US Route 62

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About US Route 62

U.S. Route 62 runs 2,248 miles, from the US-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas to Niagara Falls, New York, near the United States-Canada border. It is the only east-west US Route that connects Mexico and Canada. It was created in 1930.

Parts of US-62 follow what once was the Ozark Trail, including the historic bridge across the South Canadian River in Newcastle, Oklahoma (the first structure built with federal highway funds in Oklahoma).

US-62 runs through the states of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, llinois (only for a mile), Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.


What's OK here:

This group is for photos taken on U.S. Route 62, or within sight of US-62. Photos can be of most anything (historical sites, places, signs, parades, small towns, etc) as long as they're located on US-62. In particular, stuff like:

• Old Motels, Cafes, Diners, Stores, businesses, operating or abandoned.

• Shots of the road itself. (Please, make them interesting.)

• Old signs. ...NOT new signs or roadsigns, unless it's something funny or strange.

• Roadside weirdness or kitsch, including vintage roadside attractions and tourist traps.

• Some scenery shots are OK, but we don't want to become a "flowers & sunsets" kinda group.

• Both new and old routings of US-62 are welcome, including Business routes of US-62.

• Ephemera (postcards, pennants, etc) of vintage businesses or roadside attractions directly relating to US-62 are also welcome. (Note: the "ephemera" angle is one we're trying on a temporary basis. We'll see how that goes. If not, it'll be back to "photos only".) Postcards or ephemera must be for subjects located directly on U.S. Route 62.

What we're not looking for:

• No "people shots". We're not really looking for your family or friends, we're looking for things we'd see along the route.

• No photos of your yard, your pets, or similar stuff. Again, we're looking for US-62 shots, the photos of a traveler.

• No "urban grit" sort of stuff. While rural abandonment is fine here, there's other groups for Urbex, graffiti and other big city decay. "Big city" shots that fit the "what's OK" list are fine however. (Old motels, cafes, old signs, etc)

If you're not sure if your photo(s) fit, bring them along. If they don't, we'll remove them, no hard feelings, ok?

NOTE: Please tag your photos with at least the city (or nearest city) and with "US-62". Folks might want to see what you photographed for themselves, so help them find it!


Please help us grow!

If you see photos you think should be in this group, simply cut-n-paste this into a comment box to invite the photo:
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Please add this to the "<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/us_route_62/">US Route 62</a>" group.
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Likewise, if you know people that don't have such photos, but would enjoy the topic, bring them along too. Let's have fun together! :-)