End of US highway 2 (western segment) |
1926-1948
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1948-1984
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1984-present
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I-75 skirts the west side of town, but Business Spur I-75 connects with Mackinac Trail/Ashmun Street, which carried old US 2. Traffic was directed east on Water Street; this photo was taken looking that direction:
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On the left was a left turn to the landing for the ferry that went to Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, and that is where the US 2 designation ended. Unfortunately there is little (if any) remaining evidence of the old ferry landing -- the dock has been completely reconfigured and is now on Coast Guard property (this is the area immediately west of the Kemp Marina).
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In 1984, the east end of the US 2 was truncated to its current terminus in St. Ignace.
At the time, US 95 used Main Street all the way through town. So it is possible that the US 2 designation ended on Main near the courthouse, but that is only speculation.
In 1948 the west end of US 2 was extended to Everett WA. That was right about the time that US 99 was re-routed such that it used Broadway through most of town (instead of Rucker), so US 2 would have begun there: |
However, the US 2 designation officially continues ahead via the roadway signed "Everett", a bit past the southbound I-5 onramp. This winds up on California Street, and US 2 ends at its junction with Maple Street (which is designated as WA hwy. 529). That intersection is shown here:
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Hewitt is now just a surface road ahead. US 2 traffic is directed to turn left (as the red car in the middleground is doing). That merges with I-5 traffic and then curves back to join the US 2 bridge over the Snohomish River (visible in the distance). The first eastbound confirming marker is posted on that bridge:
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Research and/or photo credits: Patrick Allen; Mark Bozanich, Chris Elbert; Andy Field; Alex Nitzman; Dale Sanderson; Gary Voshol; Mike Wiley
Page originally created 2000;
last updated Dec. 6, 2016.
last updated Dec. 6, 2016.