Interstate 2

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Interstate 2 (I-2) is a west–east Interstate Highway running through the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. It begins at the intersection of U.S. Highway 83 (US 83) and Business US 83 west of Palmview and heads eastward before terminating at I-69E/US 77 in Harlingen. For its entire length, I-2 shares its alignment with US 83. I-2 also parallels Mexican Federal Highway 2, a major east–west route that traces the Mexico-U.S. border along the Mexican side of the Rio Grande.

History

What is now I-2/US 83 running through a major retail district of McAllen in 2005

On April 1, 2013, the Texas Transportation Commission applied to use the I-2 designation on US 83 from Palmview to Harlingen. Approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials at their May meeting, this 47-mile-long (76 km) freeway is already constructed as an Interstate-grade limited-access facility. It connects with I-69E at Harlingen;[4] and likewise with I-69C in the town of Pharr.[5] The Federal Highway Administration approved the designation on May 24, 2013,[6] and the Texas Transportation Commission followed suit on May 30, 2013.[7] This action finalized the designations of not only I-2, but also of the sections of I-69E from Brownsville to Raymondville, I-69C from Pharr north to the end of the US 281 freeway facility near Edinburg, and also I-369 along a short segment of US 59 freeway west of Texarkana, which will be part of the proposed 115-mile (185 km) connector between the main I-69 trunk in Tenaha and Texarkana.[6] These approvals added over 100 miles (160 km) to the Interstate Highway System in the Rio Grande Valley.[8] The signage was installed in summer 2013.[9]

As of June 2013, the cluster consisting of the recently designated portions of I-2, I-69C, and I-69E in the Rio Grande Valley is not connected to the national Interstate network. This situation is slated to be remedied by scheduled projects to complete I-69E along US 77 between Raymondville and Robstown, and to complete the southern end of the previously signed portion of the I-69 corridor connecting with I-37 west of Corpus Christi. Environmental Protection Agency approval for the upgrade of the US 77 alignment to Interstate standards, including bypasses of the towns along the 91-mile (146 km) routing, was obtained through a Finding of No Significant Impact statement issued on July 13, 2012;[10] funding for the various projects to effect the upgrades is slated to become available after 2015.[11]

Exit list

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County Location mi km Exit[12] Destinations Notes
Hidalgo ​ 0.0 0.0 US 83 west Western terminus
​ 0.9 1.45 130 Showers Road
Palmview 1.7 2.7 131 FM 492 (Goodwin Road) / Abram Road
3.0 4.8 133 SH 364 (La Homa Road) / Bentsen Palm Drive
Mission 4.9 7.9 134
Bus. US 83 / Inspiration Road
6.0 9.7 135 Los Ebanos Road Westbound direction bridge over the railway under construction as of July 2015
6.5 10.5 136 SH 107 north / FM 1016 south (Conway Avenue)
7.7 12.4 137 FM 396 (Bryan Road / Anzalduas Highway)
138 FM 494 (Shary Road)
McAllen 140 FM 2220 (Ware Road)
141 Spur 115 (23rd Street) / Main Street – Airport
142 SH 336 (10th Street) / Main Street / 2nd Street – Airport
143A McColl Road / 2nd Street no direct westbound exit (signed at exit 143B)
143B Jackson Avenue / Sam Houston Avenue
McAllen–Pharr line 144
Bus. US 83 / FM 2061 / FM 3362 (Jackson Road)
Pharr 145 Sugar Road / Polk Avenue
146 I-69C north / US 281 – Edinburg, Pharr signed as exits 146A (south) and 146B (north); I-69C exits 1A-B
146C Frontage Road extra eastbound exit; other access is at adjacent interchanges
Pharr–San Juan line 147A Veterans Boulevard
San Juan 147B FM 1426 – San Juan
149 FM 2557 south (Stewart Road) / Cesar Chavez Road direct access to FM 2557 eastbound only
Alamo 150A FM 907 (Alamo Road)
150B Tower Road
Donna 152 FM 1423 (Val Verde Road)
153 Hutto Road
154 Spur 433 (Main Street)
155A FM 493 (Salinas Boulevard)
​ 155B Victoria Road / Midway Road
Weslaco 157 Westgate Drive / Mile 6 West Road
158 FM 88 (Texas Boulevard)
159 Airport Drive / Pike Boulevard serves Mid Valley Airport
160 FM 1015 (International Boulevard)
Mercedes 161 Spur 31 (Mile 2 West Road)
163A Vermont Avenue
163B FM 491 (Texas Avenue)
164 Mile 1 East Road
165 FM 1425 (Mile 2 East Road)
Hidalgo–Cameron
county line		 166 Mile 3 East Road
Cameron La Feria 167 FM 2556 (Solis Road) no direct westbound exit (signed at exit 166)
168 Rabb Road no direct eastbound exit (signed at exit 167)
169 FM 506 – La Feria, Santa Rosa
​ 170 FM 733 (Kansas City Road) / White Ranch Road
Harlingen 171 FM 800 (Bass Boulevard)
172 Altas Palmas Road
173 FM 3195 (Stuart Place Road)
174
Bus. US 83 west (Spur 54 east) / Lewis Lane
175 Tyler Avenue (Spur 206 east) / Dixieland Road / Bass Pro Drive - Downtown Harlingen Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
46.8 75.3 176 I-69E north / US 77 north – Raymondville, Corpus Christi, Airport eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-69E exit 26B
46.8 75.3 I-69E south / US 77 south / US 83 south – Brownsville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

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