Delaware Route 62
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| Maintained by DelDOT | ||||
| Length: | 2.65 mi (4.26 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1981 – present | |||
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| West end: | Old Capitol Trail in Prices Corner | |||
 DE 141 in Belvedere DE 4 near Newport
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| East end: | Dead end near Newport | |||
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| Counties: | New Castle | |||
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Delaware Route 62 (DE 62) is a state highway in New Castle County, Delaware in the United States. The route officially runs from Old Capitol Trail in Prices Corner east to a dead end near Newport; however, DE 62 is signed from an intersection with DE 2 and the southern terminus of DE 41 in Prices Corner to the DE 4 intersection. The road runs through suburban areas along Newport Gap Pike and Boxwood Road, interchanging with DE 141. The Newport Gap Pike portion of road was built as a state highway by 1925 and became part of DE 41 by 1936. Boxwood Road was improved in 1946. DE 62 was assigned to its current alignment by 1981.
DE 62 heads southeast from Old Capitol Trail on the Newport Gap Pike, a two-lane undivided road. Newport Gap Pike continues northwest past this intersection to DE 2 (Kirkwood Highway), where the road becomes DE 41. Signage has DE 62 follow Newport Gap Pike northwest to the DE 2/DE 41 intersection. DE 62 heads through suburban residential and commercial developments, crossing the Wilmington and Western Railroad and CSX's Philadelphia Subdivision. The road passes more development and reaches the community of Belvedere, where it comes to a ramp from southbound DE 141.
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