Iowa Highway 2

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Iowa Highway 2
Length:	258 mi[1] (415.21 km)
West end:	- NE 2 in Nebraska City, NE
Major junctions:	- I-29 near Nebraska City, NE - US-71 in Clarinda - I-35 in Decatur City - US-69 near Humeston - US-63 in Bloomfield - US-218 near Donnellson
East end:	- IL-9 in Fort Madison
Iowa State Highways < IA 1 IA 3 >

Iowa Highway 2 is a state highway that runs from east to west across the state of Iowa. Highway 2 is a long state highway in Iowa, at 258 miles (415 kilometers) long. The eastern terminus of Iowa 2 is in Fort Madison at the Mississippi River at the Fort Madison Toll Bridge. The western terminus of Highway 2 at the western border of Iowa and Nebraska City, Nebraska near the Missouri River at the Nebraska City Bridge.

This is the second state highway to be designated Iowa Highway 2. The first instance existed from 1919 to 1939, and was an east-west route across the southern part of Iowa, beginning at Fort Madison and ending at the western border of Iowa near Nebraska City, Nebraska. The current Iowa Highway 2 route was designated in 1941.

It is often called the "poverty belt" of Iowa due to the economy of counties south of the highway.

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