page_title: Iowa Highway 2
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Iowa Highway 2 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: US 71 and IA 2 near Clarinda, Iowa
context_page_description: Iowa Highway 2 is a 251-mile-long state highway which runs across the southernmost tier of counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. At no point along its route is Iowa 2 more than 15 miles from the Missouri state line, except for a small section near its eastern terminus. Iowa 2 stretches across the entire state; from the Missouri River near Nebraska City, Nebraska, to U.S. Route 61 at Fort Madison. Prior to becoming a primary highway, the route was known as the Waubonsie Trail.
context_section_description: Iowa Highway 2 begins at the Nebraska City Bridge just east of Nebraska City, Nebraska.  It goes northeast and then east as an expressway until meeting Interstate 29.  It then continues east as a two-lane highway until meeting U.S. Highway 275 and turning north.  It continues north, bypassing Sidney with U.S. 275, and turning east of Sidney.  It goes east and meets U.S. 59 at Shenandoah and then U.S. 71 at Clarinda, which is served with Business Route 2.  It continues east through New Market and meets Iowa Highway 148 at Bedford.  After intersecting Iowa Highway 25 east of Bedford, it passes through Benton before beginning an overlap with U.S. Highway 169 through Mount Ayr.  After passing through Kellerton, Iowa 2 intersects Interstate 35 at Decatur City.
  Iowa Highway 2 continues east through Decatur City and meets U.S. Highway 69 in Leon.  It continues east and intersects U.S. Highway 65 before entering Corydon, where it intersects Iowa Highway 14.  After passing through Promise City, it goes through Centerville, where it intersects Iowa Highway 5.  It later intersects Iowa Highway 202 near Moulton and then begins a concurrency with U.S. Highway 63 which ends in Bloomfield.
  After Bloomfield, Iowa Highway 2 turns southeasterly to pass through Pulaski, Milton, and Cantril, then turns briefly northeast.  It turns east, intersects Iowa Highway 1 south of Keosauqua, then turns southeast towards Farmington.  At Farmington, Iowa 2 meets Iowa Highway 81 and crosses the Des Moines River.  It continues east and meets U.S. Highway 218 and Iowa Highway 27 at Donnellson.  From there, it then meets U.S. Highway 61 and ends on the west side of Fort Madison.
caption: US 71 has a concurrency with Iowa 2 near Clarinda.
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