Iowa Highway 62
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| Ansel Briggs Highway | ||||
Iowa 62 highlighted in red
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| Maintained by Iowa DOT | ||||
| Length: | 19.633 mi (31.596 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1920 – present | |||
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| South end: |
 Iowa 64 in Maquoketa
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| North end: |
    US 52 / Great River Road in Bellevue
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| Counties: | Jackson | |||
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Iowa Highway 62 (Iowa 62) is a 19-mile-long (31 km) state highway in eastern Iowa. The highway begins in Maquoketa at Iowa 64, goes through Andrew, and ends in Bellevue at U.S. Highway 52 a few yards (meters) from the Mississippi River. The route has been on the primary highway system since the network was created in 1920. The road was graveled in the late 1920s and paved some 30 years later. It is called the Ansel Briggs Highway in honor of the first governor of Iowa who lived in Andrew during his term in office.
Iowa 62 begins at a T intersection with Iowa 64 on the east side of Maquoketa. To the northeast of the junction lie the Jackson County Fairgrounds. The highway curves to the northeast and it crosses the Maquoketa River. Near Andrew it intersects Iron Bridge Road (County Road E23Y or CR E23Y) which leads to Spragueville. The highway briefly turns to the northwest and enters Andrew, home of Iowa's first governor, Ansel Briggs. From there, the roads winds to the northeast towards Bellevue. Just west of Bellevue, the highway enters the southern edge of the Driftless Area, a geologically-distinct area of the upper Mississippi River valley characterized by high bluffs and deep valleys. Iowa 62 ends a few yards from the Mississippi River at an intersection with US 52 in downtown Bellevue.
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