Interstate 2

Interstate 2 marker

Interstate 2

I-2 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length: 46.8 mi[1][2] (75.3 km)
Existed: May 31, 2013 (2013-05-31)[3] – present
Major junctions
West end: US 83 near Palmview
  SH 364 in Palmview
SH 107 in Mission
SH 336 in McAllen
I-69C / US 281 in Pharr
East end: I-69E / US 77 in Harlingen
Highway system
← SH 1SH 3 →

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

CountyLocationmikmExit[12]DestinationsNotes
Hidalgo 0.00.0 US 83 westWestern terminus
 0.91.4130Showers Road
Palmview1.72.7131 FM 492 (Goodwin Road) / Abram Road
3.04.8133 SH 364 (La Homa Road) / Bentsen Palm Drive
Mission4.97.9134
Bus. US 83 / Inspiration Road
6.09.7135Los Ebanos RoadWestbound direction bridge over the railway under construction as of July 2015
6.510.5136 SH 107 north / FM 1016 south (Conway Avenue)
7.712.4137 FM 396 (Bryan Road / Anzalduas Highway)
138 FM 494 (Shary Road)
McAllen140 FM 2220 (Ware Road)
141 Spur 115 (23rd Street) / Main Street – Airport
142 SH 336 (10th Street) / Main Street / 2nd Street – Airport
143AMcColl Road / 2nd Streetno direct westbound exit (signed at exit 143B)
143BJackson Avenue / Sam Houston Avenue
McAllen-Pharr line144
Bus. US 83 / FM 2061 / FM 3362 (Jackson Road)
Pharr145Sugar Road / Polk Avenue
146 I-69C north / US 281 – Edinburg, Pharrsigned as exits 146A (south) and 146B (north); I-69C exits 1A-B
146CFrontage Roadextra eastbound exit; other access is at adjacent interchanges
Pharr-San Juan line147AVeterans Boulevard
San Juan147B FM 1426 – San Juan
149 FM 2557 south (Stewart Road) / Cesar Chavez Roaddirect access to FM 2557 eastbound only
Alamo150A FM 907 (Alamo Road)
150BTower Road
Donna152 FM 1423 (Val Verde Road)
153Hutto Road
154 Spur 433 (Main Street)
155A FM 493 (Salinas Boulevard)
 155BVictoria Road / Midway Road
Weslaco157Westgate Drive / Mile 6 West Road
158 FM 88 (Texas Boulevard)
159Airport Drive / Pike Boulevardserves Mid Valley Airport
160 FM 1015 (International Boulevard)
Mercedes161 Spur 31 (Mile 2 West Road)
163AVermont Avenue
163B FM 491 (Texas Avenue)
164Mile 1 East Road
165 FM 1425 (Mile 2 East Road)
Hidalgo-Cameron line166Mile 3 East Road
CameronLa Feria167 FM 2556 (Solis Road)no direct westbound exit (signed at exit 166)
168Rabb Roadno direct eastbound exit (signed at exit 167)
169 FM 506 – La Feria, Santa Rosa
 170 FM 733 (Kansas City Road) / White Ranch Road
Harlingen171 FM 800 (Bass Boulevard)
172Altas Palmas Road
173 FM 3195 (Stuart Place Road)
174
Bus. US 83 west (Spur 54 east) / Lewis Lane
175Tyler Avenue (Spur 206 east) / Dixieland Road / Bass Pro Drive - Downtown HarlingenEastbound exit and westbound entrance
46.875.3176 I-69E north / US 77 north – Raymondville, Corpus Christi, Airporteastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-69E exit 26B
46.875.3 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

  1. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division. "Interstate Highway No. 2". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ Staff (May 31, 2013). "Interstate 69" (PDF). Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ Essex, Allen (May 31, 2013). "State Adds I-69 to Interstate System". Brownsville Herald. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
  4. ↑ Vitale, Marty (May 4, 2013). "Special Committee on US Route Numbering Report to SCOH on May 3, 2013 Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Providence, RI: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  5. ↑ Vitale, Marty (November 16, 2012). "SCOH Report from Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering Annual Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Pittsburgh, PA: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
  6. 1 2 Staff (May 30, 2013). "Interstate 69 Comes to Texarkana and the Valley" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  7. ↑ Nino, Mark (May 31, 2013). "Texas Transportation Commission Approves Interstate 69 System". Brownsville, TX: KVEO-TV. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  8. ↑ Taylor, Steve (May 30, 2013). "Over 100 Miles of Valley Highways To Be Designated Interstate". Rio Grande Guardian (McAllen, TX). Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  9. ↑ Janes, Jared (July 15, 2013). "Valley's I-69 signage the latest stop along superhighway dream". The Monitor. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  10. ↑ Staff (July 13, 2012). "Agency Gives US 77 Upgrades Final Environmental Clearance" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  11. ↑ Clark, Steve (August 8, 2011). "Interstate Link to Valley Moves Closer to Reality, Official Says". Brownsville Herald. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  12. ↑ Texas Department of Transportation, plans of proposed highway maintenance contract (1.58 GB ZIP file), December 2014

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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