Indiana State Road 662
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State Road 662 is a short east–west route that runs from Evansville
Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the largest city in Southern Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 117,429. It is the county seat of Vanderburgh County and the regional hub for both Southwestern Indiana and the...

 toward Newburgh
Newburgh, Indiana
Newburgh is a town in Ohio Township, Warrick County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 3,325 at the 2010 census, which also recorded a population of 342,815 for the entire Evansville metropolitan area.-Geography:...

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Route description

The western terminus of SR 662 is at an interchange
Interchange (road)
In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...

 with Interstate 164
Interstate 164
Interstate 164 is a spur highway of Interstate 64 in Evansville, Indiana. Interstate 164, also known as the Robert D. Orr Highway, has a total length of...

 (I-164). From there, SR 662 heads southeast toward Newburgh. The route is a four-lane surface street that has a mix of commercial, business and residential traffic.

History

Formerly a 4 miles (6.4 km) route that passed through Newburgh, SR 662 connected State Road 66
Indiana State Road 66
State Road 66 is an east–west highway in six counties in the southernmost portion of the U.S. state of Indiana.-Route description:State Road 66 begins at the eastern end of a toll bridge over the Wabash River in New Harmony and ends at U.S. Route 150 east of Hardinsburg...

 east of Newburgh with I-164. In recent years, however, the highway was decommissioned through Newburgh proper, and now has a routing of slightly more than a mile from I-164 to Ellerbusch Road on the west side of the town.

Major intersections

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