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It begins at the intersection of US Highway\u00a083 (US\u00a083) and Business US\u00a083 (Bus. US\u00a083) in Pe\u00f1itas and heads eastward before terminating at I-69E\/US\u00a077\/US\u00a083 in Harlingen. For its entire length, I-2 runs concurrently with US\u00a083. I-2 also parallels Mexican Federal Highway 2 (Fed.\u00a02), another major east\u2013west route that traces the Mexico\u2013US border along the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. When completed, the western terminus will be the city of Laredo. The route is one of the more recently designated Interstate Highways; it was signed as an Interstate in 2013. Its construction is part of an expansion of the Interstate System into southern Texas that includes the three branches of I-69. It currently intersects I-69E and I-69C and will, when complete to Laredo, intersect I-69W as well. This complex of Interstate Highways does not yet connect to the rest of the system.Table of ContentsRoute description[edit]History[edit]Exit list[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Route description[edit]I-2 begins at an at-grade intersection with US\u00a083 and Bus. US\u00a083 in Pe\u00f1itas. The Interstate heads eastward as a four-lane freeway through the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The route curves southeastward around Mission and McAllen to the south, running near McAllen Miller International Airport. The route curves northeastward around Pharr, where it intersects with I-69C\/US\u00a0281 north of the city center. Continuing eastward, the route passes by many small cities, roughly paralleling Bus. US\u00a083. The route ends at an interchange with I-69E\/US\u00a077\/US\u00a083 in Harlingen.History[edit]  US\u00a083 (Future I-2) running through a major retail district of McAllen in 2005On April 1, 2013, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) applied to use the I-2 designation on US\u00a083 from Palmview to Harlingen. Approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials at their May meeting, this 47-mile-long (76\u00a0km) freeway was already constructed as an Interstate-grade limited-access facility. It connects with I-69E at Harlingen;[6] and likewise with I-69C in the city of Pharr.[7] The Federal Highway Administration approved the designation on May 24, 2013,[8] and TxDOT followed suit on May 30, 2013.[9] 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\u00a0281 freeway facility near Edinburg, and also I-369 along a short segment of US\u00a059 freeway west of Texarkana, which will be part of the proposed 115-mile (185\u00a0km) connector between the main I-69 trunk in Tenaha and Texarkana.[8] These approvals added over 100 miles (160\u00a0km) to the Interstate Highway System in the Rio Grande Valley.[10] The signage was installed in mid-2013.[11]As of July\u00a02021[update], 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\u00a077 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 expansion of the US\u00a077 alignment to Interstate standards, including bypasses of the towns along the 91-mile (146\u00a0km) routing, was obtained through a Finding of No Significant Impact statement issued on July 13, 2012;[12]funding for the various projects to effect the expansion is slated to become available after 2015.[needs update][13]Due to increasing congestion, a nine-mile (14\u00a0km) segment of future I-2 bypassing La Joya is currently under construction in two phases, which is set for completion in May 2023. Both phases of the segment from west of Palmview to east of Sullivan City will cost $183\u00a0million according to TxDOT.[14][15]Exit list[edit]The exit numbers are set up to reflect the likely future western terminus of I-2, which would be in Laredo.See also[edit]^ Some sources use “IH-2”, as “IH” is an abbreviation used by TxDOT for Interstate Highways.[5]References[edit]^ Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). “Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways”. FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved December 24, 2022.^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). “Interstate Highway No.\u00a02”. Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 3, 2013.^ Staff (May 31, 2013). “Interstate 69” (PDF). Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 1, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2013.^ Essex, Allen (May 30, 2013). “State Adds I-69 to Interstate System”. Brownsville Herald. Archived from the original on March 10, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2017.^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). “Highway Designations Glossary”. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 20, 2020.^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (May 4, 2013). “Special Committee on US Route Numbering Report to SCOH on May 3, 2013 Meeting” (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2013.^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (November 16, 2012). “SCOH Report from Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering Annual Meeting” (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 3, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2012.^ a b Staff (May 30, 2013). “Interstate 69 Comes to Texarkana and the Valley” (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Retrieved May 31, 2013.^ Nino, Mark (May 31, 2013). “Texas Transportation Commission Approves Interstate\u00a069 System”. Brownsville, TX: KVEO-TV. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2017.^ Taylor, Steve (May 30, 2013). “Over 100\u00a0Miles of Valley Highways To Be Designated Interstate”. Rio Grande Guardian. McAllen, TX. Archived from the original on May 4, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2013.^ Janes, Jared (July 15, 2013). “Valley’s I-69 signage the latest stop along superhighway dream”. The Monitor. Retrieved July 17, 2013.^ Staff (July 13, 2012). “Agency Gives US 77 Upgrades Final Environmental Clearance” (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Retrieved June 7, 2013.^ Clark, Steve (August 8, 2011). “Interstate Link to Valley Moves Closer to Reality, Official Says”. Brownsville Herald. Archived from the original on April 4, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2013.^ Hendricks, Dave (February 28, 2021). “With new highway about halfway complete, Pe\u00f1itas poised for growth”. Progress Times. Retrieved December 13, 2021.^ Staff (November 15, 2012). “La Joya Bypass Presentation” (PDF). Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 13, 2021.^ Texas Department of Transportation, plans of proposed highway maintenance contract (1.58 GB ZIP file), December 2014External links[edit]Route map: KML is from Wikidata  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/interstate-2-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Interstate 2 – Wikipedia"}}]}]