Florida State Road 62

State Road 62
State Road 62
	Map SR 62 highlighted in red
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
Counties	Manatee, Hardee
Highway system
	Florida State Highway System; Interstate; US; State Former; Pre‑1945; ; Toll; Scenic;

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

Sign for eastbound SR 62 in Duette, February 2012

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.

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