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U.S. Route 2 in Michigan

This article is about the section of highway in Michigan. For the entire length of highway, seeUS Highway 2.

US Highway 2(US 2) is a component of theUnited States Numbered Highway Systemthat connectsEverett, Washington,to theUpper Peninsula(UP) of the US state ofMichigan,with a separate segment that runs fromRouses Point, New York,toHoulton, Maine.In Michigan, the highway runs through the UP in two segments as a part of thestate trunkline highway system,entering the state atIronwoodand ending atSt. Ignace;in between, US 2 briefly traverses the state ofWisconsin.As one of the major transportation arteries in the UP, US 2 is a major conduit for traffic through the state and neighboring northernMidweststates. Two sections of the roadway are included as part of theGreat Lakes Circle Tours,and other segments are listed as state-designatedPure Michigan Byways.There are several memorial highway designations and historic bridges along US 2 that date to the 1910s and 1920s. The highway runs through rural sections of the UP, passing through two national and two state forests in the process.

US Highway 2 marker
US Highway 2
Map
US 2 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained byMDOT
Length305.151 mi[1][a](491.093 km)
ExistedNovember 11, 1926(1926-11-11)[2]–present
Tourist
routes
Western segment
Length109.177 mi[1](175.703 km)
West endUS 2atIronwood
Major intersections
East endUS 2/US 141nearCrystal Falls
Eastern segment
Length195.974 mi[1](315.390 km)
West endUS 2/US 141nearIron Mountain
Major intersections
East endI-75/BL I-75atSt. Ignace
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesGogebic,Iron;Dickinson,Menominee,Delta,Schoolcraft,Mackinac
Highway system
←M-1→M-3

The route of what became US 2 was used as part of two Indian trails before European settlers came to the UP, and as part of the Michigan segments of theTheodore Roosevelt International Highwayand the King's International Highwayauto trailsin the early 20th century. The state later included these trails as part ofM‑12when the first state highway trunklines were designated in 1919. Most of M‑12 was redesignated as part of US 2 when the US Highway System was created on November 11, 1926. Since the 1930s, several changes have reshaped the highway's routing through the UP. One such alteration eventually created abusiness loopthat connected across the state line withHurley, Wisconsin,and others pushed an originally inland routing of US 2 closer to theLake Michiganshoreline. With the creation of theInterstate Highway System,part of US 2 was rerouted to coincide with the newInterstate 75(I‑75), though in the 1980s, the U.S. Highway was truncated and removed from the I‑75 freeway, resulting in today's basic form.

Route description

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According to a 2006 regional planning committee report, US 2 is a key highway for Michigan, providing its main western gateway. The roadway plays "an important role in the transportation of goods across the northern tier of states in the Midwest",[3]and is listed on theNational Highway System(NHS) for its entire length.[4]The NHS is a network of roadways important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.[5]Together withM‑28,US 2 is part of a pair of primary trunklines that bridge the eastern and western sides of the UP.[6]The 305.151 miles (491.093 km) of roadway in Michigan is divided into a 109.177-mile (175.703 km) western segment and a 195.974-mile (315.390 km) eastern segment,[1]interrupted by a section that runs for 14.460 miles (23.271 km) in the state of Wisconsin.[7]

Western segment

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US 2 enters Michigan from Wisconsin for the first time north of downtownHurley, Wisconsin,andIronwood, Michigan,over the state line that runs along theMontreal River.The highway crosses the river intoGogebic Countyand passes awelcome centeron the way into a commercial district north of downtown. Running along Cloverland Drive, US 2 meets its onlybusiness routein Michigan at Douglas Boulevard.[6][8]The business route was previously a full loop that ran west through downtown Ironwood and crossed the border into Hurley and back to the main highway. TheWisconsin Department of Transportationhas removed the signage on their side of the border, which reduced the loop to a business spur that ends at the state line.[9][10]US 2 continues eastward through UP woodlands to the city ofBessemer.While bypassing the community ofRamsay,the highway crosses a branch of theBlack River.The roadway entersWakefieldon the south side of Sunday Lake, meeting M‑28 at a stoplight in town. As the US Highway leaves Wakefield, it turns southeasterly through theOttawa National Forest,[8][11]crossing Jackson Creek and two branches of thePresque Isle River.US 2 andM‑64merge andrun concurrentlyover the second branch of the Presque Isle in the community ofMarenisco.[6][8][11]This concurrency has the lowest traffic volume along the entire length of the highway within the state; in 2010 theMichigan Department of Transportation(MDOT) recorded a daily average usage along the stretch of 770 vehicles, compared to the overall average of 5,188 vehicles for the highway.[12]At the end of the concurrency, M‑64 turns northerly to run alongLake Gogebic.[6][8][11]

The highway continues parallel to the state line from the Marensico area through the national forest towardWatersmeet,where it crossesUS 45.Thatunincorporated communityis the home of the Watersmeet High School Nimrods, the basketball team featured on a series ofESPNcommercials and a documentary series on theSundance Channel.[13]The area is alsowhere the waters meet;the rolling hills drain toLake Superiorvia theOntonagon River,toLake Michiganvia theBruleandMenomineerivers, or to theGulf of Mexicovia theWisconsinandMississippirivers. Also located in the area are theSylvania Wilderness,and theLac Vieux Desert Indian Reservation,which includes the Lac Vieux Desert Casino and Resort.[14]The highway travels southeasterly from Watersmeet around the many lakes and streams in the area and crosses into ruralIron County.US 2 intersectsFederal Forest Highway 16(FFH 16) near Golden Lake inStambaugh Townshipin the middle of the national forest. The trunkline then runs along theIron Riveras it approachesthe city of the same nameand meetsM‑73.In town, US 2 intersectsM‑189before crossing the river and turning northeast out of the city.[6][8][11]

US 2 entering Crystal Falls as a two-lane highway

US 2 leaves the Ottawa National Forest at Iron River,[11]and the highway continues eastward through forest lands near several small lakes toCrystal Falls,thecounty seatof Iron County. On the west side of town, US 2 meetsUS 141;the two highways run concurrently along Crystal Avenue. The combined highway turns south onto 5th Street and meetsM‑69's eastern terminus at the intersection between 5th Street and Superior Avenue next to thecounty courthouseat the top of the hill. US 2/US 141 runs south out of Crystal Falls to the west of, and parallel to, the Paint River. The roadway passes Railroad, Kennedy and Stager lakes and leaves the state of Michigan at the Brule River,[6][8]crossing intoFlorence County, Wisconsinfor about 14 miles (23 km).[7]

Eastern segment

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US 2/US 141 re-enters Michigan where it crosses the Menominee River and subsequently meetsM‑95inBreitung Townshipnorth ofIron MountainandKingsford.The highways merge in a triple concurrency and run south on Stephenson Avenue into Iron Mountain along the west side of Lake Antoine, parallel to a branch line of theEscanaba and Lake Superior Railroad(ELS Railroad).[8][15]The road crosses through a retail corridor and over a flooded pit of the Chapin Mine. In downtown Iron Mountain at Ludington Street, M‑95 turns west off Stephenson Avenue to run across town to Kingsford. US 2/US 141 exits downtown and turns east along a second retail corridor near the Midtown Mall. The highway re-enters Breitung Township where US 141 separates to the south to re-enter Wisconsin.[8]US 2 continues eastward parallel to a branch of theCanadian National Railway(CN Railway).[15]Both road and rail travel through the community ofQuinnesec,where they pass near the largest paper mill in the UP.[16]The trunkline runs along the main street ofNorway,where the highway meets the eastern terminus ofUS 8.Then US 2 continues east through ruralDickinson CountytoVulcan,passing north of Hanbury Lake through theCopper Country State Forest,before crossing theSturgeon RiverinLorettoand passing intoMenominee County.[6][8]

US 2/US 141 at the intersection with East B Street, downtown Iron Mountain

In Menominee County, the environment takes on a more agricultural character along US 2. The highway passes through the edge of the community ofHermansvillebefore enteringPowers.US 2 comes to a three-way intersection and turns northeast merging ontoUS 41.The concurrent highway runs from Powers through the communities ofWilsonandSpauldingon the south side of the CN Railway. AtHarris,the trunkline enters theHannahville Indian Community.Harris is on the Menominee County side of the reservation, but as the highway continues east, it crosses over toBark Riveron theDelta Countyside. The county line in between not only separates the two communities, but also serves as the boundary between theCentralandEasterntime zones. East of Bark River, the highway crossesthe community's namesake waterwaybefore intersecting the eastern terminus of M‑69. The roadway crosses theFord Riverprior to turning due east into the outskirts ofEscanaba.[6][8]

US 2/US 41 widens to four lanes along Ludington Street, which forms the east–west axis of the Escanaba street grid. Near downtown, the highway meetsM‑35,which runs along the city's north–south axis, Lincoln Road. The trunklines merge and run north, bypassing the traditional central business district for a different business corridor.[8]Lincoln Road runs north carrying four lanes of traffic past theUpper Peninsula State Fairgrounds,site of one of the twostate fairsfor the state of Michigan, the only state to have twin fairs.[17]US 2/US 41/M‑35 continues north on Lincoln Road past the campus ofBay de Noc Community College.The four-lane highway crosses theEscanaba Riverjust upstream from its mouth near the large Verso Esky Paper Mill and shifts to run immediately next toLittle Bay de Noc.[6][8][17]The section here carried the highest traffic counts along all of US 2 in the state: an average of 23,977 vehicles used this segment of roadway daily in 2011.[12]

The US 2/US 41 expressway north of Gladstone was, until 2017, the only non-freeway section of highway in the UP with a speed limit higher than 55 mph (89 km/h).

The road turns inland again, and US 2/US 41/M‑35 passes to the west of downtownGladstone.The highway through here is anexpressway,four lanes divided by a central median and no driveway access. Unlike afreeway,the expressway has standardintersectionsand notinterchanges.The highway intersects the eastern terminus of County Road 426 (CR 426) and crosses the ELS Railroad south of the stoplight for 4th Avenue North, where M‑35 separates from the US Highways and turns to the northwest. The expressway continues north parallel to the CN Railway, crossing theDays River.[6][8]From Gladstone toSt. Ignace,US 2 carries a speed limit of 65 mph (105 km/h) for all traffic.[18]This was, before 2017, the only road in the UP with a speed limit higher than 55 mph (89 km/h) besidesI-75,which has a speed limit of 75 mph (121 km/h).[19]The expressway segment runs around the upper end of Little Bay de Noc before ending atRapid River.In this location, US 41 separates to the north, and US 2 returns to an easterly track as a two-lane road, crossing theRapidandWhitefishrivers and turning southeast around the head of the bay.[6]As US 2 crosses southern Delta County, it passes through the western unit of theHiawatha National Forest.[11]NearGarden Corners,the highway runs along the shore ofBig Bay de Noc.After the intersection with the northern terminus ofM‑183,US 2 turns inland cutting across the base of theGarden Peninsulaand entersSchoolcraft County.[6]

As the highway approachesThompson,US 2 leaves the western unit of the Hiawatha National Forest and enters theLake Superior State Forest.[8][11]The roadway runs alongLake MichigantoManistique,crossing theManistique River.The trunkline turns inland approachingGulliverand then turns north-northeast toBlaney Park.[6]The community of Blaney Park is a former logging town-turned-resort at the southern terminus ofM‑77;the resort was active from the late 1920s but declined by the 1980s.[20]From Blaney Park, US 2 turns due east and crosses intoMackinac Countywest ofGould City.Where it intersects a former routing, the main highway crosses the CN Railway one last time and runs to the south ofEngadineto follow the Lake Michigan shoreline throughNaubinway.[6]After passing the community ofEpoufette,[8]US 2 crosses theCut River Bridge,147 feet (45 m) over theCut River.[21]The highway crosses into the eastern unit of the Hiawatha National Forest nearBrevort,running between Lake Michigan andBrevoort Lakein the process.[11]The road continues along the Lake Michigan shoreline, passing Mystery Spot nearGros Capand turning inland immediately west of St. Ignace. The US 2 designation ends at the highway'spartial cloverleaf interchangewith I‑75. The roadway continues easterly into downtown St. Ignace asBusiness Loop I‑75(BL I‑75).[6][8]

History

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Indian trail through auto trails

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Highway markers for theCloverland Trail(left) and Theodore Roosevelt International Highway (right), both of which predate the modern highway

In 1701, the first transportation routes through what became the state of Michigan were the lakes, rivers and Indian trails. Two of these trails followed parts of the future US 2. The Sault–Green Bay Trail roughly followed the Lake Michigan shoreline routing of US 2 betweenEscanabaandSt. Ignace.TheMackinac Trailconnected St. Ignace with Sault Ste. Marie.[22]

In the age of theauto trail,the roads that later formed US 2 through the UP were given a few different highway names. When the original roadways between Ironwood and Iron River were completed in late 1915, the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau (UPDB) named the area Cloverland and the highway theCloverland Trail.Later the name was extended over the highway to Escanaba, and to all highways in the area in the early 1920s; the name was phased out by the UPDB completely in 1927.[23]The roadways were also used for theTheodore Roosevelt International Highway,named for former US presidentTheodore Rooseveltafter his death in 1919. Overall, this highway ran fromPortland, Oregon,toPortland, Maine,by way of Michigan and the Canadian province ofOntario.Through the UP, the southern branch followed the immediate predecessors to US 2, including the section through Florence County, Wisconsin.[24][b]

The Great Lakes Automobile Route was established in 1917 by the UPDB. A predecessor of theGreat Lakes Circle Toursby seventy years, the route followed "a circular journey along the banks of lakes Michigan and Superior and Green Bay..."[25]This route followed the modern US 2 from Ironwood to the M‑94 junction in Manistique, using the modern M‑69 and M‑95 to stay in Michigan. Branches of the route followed US 41 and M‑35 between Powers and Escanaba. The route was originally intended to entice motorists to drive around Lake Michigan. The name fell out of use before its first anniversary because ofWorld War I.[25]

One Canadian auto trail was routed through the UP as well. In 1920, the King's International Highway linkedVancouver, British Columbia,toHalifax, Nova Scotia,but there was no highway to carry it around the north side of Lake Superior. Motorists had to ship their cars by boat betweenSault Ste. Marie, Ontario,andThunder Bayor enter the United States to continue along the auto trail. The routings varied on the maps of the time, but its basic route used US 2 through the UP from Ironwood to Sault Ste. Marie until a highway north of Lake Superior was opened in 1960; by that time, the auto trail had taken on theTrans-Canada Highwayname.[26]

State trunkline

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The first state trunkline highway designated along the path of the modern US 2 wasM‑12,a designation that was in use by July 1, 1919, between Ironwood andSault Ste. Marie.[27][c]The first roadside park in the country was created by Herbert Larson near what is now US 2 nearIron Riverin 1919–20.[29]When the US Highway System was created on November 11, 1926,[2]US 2 partially replaced M-12.[30]Between Crystal Falls and Iron Mountain, US 2 was routed throughFlorence, Wisconsin.The former routing of M‑12 from Crystal Falls to Sagola became a newM‑69when the former M‑69 became US 102 (now US 141). M‑12 from Sagola south to Iron Mountain was made a part of an extendedM‑45,which is nowM‑95.By the next year,M‑48was added along US 2 fromRextontoGarnetas part of a larger extension.[31]

The first changes to the routing of US 2 itself were made in 1930 with a bypass of downtown Escanaba.[32][33]A larger rerouting was completed in 1933 betweenRogers Parkand Sault Ste. Marie. The new routing followed Mackinac Trail instead of turning east toCedarvilleand north to Sault Ste. Marie; the former routing was given theM‑121designation.[34][35]Another realignment in the Iron Mountain area shifted US 2/US 141 to a new bridge over theMenominee Riverbetween 1932 and 1934.[36][37]Downtown Ironwood was bypassed in 1934, and the former route was initially designatedM‑54.[35][37]

The Manistique area in mid-1936; US 2, denoted by a thick red line, runs east–west through the area north of its current routing, which is shown as a dashed line.

TheMichigan State Highway Department(MSHD)[d]changed the routings and designations of the highways aroundCooks,ThompsonandManistiquein the mid-1930s. The agency rerouted US 2 between Cooks andM‑149in Thompson, turning the old road back to county control. The section between M‑149 andM‑125was redesignated as an extension of M‑149 to Thompson, and M‑125 was replaced by a further extension of M‑149. The last change was to route US 2 along its current alignment in the area, completing the changes on August 2, 1936.[40][41]

The MSHD started construction in 1936 on a new road that rerouted US 2 into St. Ignace for the first time. BetweenBrevortandMoran,US 2 previously followed Worth Road inland to the Tahquamenon Trail to meet the northern extension ofUS 31into the Upper Peninsula.[42]The new routing took US 2 along the lakeshore into St. Ignace. US 31 was truncated to the state ferry docks inMackinaw Cityand US 2 was routed through St. Ignace along the former US 31 to Rogers Park; the connection in St. Ignace to the state ferry docks becameM‑122.[40]Further changes in the early 1940s straightened the roadway out near Watersmeet and Crystal Falls.[43][44]

Additional realignments were completed by the MSHD to move US 2 to its modern lakeshore routing betweenGould CityandEpoufettein 1941. The new highway traveled due east from Gould City toNaubinwayand then along the lake to Epoufette. The former route through Engadine was turned back to local control as far east asGarnet.From there east, it was numbered justM‑48,removing US 2 from a concurrency. Another former section into Epoufette was added to extendM‑117.[45]The new highway was detoured around theCut River Bridgeuntil it was completed in 1946 after construction delays over steel shortages duringWorld War II.[46][47]

The western end of US 2 took on two changes in the 1940s.M‑28was extended along US 2 to the state line at Ironwood from its western terminus at Wakefield.[45]A similar extension was made from M‑28's eastern terminus to Sault Ste. Marie in 1948.[48]The M‑54 designation was renumbered asBusiness US 2by 1945.[47]The eastern M‑28 extension was reversed in 1950,[49]and the western extension to the state line was shifted to a new location by 1952.[50]

Interstate era

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The eastern terminus of US 2 in St. Ignace; until 1983 US 2 continued north of here along the I‑75 freeway.

With the coming of theInterstate Highway Systemin Michigan, the MSHD planned to convert the eastern section of US 2 to a freeway between St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie. In planning maps from 1947, this highway corridor was included in the system that later became the Interstates.[51]It was also included in theGeneral Location of National System of Interstate Highways Including All Additional Routes at Urban Areas Designated in September 1955,orYellow Bookafter the cover color, that was released in 1955 as the federal government readied plans for the freeway system.[52]The proposed number in 1958 wasInterstate 75(I‑75).[53]

The first section of freeway was built in late 1957 or early 1958 betweenEvergreen ShoresandM‑123north of St. Ignace.[54][55]TheMackinac Bridgewas opened to traffic on November 1, 1957;[56]a new section of freeway and aninterchangeconnected US 2 to the bridge.[57]In 1961, another new freeway segment closed the gap between the Mackinac Bridge and Evergreen Shores sections. At the time, the I‑75 designation supplantedUS 27on the bridge, and US 2 was shifted to follow I‑75 along the freeways in the St. Ignace area. The former routing of US 2 in downtown St. Ignace was redesignatedBL I‑75.[58]More sections of freeway were opened in 1962 immediately to the south of the newly constructedInternational Bridgein Sault Ste. Marie as well as betweenDafterandKinross.[59][60]The last two sections opened in 1963 connected the northern end of the freeway at M‑123 to Kinross, and the section between Dafter and Sault Ste. Marie. At this time, all of US 2's former routing became acounty road known as Mackinac Trail (H-63).[60][61]

TheDepartment of State Highways[d]expanded US 2/US 41 into an expressway betweenGladstoneandRapid Riverin 1971.[62][63]The state built a new bridge over theManistique Riverin 1983, bypassing downtown. MDOT disposed of the former routing of US 2 into downtown in two ways. The western half was initially an unnumbered state highway until it was later transferred to local control. An extension ofM‑94replaced the remainder, including the Siphon Bridge, through downtown. In that same year, the department truncated US 2 to end in St. Ignace by removing it from the I‑75 freeway.[64][65]The last changes were made to US 2's routing through Iron River in 1998, bypassing the bridge that formerly carried the highway over the river in town.[66]In 2011, MDOT raised the speed limit along the expressway section in Delta County from 55 to 65 mph (89 to 105 km/h), although the speed limit for trucks remained 55 mph (89 km/h)[19]until 2017. That year the highway's speed limits were raised to 65 mph (105 km/h) between Wakefield and Iron River as well as between Rapid River and St. Ignace.[18]In 2020, MDOT announced the slight relocation of US 2 in Mackinac County just west of the Cut River Bridge due tosinkholesandshoreline erosionon Lake Michigan near the roadway.[67]

Memorial designations and tourist routes

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On July 1, 1924, theState Administrative Boardnamed M‑12, the predecessor to US 2 in Michigan, the Bohn Highway to honorFrank P. Bohn,a prominent local citizen who later served inCongressfrom 1927 to 1933.[68]In 1929, the residents of Escanaba created a memorial to the veterans ofWorld War Icalled Memory Lane. The project consisted ofelmandmapletrees planted along US 2/US 41 west of town. TheAmerican Legionsold the trees to local businesses and individuals who could honor specific soldiers.[69]Later in 1949, the Bessemer Women's Club created a tribute in the form of a permanent living memorial to the area veterans. Also called Memory Lane, the group planted 140 elms and 1,840 evergreens, trees and shrubs as a landscaped parkway along 2.3 miles (3.7 km) of US 2 east of Bessemer.[70]

Most of US 2, along withUS 23in theLower Peninsula,was designated the United Spanish War Veterans Memorial Highway in 1949. To connect the gap in the routing where US 2 cuts through Wisconsin, M‑95 and M‑69 were used in place of US 2 between Iron Mountain and Crystal Falls. Signs marking the highway were not erected until 1968 when GovernorGeorge W. Romneyhad them installed.[71]

The Amvets Memorial Drive designation was created for the section of US 2/US 41/M‑35 between the northern Escanaba city limits and County Road 426 (CR 426) in Delta County. TheAmerican Veterans(AMVETS) organization in Michigan petitioned theMichigan Legislatureto grant this designation, which was assigned under Public Act 144 in 1959.[72]

View of Lake Michigan near Brevort; the highway runs along the lake from Naubinway to its eastern terminus at St. Ignace.

Two sections of US 2 are part of the overallGreat Lakes Circle Tour(GLCT): the segment from the Wisconsin state line near Ironwood to the M‑28 junction in Wakefield is part of theLake Superior Circle Tour(LSCT), and the segment from the southern M‑35 junction in Escanaba to the eastern terminus in St. Ignace is part of theLake Michigan Circle Tour(LMCT).[6]These two tours were created in May 1986 through a joint effort between MDOT and its counterparts in Wisconsin,Minnesotaand Ontario.[73]The section of US 2 between Iron River and Crystal Falls has been named the Iron County Heritage Trail. ThisPure Michigan Bywaywas designated to honor the "rich history of two industries that built a state and nation: mining and logging."[74]On August 26, 2007, MDOT announced that the section of US 2 that runs concurrently with M‑35 in Delta County was being included in theUP Hidden Coast Recreational Heritage Trail.[75][76]The segment betweenThompsonandSt. Ignacealong the northern shore of Lake Michigan was designated the Top of the Lake Scenic Byway in the Pure Michigan Byways program on October 9, 2017.[77]

Historic bridges

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There are six bridges along current or former sections of US 2 that MDOT has added to its listing of Michigan's Historic Bridges;two of theseare also listed on theNational Register of Historic Places(NRHP). A third bridge added to the NRHP in late 2012 has not been added to MDOT's listing however. The first of these historic bridges is thecrossing of the Iron River,[66]which has since been bypassed by a new bridge.[78]The original structure, dating to 1918, is a 55-foot-long (17 m)spandrel archspan that was built by the MSHD as Trunk Line Bridge No. 191.[66]The structure was listed on the NRHP on December 9, 1999, for its architectural and engineering significance.[79]

In December 2012, theNational Park Serviceapproved the listing of theUpper Twin Falls Bridgethat crosses the Menominee River northwest of Iron Mountain. The structure is a single-span, pin-connected,camelback,through-trussbridge, and it is the only known example of its type in Michigan. It was built between 1909 and 1910 because the Twin Falls Power Dam would flood an existing river crossing. The span cost $5,106 (equivalent to $121,000 in 2023[80]), paid equally byDickinsonandFlorencecounties.[81]Until the 1930s, the Upper Twin Falls Bridge carried US 2 across the Menominee River.[82]In 1934, a new bridge was built about a mile downstream, and the highway was rerouted over the new span.[83]The bridge closed to automobile traffic in September 1971,[84]and the nomination process for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places began in 2012.[81]

In 2003, MDOT replaced the Sturgeon River Bridge inWaucedah Township,Dickinson County.[85]As of October 2011,even though the old bridge was demolished and replaced, MDOT retained it on their historic bridge list. It was built in 1929.[86]

Before 1983, US 2 used a different routing through Manistique and crossed the Manistique River on what is nicknamed the "Siphon Bridge". Built as a part of a raceway flume on the river, the water level is actually higher than the road surface. This produces asiphoneffect, giving the bridge its nickname. The Manistique Pulp and Paper Company was organized in 1916 and needed a dam on the Manistique River to supply their mill. This dam would require a large section of the city to be flooded, and shallow river banks meant difficulties in any bridge construction. Instead of expensive dikes, a concrete tank was built lengthwise in the river bed; the sides of this tank provided man-made banks higher than the natural banks. The MichiganWorks Progress Administrationdescribed the bridge as having "concrete bulkheads, formed by the side spans of the bridge, [that] allow the mill to maintain the water level several feet above the roadbed."[87]The Manistique Tourism Council stated: "At one time, the bridge itself was partially supported by the water that was atmospherically forced under it," and that the bridge has been featured inRipley's Believe It or Not!.[88]The eight-span structure is 294 feet (90 m) long.[89]

Cut River Bridge as seen from a nearby walkway

TheCut River Bridgecarries US 2 across theCut RiverinHendricks Township,Mackinac County. This structure was built during World War II but completion was delayed due to war-induced steel shortages.[46]The span uses 888 short tons (793 long tons; 806 t) of structural steel to bridge the 641 feet (195 m) over the river and its gorge at a height of 147 feet (45 m) above the river. The Cut River Bridge is one of only twocantilevered deck truss bridgesin the state.[90][e]On either side of the bridge, there are picnic areas and trails down to the river.[91]

Listed on the NRHP on December 17, 1999,[79]theMackinac Trail–Carp River BridgecarriesH-63,the modern successor to US 2, over theCarp Rivernorth of St. Ignace. The bridge is another spandrel arch structure 60 feet (18 m) in length and built in 1920. Increasing traffic along Mackinac Trail prompted the MSHD to "widen its deck by five feet [1.5 m] and install new guardrails in the 1929–1930 biennium" along with the addition of decorative retaining walls.[92]

The last of the historic bridges along a former segment of US 2 is the structure carrying Ashmun Street (BS I‑75) over the Power Canal in Sault Ste. Marie. Built in 1934, it is one of only three steel arch bridges in the state.[93][f]The 42-foot-wide (13 m) and 257-foot-long (78 m) structure is described by MDOT as "massive" with an "innovative" construction method: the previous structure was used as afalseworkfor the current bridge before removal.[95]

Major intersections

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MDOT has erected milemarkers along the two Michigan segments of the highway that use the total mileage starting at the state line in Ironwood; the signs on the eastern segment reflect the mileage inFlorence County, Wisconsin.

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Montreal River0.0000.000

US 2west /LSCTwest –Ashland,Superior		Continuation into Wisconsin
GogebicIronwood1.1361.828

Bus. US 2west (Douglas Boulevard) – DowntownIronwood
Wakefield12.54320.186

M-28east /LSCTeast –Marquette		Western terminus of M-28; eastern end of LSCT concurrency
Marenisco26.07241.959
M-64south –Marenisco		Western end of M-64 concurrency
Marenisco Township28.15345.308
M-64north –Bergland,Ontonagon		Eastern end of M-64 concurrency
Watersmeet53.79286.570US 45–Bruce Crossing,Eagle River
IronStambaugh Township70.137112.875FFH 16–Kenton,PhelpsMarked as H-16 on MDOT maps
Iron River Township82.054132.053
M-73south –Nelma		Northern terminus of M-73
Iron River83.505134.388
M-189south (4th Avenue) –Long Lake		Northern terminus of M-189
Crystal Falls Township97.991157.701
US 141north –Amasa		Northern end of US 141 concurrency
Crystal Falls99.147159.562
M-69east (Superior Avenue) –Sagola		Western terminus of M-69
Brule River109.177175.703

US 2east /US 141south –Florence		Continuation into Wisconsin
US 2/US 141 enters Wisconsin and travels 14.460 miles before re-entering Michigan.[7]
Menominee River123.637198.974

US 2west /US 141north –Florence		Continuation into Wisconsin
DickinsonBreitung Township124.302200.045
M-95north –Sagola,Marquette		Northern end of M-95 concurrency
Iron Mountain127.649205.431
M-95south (Stephenson Avenue) –Kingsford		Southern end of M-95 concurrency
Breitung Township130.513210.040
US 141south –Green Bay		Southern end of US 141 concurrency
Norway136.104219.038
US 8west (Brown Street)		Eastern terminus of US 8
Waucedah Township144.558232.644
G-69north –Foster City		Southern terminus of G-69
MenomineePowers157.322253.185
US 41south –Menominee		Western end of US 41 concurrency
DeltaBark River Township170.197273.906
M-69west –Schaffer,Felch		Eastern terminus of M-69
Escanaba179.308288.568

M-35south /LMCTsouth (South Lincoln Road) –Menominee		Southern end of M-35 concurrency; western end of LMCT concurrency
Gladstone186.316299.847
CR 426 west –Arnold
187.726302.116
M-35north (4th Avenue North) –Gwinn,Negaunee		Northern end of M-35 concurrency
Masonville Township193.639311.632
CR 186west –Brampton		Former M-186
Rapid River193.914312.074
US 41north –Marquette		Eastern end of US 41 concurrency
Nahma Junction208.135334.961

H-13north /FFH 13north –Wetmore		Southern terminus of H-13/FFH 13
Garden Corners216.702348.748
M-183south –Garden,Fayette State Park		Northern terminus of M-183
SchoolcraftThompson227.266365.749
M-149north –Palms Book State Park,Indian Lake State Park		Southern terminus of M-149
Manistique232.743374.564
M-94north (South Maple Street) –Munising		Southern terminus of M-94
Mueller Township254.359409.351
M-77north –Germfask,Seney		Southern terminus of M-77
MackinacNewton Township263.428423.946
H-33north –Curtis		Southern terminus of H-33; formerM-135
Garfield Township271.440436.840
M-117north –Newberry		Southern terminus of M-117
Hendricks Township294.380473.759Cut River Bridge
Moran Township308.642496.711
H-57north –Allenville		Southern terminus of H-57
St. Ignace319.611514.364
I-75/GLCTsouth –Mackinac Bridge,Sault Ste. Marie


BL I-75north /LHCTnorth – DowntownSt. Ignace		Eastern terminus of the western US segment of US 2; roadway continues east as BL I-75; LMCT continues southward on I-75; exit 344 on I-75
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business route

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Business US Highway 2
LocationIronwood
Length1.270 mi[1](2.044 km)
ExistedAugust 1942[96]–present

Business U.S. Highway 2(Bus. US 2) is a 1.270-mile (2.044 km)business routethat runs from the Wisconsin state line at theMontreal River.The route extends through downtown Ironwood on Silver and Aurora streets before turning northward along Suffolk Street. Bus. US 2 stays on Suffolk Street for a short while until it turns onto Frederick Street. On Frederick Street, Bus. US 2 bears north through a residential area along Douglas Street. The eastern terminus of the route is at its junction with US 2 at the corner of Cloverland Drive and Douglas Street north of downtown.[1][97]

The business route was created in August 1942 when former M‑54 in Ironwood was renumbered as a business loop of US 2.[96]It was originally a bi-state business connection before theWisconsin Department of Transportationdecommissioned Bus. US 2 inHurleywestward alongState Trunk Highway 77and northward alongUS 51in 2002.[9][10]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Milemarkers on the eastern segment reflect the mileage inFlorence County, Wisconsin.
  2. ^The northern branch of the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway followed M-28.[24]
  3. ^The first state highways in Michigan were signposted in 1919.[28]
  4. ^abThe Michigan State Highway Department was reorganized into the Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation on August 23, 1973.[38]The name was shortened to its current form in 1978.[39]
  5. ^The other cantilevered deck truss bridge is the Mortimer E. Cooley Bridge onM‑55across thePine RiverinManistee County.[46]
  6. ^The other two are the M‑28–Ontonagon River Bridge and theInternational Bridgein Sault Ste. Marie.[94]

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