List of highways numbered 262

The following highways are numbered 262:

Canada

Japan

Japan National Route 262

United States

California State Route 262

Connecticut Route 262

Georgia State Route 262

Indiana State Road 262

Maryland Route 262

Minnesota State Highway 262

Montana Secondary Highway 262

New Mexico State Road 262

New York State Route 262

Pennsylvania Route 262

South Carolina Highway 262

South Dakota Highway 262

Tennessee State Route 262

Texas State Highway Loop 262

Farm to Market Road 262 (Texas)

Utah State Route 262

Virginia State Route 262

Washington State Route 262

Japan National Route 262

National Route 262 is a national highway of Japan connecting Hagi, Yamaguchi and Hōfu, Yamaguchi in Japan, with a total length of 57.2 km (35.54 mi).

Coordinates: 34°10′26″N 131°30′13″E / 34.17389°N 131.50361°E / 34.17389; 131.50361

Connecticut Route 262

Route 262 is a state highway in west central Connecticut running in a "U" pattern from Watertown to Plymouth.

Route description

Route 262 begins at an intersection with US 6 in Watertown. It heads southeast and east to Route 8, turning north and intersecting Route 8 at two successive exits before crossing the Naugatuck River into Thomaston. In Thomaston, it continues south along the Naugatuck River to Waterbury. It briefly curves east just south of the Thomaston–Waterbury town line before turning north into Plymouth. In Plymouth, it heads north past the Waterbury Airport and Lake Plymouth before ending at another intersection with US 6.

History

Route 262 was commissioned in 1963 from South Street (old SR 862, which became a state road in 1959) and its southward continuation along Spruce Brook Road (which became state-maintained in 1962). It originally ran from Waterbury Road (modern SR 848) in Thomaston to US 6 in Plymouth. In 1964, with the opening of the Route 8 freeway from Waterbury to Thomaston, Route 262 was extended south along the former route of Route 8 to Huntingdon Avenue in Waterbury. In 1965, it was truncated back to Spruce Brook Road in Waterbury. In 1975, the Watertown section of Route 262 was added, using former SR 824 (newly constructed road from Buckingham Street to Frost Bridge Road in 1970) and SR 855 (Buckingham Street). In the same year, the section between Lake Plymouth and Tomlinson Road in Plymouth was realigned.