California State Route 2

State Route 2 (SR 2) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. It connects the Los Angeles Basin with the San Gabriel Mountains and the Victor Valley in the Mojave Desert. The highway's southwestern end is at the intersection of Centinela Avenue at the Santa Monica-Los Angeles border and its northeastern end is at SR 138 east of Wrightwood. The SR 2 is divided into four segments, and it briefly runs concurrently with U.S. Route 101 (US 101) and Interstate 210 (I-210). The southwestern section of SR 2 runs along a segment of the eastwest Santa Monica Boulevard, an old routing of US 66, to US 101 in East Hollywood; the second section runs along segments of both the northsouth Alvarado Street and Glendale Boulevard in Echo Park; the third section to I-210 in Glendale is known as the northsouth Glendale Freeway; and the northeastern portion from I-210 in La Cañada Flintridge to SR 138 is designated as the Angeles Crest Highway.

State Route 2

SR 2 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Caltrans
Length87.295 mi (140.488 km)
(broken into 3 pieces by US 101 and I-210)
Existed1934–present
Tourist
routes
Angeles Crest Scenic Byway
Restrictions
Major junctions
Southwest endCentinela Avenue at the Santa Monica-Los Angeles border
Major intersections
Northeast end SR 138 at the Piñon Hills–Phelan border
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountiesLos Angeles, San Bernardino
Highway system
  • State highways in California
  • Interstate
  • US
  • State
  • Scenic
  • History
  • Pre1964
  • Unconstructed
  • Deleted
  • Freeways
SR 1 SR 3
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