Florida State Road 62

State Road 62
State Road 62
Route information
	Maintained by FDOT
Length	37.433 mi (60.243 km)
Major junctions
West end	US 301 in Parrish
	SR 37 at Duette
East end	US 17 near Wauchula
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Highway system
	Florida State Highway System; Interstate; US; State Former; Pre‑1945; ; Toll; Scenic;

State Road 62 (SR 62) extends 37 miles (60 km) through unincorporated Manatee and Hardee counties, and passes through Florida scrubland, from Parrish to near Bowling Green. The paved road is only two lanes wide over its entire route. It also 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, SR 37, CR 39, and CR 663.

5 miles (8.0 km) east of Parrish is Lake Parrish, an artificial lake. It is home to a 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).

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Manatee	Parrish	0.000	0.000	US 301 (SR 43) – Ellenton, Sun City Center
		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 overlap
		30.469	49.035	CR 663 south	east end of CR 663 overlap
		37.433	60.243	US 17 (SR 35) – Bowling Green, Wauchula
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ ^a ^b FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed February 2014

External links

Florida Route Log (SR 62)

[sld-1] FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed February 2014

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