Back يو اس روت 2 Arabic U.S. Route 2 Czech U.S. Highway 2 German U.S. Route 2 Spanish جاده ۲ ایالات متحده آمریکا Persian U.S. Route 2 French U.S. Route 2 Hungarian U.S. Route 2 ID U.S. Route 2 Italian 国道2号線 (アメリカ合衆国) Japanese
 U.S. Route 2 | ||||
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 US 2 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Length | 2,575 mi[citation needed] (4,144 km) | |||
| Existed | November 11, 1926[1]–present | |||
| Western segment | ||||
| Length | 2,115 mi[citation needed] (3,404 km) | |||
| West end |   I-5 / SR 529 in Everett, WA | |||
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| East end |  I-75 in St. Ignace, MI | |||
| Eastern segment | ||||
| Length | 459.5 mi[citation needed] (739.5 km) | |||
| West end |  US 11 in Rouses Point, NY | |||
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| East end |  I-95 in Houlton, ME | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| States | Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan; New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine | |||
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U.S. Route 2 or U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway spanning 2,571 miles (4,138 km) across the northern continental United States. US 2 consists of two segments connected by various roadways in southern Canada. Unlike some routes, which are disconnected into segments because of encroaching Interstate Highways, the two portions of US 2 were designed to be separate in the original 1926 highway plan.
The western segment of US 2 begins at an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) and State Route 529 (Maple Street) in Everett, Washington, and ends at I-75 in St. Ignace, Michigan. The eastern segment of US 2 begins at US 11 in Rouses Point, New York, and ends at I-95 in Houlton, Maine.
As its number indicates, it is the northernmost east–west U.S. Highway in the country. It is the lowest primary-numbered east–west U.S. Highway, whose numbers otherwise end in zero, and was so numbered to avoid a US 0.[2] Sections of US 2 in New England were once New England Route 15, part of the New England road marking system.
- ^ Weingroff, Richard F. (January 9, 2009). "From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved April 21, 2009.
- ^ "Ask the Rambler: What Is The Longest Road in the United States?". Federal Highway Administration. December 29, 2008. Retrieved April 14, 2009.