 continue their southeastern path towards US 67 and Jonesboro.

Cities

Texas (West)

• El Paso

New Mexico

• Carlsbad
• Hobbs

Texas (North)

• Seminole

• Lubbock

• Childress

Oklahoma

• Altus

• Lawton
• Oklahoma City

• Prague

• Tulsa (via US 75)

Arkansas

• Fayetteville
• Springdale
• Harrison

• Henderson
• Hardy

Junction list

Texas (West)

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
El Paso	0	0	Airway Boulevard – I-10		Western terminus in American Truck Simulator; western terminus of US 180 concurrency; US 62 continues west inaccessibly
	0.9	1	Venture Warehouse
	1	2	Hawkins Boulevard		Inaccessible
	2	4	Global Reach Drive / Yarbrough Drive		Access to El Paso Freight depot; Yarbrough Drive is inaccessible
	30	48	United States Border Patrol Checkpoint		Eastbound only; inaccessible
	45	72	Rest stop
	49	80	Viewpoint
	79	127	Rest stop
	100	161	Rest stop
	104	168	Rest stop

New Mexico

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
	135	217	Carlsbad Caverns National Park		Inaccessible
Carlsbad	153	247	US285 US 285 South – Pecos TX		Western terminus of US 285 concurrency
	161	259	Lea Street		Western terminus in the New Mexico DLC
	161	259	Rest stop
	161	259	US285 US 285 North (Canal Street) – Artesia		TOTSO; eastern terminus of US 285 concurrency
	161	259	Canyon Street
	162	261	Tidbit market
	168	270	Relief Route
	194	312	NM529 NM 529 West – Artesia
Hobbs	203	328	Grimes Street
	204	329	Turner Street – Artesia
	205	330	NM18 NM 18 North (Dal Paso Street)
	212	342	NM218 NM 218 West (Bender Boulevard) – Artesia		Eastern terminus in the New Mexico DLC

Texas (North)

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
	219	352	Mary's Cotton plant
Seminole	233	375	US385 US 385 South – Odessa, McCamey US180 US 180 East – Lamesa		TOTSO; eastern terminus of US 180 concurrency
Lubbock	285	459	Texas Tech Parkway		Eastbound only; western terminus of US 82 concurrency; inaccessible
	307	494	US84 US 84 (Avenue Q)		US 84 eastbound is inaccessible
	320	515	ISTX27 US87 I-27 / US 87 North – Amarillo ISTX27 US87 I-27 / US 87 South – Lamesa
	337	542	Petrolucent oil well		Eastern terminus of US 82 concurrency; road continues as US 82 and SH 114
End of first section; start of second section
	337	542	FM 164		Western terminus of US 83 concurrency; road continues as US 83; FM 164 is inaccessible
Childress	348	560	US287 US 287 East – Wichita Falls US287 US 287 West – Amarillo
	387	622	US83 US 83 North – Shamrock		Eastern terminus in the Texas DLC; TOTSO; eastern terminus of US 83 concurrency
	394	634	FM 1438 North		Inaccessible

Oklahoma

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
	399	642	Mary's Cotton plant		Western terminus in the Oklahoma DLC
Altus	421	678	Hudson Street		Inaccessible
	423	681	US283 US 283 (Main Street)		Inaccessible
	426	686	Park Lane		Inaccessible
	451	726	US183 US 183 North – Clinton US183 US 183 South – Frederick		US 183 southbound is inaccessible
Lawton	475	764	Quanah Parker Trailway		TOTSO; eastbound only
	484	779	Northwest 82nd Street
	494	795	ISOK44 I-44 North – Oklahoma City ISOK44 US277 US281 I-44 / US 277 / US 281 South – Wichita Falls Rogers Lane		Road continues as I-44
End of second section; start of third section
Oklahoma City	494	795	Southeast 15th Street		Western terminus of I-35 and US 77 concurrencies; road continues as I-35; I-35 exit 125
	500	805	US77 I-235 / US 77 North – State Capitol, Edmond ISOK40 I-40 West – Amarillo		Eastern terminus of US 77 concurrency; western terminus of I-40 and US 270 concurrencies; I-35 northbound exit 1B; I-35 southbound exit 126
	508	818	Reno Avenue / Eastern Avenue / Martin Luther King Avenue		I-35 exit 127
	514	827	ISOK35 I-35 North – Tulsa, Wichita ISOK40 US270 I-40 / US 270 East – Fort Smith		Eastern terminus of I-35, I-40, and US 270 concurrencies; road continues as I-35
End of third section; start of fourth section
Prague	514	827	Minor road		Secret road; US 62 continues west inaccessibly
	515	829	US377 OK99 US 377 / SH-99 (Jim Thorpe Boulevard)		Secret road; US 62 continues east inaccessibly
End of fourth section; start of fifth section
	515	829	ISOK40 I-40 East – Fort Smith ISOK40 I-40 West – Oklahoma City OK375 SH-375 South (Indian Nation Turnpike) – McAlester, Dallas		Western terminus of US 75 concurrency
	525	845	US75 US 75 North – Tulsa		Eastern terminus in the Oklahoma DLC; road continues as US 75
End of fifth section

Arkansas

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Fayetteville	525	845	ISAR49 I-49 South – Fort Smith AR180 AR 180 East (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard)		Western terminus in the Arkansas DLC; TOTSO; western terminus of I-49 concurrency; I-49 exit 62; US 62 continues west inaccessibly
	533	858	AR16S AR 16S East (Wedington Drive) – Fayetteville AR 16 West (Wedington Drive) – Siloam Springs		I-49 exit 64; AR 16 is inaccessible
Springdale	542	872	ISAR49 I-49 North – Joplin US412 US 412 East (Sunset Avenue) – Springdale US412 US 412 West (Sunset Avenue) – Siloam Springs		Road continues as I-49; I-49 exit 72
End of sixth section; start of seventh section
	542	872	US65 US 65 North – Branson US412 US 412 West – Springdale		TOTSO; western terminus of US 65 and US 412 concurrencies; road continues as US 412
Harrison	551	887	Minor roads		TOTSO
	551	887	Farmer's Barn market
	552	888	Technoma plant
	553	890	Prospect Avenue
	554	892	USBUSAR65 AR7 US 65B / AR 7 South – Jasper, Russellville
	572	921	Heartwood Furniture depot
	575	925	US65 US 65 South – Conway		TOTSO; eastern terminus of US 65 concurrency
Henderson	605	974	Viewpoint
Hardy	633	1,019	USBUSAR63 US 63B South – Hardy		TOTSO; secret road; western terminus of US 63B concurrency
	636	1,024	US63 US 63 North – Willow Springs		TOTSO; eastern terminus of US 63B concurrency; western terminus of US 63 concurrency
	651	1,048	USBUSAR63 US 63B North – Hardy US63 US412 US 63 / US 412 East – Jonesboro		Eastern terminus in American Truck Simulator; TOTSO; eastern terminus of US 63 and US 412 concurrencies; road continues as US 63 and US 412; US 63B is a secret road

Release History

• In the initial version of the New Mexico map expansion DLC, US 62 began at an intersection with US 285 in Carlsbad and ended at an intersection with NM 218 in Hobbs.
• In the initial version of the Texas map expansion DLC, the sections of US 62 from El Paso to Carlsbad, from NM 218 in Hobbs to US 82 and SH 114 east of Lubbock, and from US 83 and FM 164 to due north of US 287, concurrent with US 83, within Childress were added.
• In update 1.48, the section of US 62 from Childress to the end of the concurrency with US 83 between Childress and Shamrock was added.
• In the initial version of the Oklahoma map expansion DLC, the sections of US 62 from US 83 between Childress and Shamrock to Interstate 44, US 277, and US 281 in Lawton, in Oklahoma City, concurrent with Interstate 35 and Interstate 40, in Prague, as a secret road, and from Interstate 40, US 75 and SH-375 in Henryetta to US 75 between Henryetta and Tulsa were added.
• In the initial version of the Arkansas map expansion DLC, the sections of US 62 from Fayetteville to Springdale and from Harrison to Hardy were added.

Gallery

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  El Paso
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  Carlsbad
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  Hobbs
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  Seminole
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  Lubbock
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  Childress
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  Altus
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  Lawton
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  Oklahoma City
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  Prague
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  Henryetta

See also

• Information about U.S. Route 62 in real-life