Interstate 2 (Texas)

Interstate 2
I-2 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	46.8 mi (75.3 km)
Existed:	May 30, 2013 (2013-05-30) – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 83 / Bus. US 83 in Penitas
	SH 364 in Palmview SH 107 in Mission SH 336 in McAllen I-69C / US 281 in Pharr
East end:	I-69E / US 77 / US 83 in Harlingen
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← PR 1 SH 2 →

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 in Penitas 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, another major east–west route that traces the Mexico-U.S. border along the Mexican side of the Rio Grande.

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 was already constructed as an Interstate-grade limited-access facility. It connects with I-69E at Harlingen; and likewise with I-69C in the town of Pharr. The Federal Highway Administration approved the designation on May 24, 2013, and the Texas Transportation Commission followed suit on May 30, 2013. 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. These approvals added over 100 miles (160 km) to the Interstate Highway System in the Rio Grande Valley. The signage was installed in summer 2013.