Louisiana Highway 2
State highway in Louisiana, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Louisiana Highway 2 (LA 2) is a state highway located in northern Louisiana. It runs 189.49 miles (304.95 km) in an east–west direction from the Texas state line southwest of Vivian to a junction with U.S. Highway 65 (US 65) near Lake Providence, just west of the Mississippi state line.
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Maintained by Louisiana DOTD | ||||
Length | 189.490 mi[1] (304.955 km) | |||
Existed | 1955 renumbering–present | |||
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West end | SH 49 at Texas state line west of Trees | |||
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East end | US 65 north of Lake Providence | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Louisiana | |||
Parishes | Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Union, Ouachita, Morehouse, West Carroll, East Carroll | |||
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It is the northernmost cross-state highway in Louisiana and runs between Interstate 20 (I-20) and the Arkansas state line for its entire distance. LA 2 spans nine parishes, connecting five parish seats[lower-alpha 1] with direct connections to the remaining four, traveling through Homer, Bastrop, and smaller communities such as Hosston, Plain Dealing, Sarepta, Bernice, Farmerville, Mer Rouge, and Oak Grove. LA 2 also has intersections with many of the state's major north–south routes, such as LA 1, US 71, US 371, US 167, US 165, and at its eastern terminus, US 65. An interchange with the newly constructed extension of I-49 was scheduled to be completed in Spring 2013 and opened to traffic later in the year.[3]