Editing New Jersey Route 62

{{Short description|State highway in Passaic County, New Jersey, US}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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|state=NJ
|type=NJ
|route=62
|alternate_name=Union Boulevard

|map={{maplink-road}}
|map_custom=yes
|length_mi=0.47
|length_ref=<ref name="sld">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000062__-.pdf|title=Route 62 Straight Line Diagram|year=2009|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|pages=1|access-date=March 17, 2020}}</ref>

|established=January 1, 1953<ref name="1953renum">{{cite news |title=New Route Markers Go Up Next Month |url=http://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Hackettstown%20NJ%20Gazette/Hackettstown%20NJ%20Gazette%201952-1953/Hackettstown%20NJ%20Gazette%201952-1953%20-%200243.pdf |access-date=September 26, 2018 |work=The Hackettstown Gazette |date=December 18, 1952 |page=17}}</ref>
|direction_a=South
|direction_b=North
|terminus_a={{jct|state=NJ|US|46|CR|646|county2=Passaic}} in [[Totowa, New Jersey|Totowa]]
|terminus_b={{jct|state=NJ|I|80| CR|646|county2=Passaic}} in Totowa
|counties=[[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic]]
|previous_type=NJ
|previous_route=60
|next_type=NJ
|next_route=63
}}

'''Route 62''' is a {{convert|0.47|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[state highway]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]]. It begins at the centerline of [[U.S. Route 46]] (US&nbsp;46) along Union Boulevard (Passaic County Route 646) in the community of [[Totowa, New Jersey|Totowa]] and continues northward to the merge of the [[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|Interstate 80]] (I-80) westbound off-ramp at Exit 55B, where Route 62 ends. The route continues as Passaic County Route 646 in both directions, heading northbound to [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] and southbound to [[Little Falls, New Jersey|Little Falls]].

Route 62 was originally an alignment of '''Route S6''', which was designated in 1929. The route went from the Caldwells in [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]] to the [[West Paterson, New Jersey|West Paterson]] corporate line. Route S6 was decommissioned in the 1953 renumbering and replaced with Route 62, which went from Totowa to West Paterson until being truncated to its current length.

==Route description==
[[File:2018-07-24 15 08 25 Traffic light at the intersection of New Jersey State Route 62-Passaic County Route 646 (Union Boulevard) and Passaic County Route 632 (Lackawanna Avenue-Furler Street) in Totowa, Passaic County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|The intersection of Route 62/CR 646 and CR 632 (Lackawanna Avenue) in Totowa. The only signage for the route along the route itself is on traffic light overheads.]]
Route&nbsp;62 begins at an intersection with the off-ramp from [[U.S. Route 46|US&nbsp;46]] eastbound and Passaic County Route 646 in the community of [[Totowa, New Jersey|Totowa]]. The highway heads northward along Union Boulevard, intersecting with the on-ramp from Route 62 to US&nbsp;46 eastbound. The route heads across a long bridge over the eastbound and westbound divided lanes of US&nbsp;46. After crossing the bridge, Route 62 heads into a small industrial part of Totowa, where it intersects with the off-ramp from the westbound lanes of US&nbsp;46. The highway continues northward, intersecting with Furler Street and Lackawanna Avenue with [[jughandle]]s in the northeastern quadrant. Route 62 continues along Union Boulevard, becoming a divided highway. The highway crosses over a [[Norfolk Southern]] railroad line before meeting [[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|I-80]] at interchange 55A, where the route's designation terminates.<ref name="bing">{{cite map|title=Bing Maps - Overview map of Route 62|publisher=[[Microsoft Inc.]]|url=http://www.bing.com/maps/?FORM=Z9LH11#JnJ0cD1wb3MucXRmdDI5OHRkenYwX25lYXIrVW5pb24rQmx2ZCslMjZhbXAlM2IrUmFtcCUyYytUb3Rvd2ElMmMrTmV3K0plcnNleSswNzUxMiUyYytVbml0ZWQrU3RhdGVzX19fZV8lN2Vwb3MucXRnbjA2OHRmYnJyX25lYXIrVW5pb24rQmx2ZCUyYytUb3Rvd2ElMmMrTmV3K0plcnNleSswNzUxMiUyYytVbml0ZWQrU3RhdGVzX19fZV8mcnRvcD0wJTdlMA==|access-date=August 24, 2009|year=2009}}</ref> The route continues into [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] as County Route 646.<ref name="sld" />

==History==
{{infobox road small
|state=NJ
|type=NJ 1926
|county=
|route=S6
|location= [[Little Falls, New Jersey|Little Falls]]&ndash;[[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]]
|length_mi=
|length_round=
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|formed=1929<ref name="1929law">{{Cite book|title=ROUTE NO. S-6. Beginning in the city of Paterson, extending in a southwesterly direction by way of Totowa, Little Falls Station on D. L. and W. railroad, and connecting with Route No. 6 in the vicinity of Caldwell township|year=1929|publisher=New Jersey State Assembly}}</ref>
|deleted=1953<ref name="nj1953" />
}}
Route 62 was the original route of pre-1927 Route 12, and later of Route 6 (the predecessor of Route 46), designated 1927. When in 1929 Route 6 was redefined to bypass Paterson to the south, State Highway Route S6 was also designated to take on its old route west of Paterson. This route headed northbound from Totowa to Paterson following Union Boulevard, Totowa Avenue and McBride Avenue, ending at the Paterson-[[West Paterson, New Jersey|West Paterson]] (now Woodland Park) town line for several years, constituting a length of {{convert|2.32|mi|km}}.<ref name="1969log">{{cite book |title=Milepost Log of State Highways |publisher=New Jersey State Highway Department |year=1969 |edition=1969}}</ref> Before the bypass of Paterson was completed in 1943, U.S. Route 46 followed Route S6 into the city, following the old Route 6 alignment of McBride Avenue, Spruce Street, and Market Street to its current alignment. In the [[1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering]] on January 1, 1953, Route S6 was renumbered to Route 62.<ref name="nj1953">{{Cite book|title=1953 renumbering|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering|publisher=New Jersey Department of Highways|access-date=July 31, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628183145/http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering|archive-date=June 28, 2011}}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{cite news|access-date=2009-07-20|title=New Road Signs Ready in New Jersey|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 16, 1952 |url=http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6933/19521216newroadsignsreaiu6.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721112422/http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6933/19521216newroadsignsreaiu6.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 21, 2011}}</ref> Route 62 remained along this alignment before being truncated by 1980.<ref name="1980sld">{{cite book|title=Route 62 Straight Line Diagram|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|year=1980|edition=1980}}</ref> Route 62 was left out of the Straight Line Diagrams produced by the New Jersey Department of Transportation in 2000,<ref name="2000sld">{{cite book|title=Route 62 Straight Line Diagram|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|year=2000|edition=2000}}</ref> but was returned the next year.<ref name="2001sld">{{cite book|title=Route 62 Straight Line Diagram|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|year=2001|edition=2001}}</ref> Route 62 received improvements of the interchange with US&nbsp;46 in 2006 at a cost of $22.748 million (2006 USD) to repair the bridge over US&nbsp;46, ramp reconfigurations and new resurfaced roadway.<ref name="trans">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/capital/stip04-06/Route/Rt62.pdf|title=Fiscal Year 2004-2006 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program|year=2004|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|pages=1|access-date=August 26, 2009}}</ref>

==Major intersections==
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|mile=0.00
|mspan=2
|road={{jct|state=NJ|CR|646|county1=Passaic|dir1=south|name1=Union Boulevard|city1=Little Falls}}
|notes=Southern terminus; south end of CR 646 overlap
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{{NJint
|mile=none
|road={{jct|state=NJ|US|46|city1=Dover|city2=Clifton}}
|notes=Interchange
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{{NJint
|mile=0.47
|mspan=2
|road={{jct|state=NJ|I|80|dir1=east|location1=[[New York City]]}}
|notes=Exit&nbsp;55A (I-80)
}}
{{NJint
|mile=none
|road={{jct|state=NJ|CR|646|county1=Passaic|dir1=north|name1=Union Boulevard|city1=Paterson}}
|notes=Northern terminus; north end of CR 646 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}

==See also==
*{{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
*{{Portal-inline|New Jersey}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/log/6.html#62|title=62|last=Moraeski|first=Dan|year=2009|publisher=Alps Roads|access-date=August 24, 2009}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/traffic_orders/speed/rt62.shtm|title=Speed Limits for State Roads: Route 62|year=2009|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|access-date=August 24, 2009}}

[[Category:State highways in New Jersey|062]]
[[Category:Transportation in Passaic County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:State highways in the United States shorter than one mile]]