West Virginia Route 62

West Virginia Route 62
West Virginia Route 62
Route information
	Maintained by WVDOH
Length	100.83 mi (162.27 km)
Major junctions
South end	WV 25 in Dunbar
	WV 2 near Point Pleasant; WV 2 near Millwood;
North end	I-77 / US 33 in Ripley
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Kanawha, Putnam, Mason, Jackson
Highway system
	West Virginia State Highway System; Interstate; US; State;

West Virginia Route 62 is a north–south state highway in western West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 25 in Dunbar. The northern terminus is at Interstate 77 and U.S. Route 33 in Ripley.

History

In the 1920s, WV 62 was designated West Virginia Route 19.

Up until the late 1960s, WV 62 was designated as U.S. Route 35 from Dunbar to Point Pleasant, crossing the Silver Bridge into Gallipolis, Ohio. After the Silver Bridge collapsed in 1967 (necessitating the building of a new bridge, the Silver Memorial Bridge—finished in 1969), US 35 was moved to the south bank (replacing the former WV 17) of the Kanawha River and US 35's previous route was designated as WV 62.

In December 2003, WV 62 was extended northward (but geographically southeastward) along then-US 33 from its former northern terminus at US 33 in Mason to Ripley.^[1] Sometimes WV 62 is referred to as "Believe It Or Not Highway" because it actually goes south when it's signed as "north" going toward Ripley from Mason, and vice versa.

Major intersections

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Kanawha	Charleston–Dunbar line	WV 25
	Tyler Mountain	WV 501 north to WV 622
	Cross Lanes	WV 622 to I-64 – Institute, Sissonville
Putnam	Poca	WV 25 east to I-64
	Red House	WV 34 north	South end of WV 34 overlap
		WV 34 south to US 35 – Winfield	North end of WV 34 overlap; to Winfield Toll Bridge
		To I-64 / US 35 (via WV 869) – Point Pleasant, Charleston	To Lower Buffalo Bridge
Mason		WV 2 north – Ravenswood	South end of WV 2 overlap
	Point Pleasant	WV 2 south to US 35 – Huntington	North end of WV 2 overlap
	Point Pleasant	To Viand Street south / WV 2 / US 35 – Huntington
	Mason	SR 833 north (Pomeroy-Mason Bridge) – Pomeroy
Jackson	Mount Alto	WV 2 south / WV 331 east – Cottageville, Point Pleasant	South end of WV 2 overlap
		WV 2 north – Ravenswood	North end of WV 2 overlap
		WV 331 west / CR 33/17 (Conrad Hill Road) – Cottageville
		WV 87 west – Evans
	Ripley	I-77 / US 33 – Parkersburg, Charleston	I-77 exit 138
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

West Virginia Route Spur 62

WV Spur 62 connects WV 62 to Ohio State Route 833 via the Pomeroy–Mason Bridge.^[2] As of September 2007^[update], Spur 62 is signposted as part of Ohio State Route 833.^[3]