Indiana State Road 2
history
,near Lowell
|junction= near Lowell
near Dinwiddle
in Hebron
in Valparaiso
in Westville
in Westville
in La Porte
|direction_b=East
|ending_terminus= in South Bend
|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. 2031 freeway, also known as the St. Joseph Valley Parkway. This is a distance of 80.98 miles (130.32 km).
|notes=Continuation into Illinois
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|notes=Concurrent for 2.64 miles
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|notes=Concurrent for 0.5 miles
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|mile=14.91
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|type=concur
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|notes=Eastern terminus of SR 130
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|notes=SR 2 turns onto the Valparaiso Bypass (SR 49)
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|mile=38.97
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|mile=47.16
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|mile=48.07
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|mile=49.08
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|mile=58.32
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|notes=End of concurrency with SR 39. US 35 intersects SR 2 and overlaps SR 39.
|mile=59.63
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|notes=Western terminus of SR 4.
|mile=59.76
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|notes=SR 2 and US 20 switch alignments.
|mile=80.76
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|mile=80.97
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History
Indiana 2 has largely been replaced by the Indiana Toll Road (80
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.
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. Part of SR 2's former routing is now SR 933.
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.