stˈeɪt ɹˈaʊt sˈɪksti tˈuː fˈɜːst ɐpˈɪɹd ˌɔn stˈeɪt hˈaɪweɪ mˈæps ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi ˈeɪt, ænd wʌz dᵻfˈaɪnd ɪn stˈeɪt lˈɔː æz ʌv nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti wˈʌn æz "bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ...ɐpɹˈɑːksɪmətli wˈʌn mˈaɪl sˈaʊθ ʌv fˈɔːlən, ðˈɛns ˈiːstɚli wˈʌn mˈaɪl; ðˈɛns sˈaʊθiːstɚli ɐpɹˈɑːksɪmətli tˈuː mˈaɪlz."
State Route 62 first appeared on state highway maps in 1948, and was defined in state law (as of 1951) as "Beginning...approximately one mile south of Fallon, thence easterly one mile; thence southeasterly approximately two miles."