U.S. Route 2

U.S. Route 2
U.S. Route 2
	US 2 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	2,575 mi[citation needed] (4,144 km)
Existed	November 11, 1926–present
Western segment
Length	2,115 mi[citation needed] (3,404 km)
West end	I-5 / SR 529 in Everett, WA
Major intersections	I-90 / US 395 in Spokane, WA; I-15 in Shelby, MT; US 87 near Havre, MT; I-29 / US 81 in Grand Forks, ND; I-35 in Duluth, MN; US 51 in Hurley, WI;
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
Major intersections	I-89 / US 7 in Burlington, VT; I-91 / US 5 in St. Johnsbury, VT; US 3 in Lancaster, NH; US 1 in Houlton, ME;
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
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided;

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.

[USH-1] 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.

[2] "Ask the Rambler: What Is The Longest Road in the United States?". Federal Highway Administration. December 29, 2008. Retrieved April 14, 2009.

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