Route 262 is a state highway in west central Connecticut running in a "U" pattern from Watertown to Plymouth.

It briefly curves east just south of the Thomaston–Waterbury town line before turning north into Plymouth.

[2] It originally ran from Waterbury Road (modern SR 848) in Thomaston to US 6 in Plymouth.

In 1965, it was truncated back to Spruce Brook Road in Waterbury.

In 1975, the Watertown section of Route 262 was added, using former SR 824 (newly constructed road from Buckingham Street to Frost Bridge Road in 1970) and SR 855 (Buckingham Street).