US Highway 2 (
US 2) is a component of the
United States Numbered Highway System that connects
Everett, Washington, to the
Upper Peninsula (UP) of the US state of
Michigan, with a separate segment that runs from
Rouses Point, New York, to
Houlton, Maine. In Michigan, the highway runs through the UP in two segments as a part of the
state trunkline highway system, entering the state at
Ironwood and ending at
St. Ignace; in between, US 2 briefly traverses the state of
Wisconsin. As one of the major transportation arteries in the UP, US 2 is a major conduit for traffic through the state and neighboring northern
Midwest states. Two sections of the roadway are included as part of the
Great Lakes Circle Tours, and other segments are listed as state-designated
Pure 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.