State Road 2 (SR 2) in the

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is an east–west route running from the

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border at

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east to the outskirts of

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, at the

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/ U.S. Route 31 freeway, also known as the St. Joseph Valley Parkway. This is a distance of .

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 . It then heads east toward Lowell; beyond Lowell there is a short concurrency with State Road 55 (SR 55), followed by an interchange with

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(I-65) at exit number 240. About to the east, SR 2 joins U.S. Route 231 (US 231) and they are concurrent for . After SR 2 leaves US 231 it heads north-northeast toward Valparaiso.

Valparaiso to LaPorte

SR 2 enters Valpariso from the southwest and joins

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(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 through Westville, there is a short concurrency with U.S. Route 421 (US 421).

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

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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 roundabout interchange; US 20 follows the north and west legs of the interchange, 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).

History

SR 2 has been largely replaced by the

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) and by US 20. SR 2 appears to be part of an old alignment from

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, 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

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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

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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

References

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