Louisiana State Route 2

State Route 2
Route information
Length:	319.60 mi (514.35 km)
Existed:	1921 – 1955
Major junctions
West end:	Texas state line, near Orange
	US 171 US 165 US 167 US 11 US 190
East end:	Mississippi state line, near Picayune
Highway system
Louisiana Highway System Interstate US State

Louisiana State Route 2 (LA 2) was one of the 98 original state highways that were established in 1921. It ran in an east to west direction for 319.6 miles (514.3 km), spanning from the Texas state line, through Lake Charles, Lafayette, Morgan City, and New Orleans to the Mississippi state line. The road was mostly superseded by US 90.

Route description

Beginning at the Texas State Line near Orange, Texas, thence through Vinton, Sulphur, Lake Charles, Jennings, Crowley, Rayne, Lafayette, New Iberia, Franklin, Morgan City, Gibson, Houma, Raceland, Des Allemands, Luling, Westwego, Gretna, Jackson Avenue, both sides New Orleans, Louisiana, to South Claiborne Avenue, thence over Route 1 to Canal Street thence to Broad Street, both sides to Bruxelles, Gentilly Avenue, Chef Menteur, Slidell, Pearl River, to Mississippi State Line near Logtown. - 1924 Louisiana Legislative Route Description

A part of the original Old Spanish Trail auto trail, LA 2 was one of the longer state routes, stretching along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Mississippi. LA 2 was also one of the first routes to feature a four-lane stretch, and still exists as either the current Louisiana Highway 182 or US 90.

LA 2 began at a bridge crossing the Sabine River at Orange, Texas, following a now-abandoned alignment towards what is now Interstate 10. It then was joined with US 90 through Vinton and Sulphur. LA 2 then crossed via the US 90 high rise bridge over the Calcasieu River before running through downtown Lake Charles.

LA 2 then met US 165/LA 24 in Iowa before meeting the towns of Jennings (LA 25), Crowley (LA 26), and Rayne (LA 40) before entering Lafayette, where it met US 167, which swapped state route designations with LA 5 and LA 43 before turning south.

South of Lafayette, LA 2 crossed LA 25 and LA 56 before meeting LA 59 in Baldwin and LA 60 in Centerville. LA 2 passed over the Atchafalaya River via the Long-Allen Bridge and met LA 28 in Gibson, following Black Bayou until it met LA 69 and LA 79 in Houma.

LA 2 also met LA 29 and LA 78 in Raceland before meeting LA 30 at the foot of the Huey Long Bridge in New Orleans, with LA 2 following the curvature of the river while US 90 uses the bridge. LA 2 then crossed at the Jackson Avenue Ferry, using surface streets to mingle with LA 1 before turning north toward Slidell, using US 11's alignment to enter Mississippi.

As the road was bypassed along the way, Louisiana skipped numbering the route as LA 2-D and 2-E, and instead used the designation of LA 1092.

Major intersections

Parish	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Calcasieu		0.0	0.0	US 90	Western terminus
	Lake Charles	33.2	53.4	US 171 / SR 42	Southern terminus of US 171
	Iowa	43.3	69.7	SR 24-D
		43.5	70.0	US 165 / SR 24	Southern terminus of US 165
Jefferson Davis	Jennings	63.5	102.2	SR 25
Acadia	Jennings	83.1	133.7	SR 26 north
		83.6	134.5	SR 26 south
	Rayne	90.9	146.3	SR 40
Lafayette	Lafayette	105.2	169.3	US 167 north / SR 5 – Opelousas
		106.5	171.4	US 167 south / SR 43 – Abbeville
Iberia	New Iberia	125.8	202.5	SR 25 north
		126.3	203.3	SR 56
		126.5	203.6	SR 25 south
Saint Mary	Baldwin	147.4	237.2	SR 59
	Centerville	156.9	252.5	SR 60
Terrebonne	Gibson	191.8	308.7	SR 28
	Houma	213.2	343.1	SR 79
		214.7	345.5	SR 69
Lafourche	Raceland	226.3	364.2	SR 29 / SR 78
		227.0	365.3	SR 77
Jefferson	Westwego	259.4	417.5	US 90 east / SR 30 north	End concurrency with US 90
		264.6	425.8	SR 30 south
Orleans	New Orleans	269.4	433.6	US 90 west / SR 1 north	Begin concurrency with US 90/LA 1
		270.6	435.5	SR 1 south	End concurrency with LA 1
		282.0	453.8	SR 61
		288.1	463.7	US 11 – Slidell	Southern terminus of US 11
Saint Tammany		298.6	480.6	US 90 east	End concurrency with US 90
	Slidell	306.9	493.9	US 11 south	Begin concurrency with US 11
		307.8	495.4	US 190 east	Begin concurrency with US 190
		308.4	496.3	US 190 west	End concurrency with US 190
	Pearl River	315.0	506.9	SR 58
		319.6	514.3	US 11	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

• Louisiana Maps from 1955
• Google Earth