@ enter Wisconsin . US 2 continues eastward parallel to a branch of the Canadian National Railway ( CN Railway ) . Both road and rail travel through the community of Quinnesec , where they pass near the largest paper mill in the UP . The trunkline runs along the main street of Norway , where the highway meets the eastern terminus of US 8 . Then US 2 continues east through rural Dickinson County to Vulcan , passing north of Hanbury Lake through the Copper Country State Forest , before crossing the Sturgeon River in Loretto and passing into Menominee County .   In Menominee County , the environment takes on a more agricultural character along US 2 . The highway passes through the edge of the community of Hermansville before entering Powers . US 2 comes to a three @-@ way intersection and turns northeast merging onto US 41 . The concurrent highway runs from Powers through the communities of Wilson and Spaulding on the south side of the CN Railway . At Harris , the trunkline enters the Hannahville Indian Community . Harris is on the Menominee County side of the reservation , but as the highway continues east , it crosses over to Bark River on the Delta County side . The county line in between not only separates the two communities , but also serves as the boundary between the Central and Eastern time zones . East of Bark River , the highway crosses the community 's namesake waterway before intersecting the eastern terminus of M ‑ 69 . The roadway crosses the Ford River prior to turning due east into the outskirts of Escanaba .   US 2 / US 41 widens to four lanes along Ludington Street , which forms the east – west axis of the Escanaba street grid . Near downtown , the highway meets M ‑ 35 , which runs along the city 's north – south axis , Lincoln Avenue . The trunklines merge and run north , bypassing the traditional central business district for a different business corridor . Lincoln Avenue runs north carrying four lanes of traffic past the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds , site of one of the two state fairs for the state of Michigan , the only state to have twin fairs . US 2 / US 41 / M ‑ 35 continues north on Lincoln Avenue past the campus of Bay de Noc Community College . The four @-@ lane highway crosses the Escanaba River just upstream from its mouth near the large Mead Paper Mill and shifts to run immediately next to Little Bay de Noc . The section here carried the highest traffic counts along all of US 2 in the state : an average of 23 @,@ 977 vehicles used this segment of roadway daily in 2011 .   The road turns inland again , and US 2 / US 41 / M ‑ 35 passes to the west of downtown Gladstone . The highway through here is an expressway , four lanes divided by a central median and no driveway access . Unlike a freeway , the expressway has standard intersections and not interchanges . The highway intersects the eastern terminus of County Road 426 ( CR 426 ) and crosses the ELS Railroad south of the stoplight for 4th Avenue North , where M ‑ 35 separates from the US Highways and turns to the northwest . The expressway continues north parallel to the CN Railway , crossing the Days River . Through this area , the trunkline carries a speed limit of 65 mph ( 105 km / h ) for car traffic . This is the only road in the UP with a speed limit higher than 55 mph ( 89 km / h ) besides I @-@ 75 , which has a speed limit of 70 mph ( 110 km / h ) . The expressway segment runs around the upper end of Little Bay de Noc before ending at Rapid River . In this location , US 41 separates to the north , and US 2 returns to an easterly track as a two @-@ lane road , crossing the Rapid and Whitefish rivers and turning southeast around the head of the bay . As US 2 crosses southern Delta County , it passes through the western unit of the Hiawatha National Forest . Near Garden Corners , the highway runs along the shore of Big Bay de Noc . After the intersection with the northern terminus of M ‑ 183 , US 2 turns inland cutting across the base of the Garden Peninsula and enters Schoolcraft County .   As the highway approaches Thompson , US 2 leaves the western unit of the Hiawatha National Forest and enters the Lake Superior State Forest . The roadway runs along Lake Michigan to Manistique , crossing the Manistique River . The trunkline turns inland approaching Gulliver and then turns north @-@ northeast to Blaney Park . The community there is a former logging town @-@ turned @-@ resort at the southern terminus of M ‑ 77 ; the resort was active from the late 1920s but declined by the 1980s . From Blaney Park , US 2 turns due east and crosses into Mackinac County west of Gould City . Where it intersects a former routing , the main highway crosses the CN Railway one last time
@ Ġenter ĠWisconsin Ġ. ĠUS Ġ2 Ġcontinues Ġeast ward Ġparallel Ġto Ġa Ġbranch Ġof Ġthe ĠCanadian ĠNational ĠRailway Ġ( ĠCN ĠRailway Ġ) Ġ. ĠBoth Ġroad Ġand Ġrail Ġtravel Ġthrough Ġthe Ġcommunity Ġof ĠQuin nes ec Ġ, Ġwhere Ġthey Ġpass Ġnear Ġthe Ġlargest Ġpaper Ġmill Ġin Ġthe ĠUP Ġ. ĠThe Ġtrunk line Ġruns Ġalong Ġthe Ġmain Ġstreet Ġof ĠNorway Ġ, Ġwhere Ġthe Ġhighway Ġmeets Ġthe Ġeastern Ġtermin us Ġof ĠUS Ġ8 Ġ. ĠThen ĠUS Ġ2 Ġcontinues Ġeast Ġthrough Ġrural ĠDickinson ĠCounty Ġto ĠVulcan Ġ, Ġpassing Ġnorth Ġof ĠHan bury ĠLake Ġthrough Ġthe ĠCopper ĠCountry ĠState ĠForest Ġ, Ġbefore Ġcrossing Ġthe ĠSturgeon ĠRiver Ġin ĠLore tto Ġand Ġpassing Ġinto ĠMen om ine e ĠCounty Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠIn ĠMen om ine e ĠCounty Ġ, Ġthe Ġenvironment Ġtakes Ġon Ġa Ġmore Ġagricultural Ġcharacter Ġalong ĠUS Ġ2 Ġ. ĠThe Ġhighway Ġpasses Ġthrough Ġthe Ġedge Ġof Ġthe Ġcommunity Ġof ĠHer mans ville Ġbefore Ġentering ĠPowers Ġ. ĠUS Ġ2 Ġcomes Ġto Ġa Ġthree Ġ@ - @ Ġway Ġintersection Ġand Ġturns Ġnortheast Ġmerging Ġonto ĠUS Ġ41 Ġ. ĠThe Ġconcurrent Ġhighway Ġruns Ġfrom ĠPowers Ġthrough Ġthe Ġcommunities Ġof ĠWilson Ġand ĠSp auld ing Ġon Ġthe Ġsouth Ġside Ġof Ġthe ĠCN ĠRailway Ġ. ĠAt ĠHarris Ġ, Ġthe Ġtrunk line Ġenters Ġthe ĠHannah ville ĠIndian ĠCommunity Ġ. ĠHarris Ġis Ġon Ġthe ĠMen om ine e ĠCounty Ġside Ġof Ġthe Ġreservation Ġ, Ġbut Ġas Ġthe Ġhighway Ġcontinues Ġeast Ġ, Ġit Ġcrosses Ġover Ġto ĠBark ĠRiver Ġon Ġthe ĠDelta ĠCounty Ġside Ġ. ĠThe Ġcounty Ġline Ġin Ġbetween Ġnot Ġonly Ġseparates Ġthe Ġtwo Ġcommunities Ġ, Ġbut Ġalso Ġserves Ġas Ġthe Ġboundary Ġbetween Ġthe ĠCentral Ġand ĠEastern Ġtime Ġzones Ġ. ĠEast Ġof ĠBark ĠRiver Ġ, Ġthe Ġhighway Ġcrosses Ġthe Ġcommunity Ġ' s Ġnamesake Ġwater way Ġbefore Ġintersect ing Ġthe Ġeastern Ġtermin us Ġof ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ69 Ġ. ĠThe Ġroadway Ġcrosses Ġthe ĠFord ĠRiver Ġprior Ġto Ġturning Ġdue Ġeast Ġinto Ġthe Ġoutskirts Ġof ĠEsc an aba Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠUS Ġ2 Ġ/ ĠUS Ġ41 Ġwid ens Ġto Ġfour Ġlanes Ġalong ĠLud ington ĠStreet Ġ, Ġwhich Ġforms Ġthe Ġeast ĠâĢĵ Ġwest Ġaxis Ġof Ġthe ĠEsc an aba Ġstreet Ġgrid Ġ. ĠNear Ġdowntown Ġ, Ġthe Ġhighway Ġmeets ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ35 Ġ, Ġwhich Ġruns Ġalong Ġthe Ġcity Ġ' s Ġnorth ĠâĢĵ Ġsouth Ġaxis Ġ, ĠLincoln ĠAvenue Ġ. ĠThe Ġtrunk lines Ġmerge Ġand Ġrun Ġnorth Ġ, Ġbypass ing Ġthe Ġtraditional Ġcentral Ġbusiness Ġdistrict Ġfor Ġa Ġdifferent Ġbusiness Ġcorridor Ġ. ĠLincoln ĠAvenue Ġruns Ġnorth Ġcarrying Ġfour Ġlanes Ġof Ġtraffic Ġpast Ġthe ĠUpper ĠPeninsula ĠState ĠFair grounds Ġ, Ġsite Ġof Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġtwo Ġstate Ġfair s Ġfor Ġthe Ġstate Ġof ĠMichigan Ġ, Ġthe Ġonly Ġstate Ġto Ġhave Ġtwin Ġfair s Ġ. ĠUS Ġ2 Ġ/ ĠUS Ġ41 Ġ/ ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ35 Ġcontinues Ġnorth Ġon ĠLincoln ĠAvenue Ġpast Ġthe Ġcampus Ġof ĠBay Ġde ĠN oc ĠCommunity ĠCollege Ġ. ĠThe Ġfour Ġ@ - @ Ġlane Ġhighway Ġcrosses Ġthe ĠEsc an aba ĠRiver Ġjust Ġupstream Ġfrom Ġits Ġmouth Ġnear Ġthe Ġlarge ĠMead ĠPaper ĠMill Ġand Ġshifts Ġto Ġrun Ġimmediately Ġnext Ġto ĠLittle ĠBay Ġde ĠN oc Ġ. ĠThe Ġsection Ġhere Ġcarried Ġthe Ġhighest Ġtraffic Ġcounts Ġalong Ġall Ġof ĠUS Ġ2 Ġin Ġthe Ġstate Ġ: Ġan Ġaverage Ġof Ġ23 Ġ@ , @ Ġ9 77 Ġvehicles Ġused Ġthis Ġsegment Ġof Ġroadway Ġdaily Ġin Ġ2011 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġroad Ġturns Ġinland Ġagain Ġ, Ġand ĠUS Ġ2 Ġ/ ĠUS Ġ41 Ġ/ ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ35 Ġpasses Ġto Ġthe Ġwest Ġof Ġdowntown ĠGlad stone Ġ. ĠThe Ġhighway Ġthrough Ġhere Ġis Ġan Ġexpress way Ġ, Ġfour Ġlanes Ġdivided Ġby Ġa Ġcentral Ġmedian Ġand Ġno Ġdriveway Ġaccess Ġ. ĠUnlike Ġa Ġfreeway Ġ, Ġthe Ġexpress way Ġhas Ġstandard Ġintersections Ġand Ġnot Ġinter changes Ġ. ĠThe Ġhighway Ġintersect s Ġthe Ġeastern Ġtermin us Ġof ĠCounty ĠRoad Ġ426 Ġ( ĠCR Ġ426 Ġ) Ġand Ġcrosses Ġthe ĠE LS ĠRailroad Ġsouth Ġof Ġthe Ġstop light Ġfor Ġ4 th ĠAvenue ĠNorth Ġ, Ġwhere ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ35 Ġseparates Ġfrom Ġthe ĠUS ĠHigh ways Ġand Ġturns Ġto Ġthe Ġnorthwest Ġ. ĠThe Ġexpress way Ġcontinues Ġnorth Ġparallel Ġto Ġthe ĠCN ĠRailway Ġ, Ġcrossing Ġthe ĠDays ĠRiver Ġ. ĠThrough Ġthis Ġarea Ġ, Ġthe Ġtrunk line Ġcarries Ġa Ġspeed Ġlimit Ġof Ġ65 Ġmph Ġ( Ġ105 Ġkm Ġ/ Ġh Ġ) Ġfor Ġcar Ġtraffic Ġ. ĠThis Ġis Ġthe Ġonly Ġroad Ġin Ġthe ĠUP Ġwith Ġa Ġspeed Ġlimit Ġhigher Ġthan Ġ55 Ġmph Ġ( Ġ89 Ġkm Ġ/ Ġh Ġ) Ġbesides ĠI Ġ@ - @ Ġ75 Ġ, Ġwhich Ġhas Ġa Ġspeed Ġlimit Ġof Ġ70 Ġmph Ġ( Ġ110 Ġkm Ġ/ Ġh Ġ) Ġ. ĠThe Ġexpress way Ġsegment Ġruns Ġaround Ġthe Ġupper Ġend Ġof ĠLittle ĠBay Ġde ĠN oc Ġbefore Ġending Ġat ĠRapid ĠRiver Ġ. ĠIn Ġthis Ġlocation Ġ, ĠUS Ġ41 Ġseparates Ġto Ġthe Ġnorth Ġ, Ġand ĠUS Ġ2 Ġreturns Ġto Ġan Ġeas ter ly Ġtrack Ġas Ġa Ġtwo Ġ@ - @ Ġlane Ġroad Ġ, Ġcrossing Ġthe ĠRapid Ġand ĠWhite fish Ġrivers Ġand Ġturning Ġsoutheast Ġaround Ġthe Ġhead Ġof Ġthe Ġbay Ġ. ĠAs ĠUS Ġ2 Ġcrosses Ġsouthern ĠDelta ĠCounty Ġ, Ġit Ġpasses Ġthrough Ġthe Ġwestern Ġunit Ġof Ġthe ĠH ia w atha ĠNational ĠForest Ġ. ĠNear ĠGarden ĠCorn ers Ġ, Ġthe Ġhighway Ġruns Ġalong Ġthe Ġshore Ġof ĠBig ĠBay Ġde ĠN oc Ġ. ĠAfter Ġthe Ġintersection Ġwith Ġthe Ġnorthern Ġtermin us Ġof ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ183 Ġ, ĠUS Ġ2 Ġturns Ġinland Ġcutting Ġacross Ġthe Ġbase Ġof Ġthe ĠGarden ĠPeninsula Ġand Ġenters ĠSchool craft ĠCounty Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAs Ġthe Ġhighway Ġapproaches ĠThompson Ġ, ĠUS Ġ2 Ġleaves Ġthe Ġwestern Ġunit Ġof Ġthe ĠH ia w atha ĠNational ĠForest Ġand Ġenters Ġthe ĠLake ĠSuperior ĠState ĠForest Ġ. ĠThe Ġroadway Ġruns Ġalong ĠLake ĠMichigan Ġto ĠMan ist ique Ġ, Ġcrossing Ġthe ĠMan ist ique ĠRiver Ġ. ĠThe Ġtrunk line Ġturns Ġinland Ġapproaching ĠG ull iver Ġand Ġthen Ġturns Ġnorth Ġ@ - @ Ġnortheast Ġto ĠBl aney ĠPark Ġ. ĠThe Ġcommunity Ġthere Ġis Ġa Ġformer Ġlogging Ġtown Ġ@ - @ Ġturned Ġ@ - @ Ġresort Ġat Ġthe Ġsouthern Ġtermin us Ġof ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ77 Ġ; Ġthe Ġresort Ġwas Ġactive Ġfrom Ġthe Ġlate Ġ1920 s Ġbut Ġdeclined Ġby Ġthe Ġ1980 s Ġ. ĠFrom ĠBl aney ĠPark Ġ, ĠUS Ġ2 Ġturns Ġdue Ġeast Ġand Ġcrosses Ġinto ĠMack in ac ĠCounty Ġwest Ġof ĠGould ĠCity Ġ. ĠWhere Ġit Ġintersect s Ġa Ġformer Ġrouting Ġ, Ġthe Ġmain Ġhighway Ġcrosses Ġthe ĠCN ĠRailway Ġone Ġlast Ġtime