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Interstate 2
Interstate 2 (I-2[a]) is a partially completed Interstate
Highway running through the Lower Rio Grande Valley
of South Texas. It begins at the intersection of US
Highway 83 (US 83) and Business US 83 (Bus. US 83)
in Peñitas and heads eastward before terminating at I- Interstate 2
69E/US 77/US 83 in Harlingen. A westward extension
around La Joya has been completed, and is designated
as I-2 East. For almost its entire length, I-2 runs
concurrently with US 83. I-2 also parallels Mexican
Federal Highway 2 (Fed. 2), another major east–west
route that traces the Mexico–US 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 Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap

branches of I-69. It currently intersects I-69E and I-69C I-2 highlighted in red
and will, when completed to Laredo, terminate I-69W Route information
as well. This complex of Interstate Highways does not Maintained by TxDOT
yet connect to the rest of the system.
Length 46.80 mi[1][2][3] (75.32 km)
Existed 2013[4]–present

Route description NHS Entire route

Major junctions
I-2 begins at an at-grade intersection with Bus. US 83 in
West end
Peñitas before becoming concurrent with US 83 at the US 83 / Bus. US 83 in
east end of the La Joya Relief Route. The Interstate Peñitas
heads eastward as a four-lane freeway through the
US 83 in Peñitas
Lower Rio Grande Valley. The route curves
SH 364 in Palmview
southeastward around Mission and McAllen to the
SH 107 in Mission
south, running near McAllen Miller International
Airport. The route curves northeastward around Pharr, SH 336 in McAllen
where it intersects with I-69C/US 281 north of the city I-69C / US 281 in Pharr
center. Continuing eastward, the route passes by many East end I-69E / US 77 / US 83
in Harlingen
Location

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small cities, roughly paralleling Bus. US 83. The route Country United States
ends at an interchange with I-69E/US 77/US 83 in State Texas
Harlingen.
Counties Hidalgo, Cameron
Highway system

History 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 →

On April 1, 2013, the Texas Department of Transportation

(TxDOT) 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-
US 83 (Future I-2 corridor) running through a
major retail district of McAllen in 2005
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, and TxDOT followed suit on May 30, 2013.[9] This action finalized the designations
[8]

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.[8] These approvals added over 100 miles
(160 km) to the Interstate Highway System in the Rio Grande Valley.[10] The signage was installed in
mid-2013.[11]

As of January 2024, 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 77 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 77 alignment to Interstate standards, including bypasses of the towns along the
91-mile (146 km) routing, was obtained through a Finding of No Significant Impact statement issued
on July 13, 2012;[12]

Due to increasing congestion, a nine-mile (14 km) segment of future I-2 bypassing La Joya were
constructed in three phases. The first two phases were set for completion in May 2023, although this
did not occur until July 2023. Two of the phases of the segment from west of Palmview to east of
Sullivan City were estimated cost $183 million according to TxDOT.[13][14] A portion of the La Joya
relief route officially opened on August 28, 2023. It opens the eastbound and westbound US 83 main
lanes and frontage roads from the US 83 west connector in Peñitas —located east of Showers Road —

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to Jara Chinas Road as well as the westbound US 83 frontage road between FM 2221 and the US 83
East connector in Sullivan City. The final phase that built the main lanes west of FM 2221 were
completed in early 2024.[15] The final cost for construction is estimated at $197 million.[16]

Future
The extension of I-2 west of La Joya to Laredo is currently in its study phase. It would follow the US
83 corridor before shifting to the Loop 20 corridor in Laredo and terminating at US 59 (Future I-
69W). The study, which included collecting and analyzing date and requesting public feedback, began
in April 2022 and was completed in August 2023.[17] Part of the study looked into another relief route
in Starr County.[18]

Exit list
The exit numbers are set up to reflect the likely future western terminus of I-2, which would be in
Laredo.

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County Location mi km Exit[19] Destinations Notes

Hidalgo
Bus. US 83 – Peñitas, At-grade intersection; temporary
Peñitas 0.00 0.00
western terminus
La Joya

Partially opened August 28,

Future I-2 west / 2023; west end of US 83
​ 128 concurrency; not yet signed as I-
US 83 west (La Joya Relief
Route) – Sullivan City, Rio 2[16]
Grande City

​ 1.09 1.75 130 Showers Road No exit number eastbound.

FM 492 (Goodwin
2.59 4.17 131
Road) / Abram Road
Palmview
SH 364 (La Homa
4.45 7.16 133 Road) / Bentsen Palm
Drive

5.76 9.27 134 Bus. US 83 /

Inspiration Road
6.37 10.25 135 Los Ebanos Road

SH 107 north /
Mission 7.51 12.09 136
FM 1016 south (Conway
Avenue)

FM 396 (Bryan Road /

8.53 13.73 137
Anzalduas Highway)

10.01 16.11 138 FM 494 (Shary Road)

11.56 18.60 140 FM 2220 (Ware Road)

Spur 115 (23rd

12.59 20.26 141 Street) / Main Street –
Airport

SH 336 (10th
McAllen
13.54 21.79 142 Street) / Main Street / 2nd
Street – Airport

No direct westbound exit (signed

14.64 23.56 143A McColl Road / 2nd Street
at exit 143B).

Jackson Avenue / Sam

14.99 24.12 143B
Houston Avenue

McAllen– Bus. US 83 /
15.66 25.20 144
Pharr line FM 2061 / FM 3362
(Jackson Road)

Pharr 16.42 26.43 145 Sugar Road / Polk Avenue

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Southern terminus of I-69C;

signed as exits 146A (south) and
146 I-69C north / 146B (north); I-69C exits 1A-B
17.22 27.71 US 281 – Edinburg, Pharr southbound; tri-stack
interchange.
146C Frontage Road Eastbound exit only.

Pharr–San
18.24 29.35 147A Veterans Boulevard Formerly I Road.
Juan line

18.72 30.13 147B FM 1426 – San Juan

San Juan Direct access to FM 2557

FM 2557 south eastbound only; eastbound exit
20.40 32.83 149 permanently closed on June 9,
(Stewart Road) / Cesar
Chavez Road 2023[20]

21.15 34.04 150A FM 907 (Alamo Road)

Alamo
21.90 35.24 150B Tower Road

FM 1423 (Val Verde

23.41 37.67 152
Road)

24.66 39.69 153 Hutto Road

Donna
25.52 41.07 154 Spur 433 (Main Street)

FM 493 (Salinas
26.23 42.21 155A
Boulevard)

Victoria Road / Midway

​ 27.03 43.50 155B
Road

Westgate Drive / Mile 6

28.42 45.74 157
West Road

FM 88 (Texas
29.42 47.35 158
Boulevard)
Weslaco
Airport Drive / Pike
30.45 49.00 159 Serves Mid Valley Airport.
Boulevard

FM 1015 (International
31.64 50.92 160
Boulevard)
Mercedes Spur 31 (Mile 2 West
32.79 52.77 161
Road)

34.19 55.02 163A Vermont Avenue

FM 491 (Texas
34.64 55.75 163B
Avenue)
35.87 57.73 164 Mile 1 East Road

FM 1425 (Mile 2 East

36.88 59.35 165
Road)

Hidalgo– 37.87 60.95 166 Mile 3 East Road

Cameron

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county line

FM 2556 (Solis Road) No direct westbound exit (signed

39.09 62.91 167
at exit 166).
No direct eastbound exit (signed
La Feria 39.52 63.60 168 Rabb Road
at exit 167).

FM 506 – La Feria,
40.29 64.84 169
Santa Rosa

FM 733 (Kansas City

​ 40.97 65.93 170
Road) / White Ranch Road

FM 800 (Bass
42.93 69.09 171
Boulevard)

43.90 70.65 172 Altas Palmas Road

FM 3195 (Stuart Place

44.75 72.02 173
Road)
Cameron

Bus. US 83 / Lewis Bus. US 83 not signed

46.50 74.83 174
westbound.
Lane

Tyler Avenue (Spur 206

Harlingen Eastbound exit and westbound
east) / Dixieland Road /
47.04 75.70 175 entrance; access via Bus.
Bass Pro Drive - Downtown
US 83; I-69E exit 26C.
Harlingen

I-69E north / Eastbound left exit and

westbound entrance; I-69E exit
176 US 77 north – 26B; serves Valley International
Raymondville, Corpus Airport.
47.31 76.14 Christi

I-69E south / Eastern terminus; east end of

US 83 concurrency; I-69E exit
US 77 south / US 83 26B.
south – Brownsville

1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Concurrency terminus · Incomplete access

See also
Texas portal

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U.S. Roads portal

Notes
a. Some sources use "IH-2", as "IH" is an abbreviation used by TxDOT for Interstate Highways.[5]

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External links
Interstate-guide.com: Interstate 2 (https://www.aaroads.com/interstate-guide/i-002/)
City of Mission makes Bryan Road-Interstate 2 Connector is its No. 1 legislative priority (https://rio
grandeguardian.com/city-of-mission-makes-bryan-road-interstate-2-connector-is-its-no-1-legislativ
e-priority/)

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