History
In the pre-Interstate era, Indiana 62 between Evansville and New Albany was also U.S. Highway 460, a heavily-traveled route between St. Louis, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky before Interstate 64 supplanted it as a through route.
The highway forms part of the Lincoln Heritage Trail.
Read more about this topic: Indiana State Road 62
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