Indiana State Road 2

Infobox road
state=IN
type=IN
route=2
alternate_name=

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maint=INDOT
length_mi=80.98
length_round=2
length_ref= [http://illi-indi.com/EndsPage.php?id=1002&section=1 Indiana Highway Ends - SR 2] ]
established=
direction_a=West
starting_terminus= near Lowell
junction=
direction_b=East
ending_terminus=
counties=Lake, Porter, LaPorte, St. Joseph
cities=Lowell, Hebron, Valparaiso, Westville, La Porte, South Bend
previous_type=IN
previous_route=1
next_type=IN
next_route=3

State Road 2 in the U.S. State of Indiana is an east-west route running from the Illinois border at Illinois Route 17 east to the outskirts of South Bend, Indiana at the U.S. 20/31 freeway, also known as the St. Joseph Valley Parkway. This is a distance of 80.98 miles (130.32 km).

Major Intersections

Source: INDOT Roadway Referencing System [cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/indot/3361.htm|title=INDOT Roadway Referencing System]

INint
county=Lake
cspan=6
location=Lake County
type=
mile=0.00
road=
notes=Western terminus of SR 2.INint
type=concur
location=Lowell
lspan=4
mile=3.45
road=
street=Wicker Boulevard
notes=Concurrent for 2.64 milesINint
type=concur
mile=6.09
road=
street=Wicker AvenueINint
type=concur
mile=12.13
road=
street=Grant Street
notes=Concurrent for 0.5 milesINint
type=concur
mile=12.63
road=
street=Harrison StreetINint
location=Dinwiddle
road=
mile=14.91INint
county=Porter
cspan=7
location=Hebron
lspan=3
type=concur
mile=20.11
road=INint
mile=20.25
road=
notes=
type=concurINint
type=concur
mile=22.28
road=INint
location=Valparaiso
lspan=4
type=concur
mile=35.74
road=INint
mile=36.19
road=
notes=Eastern terminus of SR 130.INint
type=concur
mile=37.87
road=
notes=SR 2 turns onto the Valparaiso Bypass (SR 49).INint
type=concur
road=
mile=38.97INint
county=LaPorte
cspan=7
location=Westville
lspan=3
road=
mile=47.16INint
type=concur
road=
street=North Flynn Street
mile=48.07INint
type=concur
road=
mile=49.08INint
location=La Porte
lspan=3
type=concur
road=
street=Longwood Drive
mile=58.32INint
type=concur
road=
street=Pine Lake/Indiana Avenue
notes=End of concurrency with SR 39. US 35 intersects SR 2 and overlaps SR 39.
mile=59.63INint
road=
notes=Western terminus of SR 4.
mile=59.76INint
location=LaPorte County
road=
notes=SR 2 and US 20 switch alignments.
mile=80.76INint
county=St. Joseph
cspan=2
location=South Bend
lspan=2
road=
street=St. Joseph Valley Parkway
notes=Eastern terminus of SR 2.
mile=80.97INint
type=decomd
road=
notes=Former SR 2 continued east and follows the Lincoln Highway.

History

Indiana 2 has largely been replaced by the Indiana Toll Road (80/90) and by U.S. Route 20. Indiana 2 appears to be part of an old alignment from Kankakee, Illinois to South Bend, Indiana, and runs more diagonally than other east-west state highways in Indiana.

In Valparaiso, Indiana 2 has been rerouted around the downtown and central business districts of the city. Instead of traveling through the city along Washington Street, Indiana 2 overlaps U.S. Route 30 and the Valparaiso Bypass (State Road 49).

Several times in its history, Indiana 2 has run along the path of the Lincoln Highway.

Old Indiana State Route 2

Until the completion of the St. Joseph Valley Parkway around the South Bend - Elkhart area, Indiana 2 continued to downtown South Bend, mostly along Western Avenue (which remains, but no longer has state highway markers). State Road 2 originally followed the Lincoln Highway to Fort Wayne before US 33 supplanted it east of downtown South Bend.

Miscellanea

Just east of LaPorte, U.S. 20 and SR 2 "switch alignments" at a lighted intersection. That is, U.S. 20 follows the north and west legs of the intersection, while Indiana 2 follows the south and east legs.

References