 From the routes' establishment into the mid-1960s, US-62 and US-64 passed through Taft along what is now Old Taft Road en route to the county seat of Muskogee.On July 10, 1967, however, the state shifted the routes onto the present-day expressway south of town.SH-162 was created around the same time, allowing Taft to remain connected to the state highway system.