Indiana State Road 2

State Road 2
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length:	80.98 mi[1] (130.32 km)
Existed:	October 1, 1926[2] – present
Major junctions
West end:	IL 17 near Lowell
	US 41 near Lowell I-65 near Dinwiddie US 231 in Hebron US 30 in Valparaiso US 6 in Westville US 421 in Westville US 35 in La Porte US 20 in Rolling Prairie
East end:	US 20 / US 31 in South Bend
Location
Counties:	Lake, Porter, LaPorte, St. Joseph
Highway system
Indiana State Roads Interstate US State Former Scenic ← SR 1 SR 3 →

State Road 2 (SR 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. Route 20/U.S. Route 31 freeway, also known as the St. Joseph Valley Parkway. This is a distance of 80.98 miles (130.32 km).

Route description

Illinois to Valparaiso

SR 2 begins at the Illinois–Indiana State Line where Illinois Route 17 ends. SR 2 heads northeast toward U.S. Route 41 (US 41) and is concurrent with US 41 for 2.64 miles (4.25 km). It then heads east toward Lowell; beyond Lowell there is a short concurrency with State Road 55 (SR 55), followed by an interchange with Interstate 65 (I-65) at exit number 240. About 4 miles (6.4 km) to the east, SR 2 joins U.S. Route 231 (US 231) and they are concurrent for 2.17 miles (3.49 km). After SR 2 leaves US 231 it heads north-northeast toward Valparaiso.^[3][4]

Valparaiso to LaPorte

SR 2 enters Valpariso from the southwest and joins U.S. Route 30 (US 30). At the State Road 49 (SR 49) exit, SR 2 joins SR 49 north. Soon after SR 2 leaves SR 49 and heads northeast toward LaPorte. Passing though Westville, there is a short concurrency with U.S. Route 421 (US 421).^[4][5]

LaPorte to South Bend

SR 2 enters LaPorte from the west along with State Road 39 (SR 39). In downtown LaPorte SR 2 has an intersection with U.S. Route 35 (US 35); here, SR 39 is concurrent with US 35. From this point, SR 2 is a four-lane divided highway. SR 2 heads northeast from LaPorte to Rolling Prairie where it meets US 20. Here, US 20 and SR 2 switch alignments at a lighted intersection; US 20 follows the north and west legs of the intersection, while SR 2 follows the south and east legs. On the west side of South Bend, SR 2 ends at an interchange with US 20 and U.S. Route 31 (US 31).^[4][6]

History

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

In Valparaiso, SR 2 has been rerouted around the downtown and central business districts of the city. Instead of traveling through the city along Washington Street, SR 2 shares portions of the routes of US 30 and the Valparaiso Bypass (SR 49).

Several times in its history, SR 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, SR 2 continued to downtown South Bend, mostly along Western Avenue (which remains, but no longer has state highway markers). SR 2 originally followed the Lincoln Highway to Fort Wayne before U.S. Route 33 (US 33) supplanted it east of downtown South Bend. Part of SR 2's former routing is now State Road 933 (SR 933).

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Lake	West Creek Township	0.00	0.00	IL 17 west – Kankakee	Continuation into Illinois
	Lowell	3.45	5.55	US 41 south (Wicker Boulevard) – Terre Haute	Southern end of US 41 concurrency
		6.09	9.80	US 41 north (Wicker Avenue)	Northern end of US 41 concurrency
		12.13	19.52	SR 55 north (Grant Street) – Crown Point, Gary	Western end of SR 55 concurrency
		12.63	20.33	SR 55 south (Harrison Street) – Fowler	Eastern end of SR 55 concurrency
	Eagle Creek Township	14.91	24.00	I-65 – Indianapolis, Gary
Porter	Hebron	20.11	32.36	US 231 – Lafayette	Southern end of US 231 concurrency
		20.25	32.59	SR 8 east	Western terminus of SR 8
		22.28	35.86	US 231	Northern end of US 231 concurrency
	Valparaiso	35.74	57.52	US 30 west – Dyer	western end of US 30 concurrency
		36.19	58.24	SR 130 west – Hobart	Eastern terminus of SR 130
		37.87	60.95	US 30 east / SR 49 south – Fort Wayne	Eastern end of US 30 concurrency; Southern end of SR 49 concurrency
		38.97	62.72	SR 49 north – Porter	Northern end of SR 49 concurrency
LaPorte	Westville	47.16	75.90	US 6 – Hobart, Bremen
		48.07	77.36	US 421 south (North Flynn Street) – Westville, Indianapolis	Southern end of US 421 concurrency
		49.08	78.99	US 421 north – Michigan City	Northern end of US 421 concurrency
	La Porte	58.32	93.86	SR 39 south (Longwood Drive)	Western end of SR 39 concurrency
		59.63	95.97	US 35 / SR 39 north (Pine Lake / Indiana Avenue)	Eastern end of SR 39 concurrency.
		59.76	96.17	SR 4 east	Western terminus of SR 4.
	Rolling Prairie	80.76	129.97	US 20 – Michigan City, South Bend	SR 2 and US 20 switch alignments.
St. Joseph	South Bend	80.97	130.31	US 20 / US 31 (St. Joseph Valley Parkway) – Elkhart, Indianapolis, Niles
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. "INDOT Roadway Referencing System" (PDF). staff. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-15.
2. "Road Numbers to Be Changed". The Hancock-Democrat. The Indianapolis News. September 30, 1926. Retrieved June 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
3.  ‹Template:Yahoo maps is deprecated.›Yahoo!; Navteq (2010-12-27). "overview map of SR 2 from Illinois to Valparaiso" (Map). Yahoo! Maps. Yahoo!. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
4. Indiana Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Indiana Department of Transportation. 2011–2012. § C3-A6.
5.  ‹Template:Yahoo maps is deprecated.›Yahoo!; Navteq (2010-12-27). "overview map of SR 2 from Valparaiso to LaPorte" (Map). Yahoo! Maps. Yahoo!. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
6.  ‹Template:Yahoo maps is deprecated.›Yahoo!; Navteq (2010-12-27). "overview map of SR 2 from LaPorte to South Bend" (Map). Yahoo! Maps. Yahoo!. Retrieved 2010-12-27.

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