Route information | ||||
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Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
Length | 46.80 mi[1][2][3] (75.32 km) | |||
Existed | 2013[4]–present | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | US 83 / Bus. US 83 in Peñitas | |||
US 83 in Peñitas SH 364 in Palmview SH 107 in Mission SH 336 in McAllen I-69C / US 281 in Pharr | ||||
East end | I-69E / US 77 / US 83 in Harlingen | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Texas | |||
Counties | Hidalgo, Cameron | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 2 (I-2[a]) is a partially completed Interstate Highway running through the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. It begins at the intersection of US Highway 83 (US 83) and Business US 83 (Bus. US 83) in Peñitas and heads eastward before terminating at I-69E/US 77/US 83 in Harlingen. A westward extension around La Joya has been completed, and is designated as I-2 East. For almost its entire length, I-2 runs concurrently with US 83. I-2 also parallels Mexican Federal Highway 2 (Fed. 2), another major east–west route that traces the Mexico–US border along the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. When completed, the western terminus will be the city of Laredo. The route is one of the more recently designated Interstate Highways; it was signed as an Interstate in 2013. Its construction is part of an expansion of the Interstate System into southern Texas that includes the three branches of I-69. It currently intersects I-69E and I-69C and will, when completed to Laredo, terminate I-69W as well. This complex of Interstate Highways does not yet connect to the rest of the system.
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