Iowa Highway 2

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Iowa Highway 2
Length:	258 mi[1] (415.21 km)
West end:	N-2 – Nebraska City, NE
Major junctions:	I-29 – Nebraska City, NE US 71 – Clarinda I-35 – Decatur City US 65 – Humeston US 63 – Bloomfield US 218 / IA 27 – Donnellson US 61 – Fort Madison
East end:	IL 9 – Fort Madison
Counties:	Fremont, Page, Taylor, Ringgold, Decatur, Wayne, Appanoose, Davis, Van Buren, Lee
Major cities:	Sidney, Shenandoah, Clarinda, Bedford, Mount Ayr, Leon, Corydon, Centerville, Bloomfield, Donnellson, Fort Madison
Iowa State Highways < IA 1 IA 3 >

Iowa Highway 2 is a state highway that runs from east to west across the southernmost tier of counties in the state of Iowa. Highway 2 is a long state highway in Iowa, at 258 miles (415 kilometers) long.

Contents 1 Termini 2 Route description 3 History 4 Major intersections 5 References

[edit] Termini

The western terminus of Iowa Highway 2 is at the Missouri River at the Nebraska City Bridge west of Sidney and just east of Nebraska City, Nebraska. The eastern terminus of Iowa 2 is at the Mississippi River at the Fort Madison Toll Bridge in Fort Madison.

[edit] Route description

Iowa Highway 2 begins at the Nebraska City Bridge just east of Nebraska City, Nebraska. It goes northeast and then east as an expressway until meeting Interstate 29. It then continues east as a two-lane highway until meeting U.S. Highway 275 and turning north. It continues north, bypassing Sidney with U.S. 275, and turning east east of Sidney. It goes east and meets U.S. 59 at Shenandoah and then U.S. 71 at Clarinda, which is served with Business Route 2. It continues east through New Market and meets Iowa Highway 148 at Bedford. After intersecting Iowa Highway 25 east of Bedford, it passes through Benton before beginning an overlap with U.S. Highway 169 through Mount Ayr. After passing through Kellerton, Iowa 2 intersects Interstate 35 at Decatur City.

Iowa Highway 2 continues east through Decatur City and meets U.S. Highway 69 in Leon. It continues east and intersects U.S. Highway 65 before entering Corydon, where it intersects Iowa Highway 14. After passing through Promise City, it goes through Centerville, where it intersects Iowa Highway 5. It later intersects Iowa Highway 202 near Moulton and then begins a concurrency with U.S. Highway 63 which ends in Bloomfield.

After Bloomfield, Iowa Highway 2 turns southeasterly to pass through Pulaski, Milton, and Cantril, then turns briefly northeast. It turns east, intersects Iowa Highway 1 south of Keosauqua, then turns southeast towards Farmington. At Farmington, Iowa 2 meets Iowa Highway 81 and crosses the Des Moines River. It continues east and meets U.S. Highway 218 and Iowa Highway 27 at Donnellson. From there, it then meets U.S. Highway 61 and they overlap into Fort Madison. At Fort Madison, the overlap ends and Iowa 2 ends when it crosses the Fort Madison Toll Bridge to enter Illinois.

[edit] History

The current Iowa Highway 2 is the second state highway to be designated Iowa Highway 2. The first instance existed from 1920 to 1939, and was an east-west route across the southern part of Iowa, beginning at Council Bluffs, passing through Des Moines and Oskaloosa and ending at the eastern border of Iowa in Davenport. Later, it followed a more direct route between Council Bluffs and Oskaloosa which bypassed Des Moines. Various segments of that version of Iowa 2 are now U.S. 6, Iowa Highway 163 and Iowa Highway 92.

The current Iowa Highway 2 route was designated in 1941, serving as a replacement for the original Iowa Highway 3.

The segment west of Interstate 29 was constructed as an expressway in 1986 with the plan of connecting Lincoln, Nebraska with Interstate 29 using a divided highway.

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Roads intersected	Notes
Otoe	Nebraska City		N-2	Western terminus
Fremont			I-29
	Waubonsie State Park		CO L48	Former IA 239
	Riverton		US 275 South / CO J46 East	CR J46 is former IA 42
	Sidney		US 275 North (Illinois Street)
Page	Shenandoah		US 59
	Clarinda		IA 2 Bus. East (State Street)
			US 71 South (Glenn Miller Avenue) / US 71 Bus.
			US 71 North / IA 2 Bus. West
Taylor	Bedford		IA 148 (Madison Avenue)
			CO N44	Former IA 49 North
Ringgold	Benton		IA 25 North
	Mount Ayr		US 169 South
			US 169 North (Cleveland Street)
Decatur	Decatur City		I-35
	Leon		US 69 South (Lorraine Street)
			US 69 North (Church Street)
	Garden Grove		CO R69	Former IA 204
Wayne	Humeston		US 65
	Allerton		CO S26	Former IA 40
	Corydon		IA 14 North
	Seymour		CO S60	Former IA 55
Appanoose	Plano		CO S70	Former IA 142
	Centerville		IA 5 (18th Street)
	Moulton		IA 202 South
Davis	West Grove		US 63 South
	Bloomfield		US 63 North (Washington Street)
Van Buren	Milton		CO V56	Former IA 15 Southern portion
	Keosauqua		IA 1 North
	Farmington		IA 81 South
Lee	Donnellson		US 218 / IA 27
	Fort Madison		US 61 South
			CO J40	Former IA 103
			US 61 North (2nd Street)
			IL 9 East	Eastern terminus

[edit] References