 109 @.@ 177 @-@ mile ( 175 @.@ 703 km ) western segment and a 195 @.@ 974 @-@ mile ( 315 @.@ 390 km ) eastern segment , interrupted by a section that runs for 14 @.@ 460 miles ( 23 @.@ 271 km ) in the state of Wisconsin .   = = = Western segment = = =   US 2 enters Michigan from Wisconsin for the first time north of downtown Hurley , Wisconsin , and Ironwood , Michigan , over the state line that runs along the Montreal River . The highway crosses the river into Gogebic County and passes a welcome center on the way into a commercial district north of downtown . Running along Cloverland Drive , US 2 meets its only business route in Michigan at Douglas Boulevard . The business route was previously a full loop that ran west through downtown Ironwood and crossed the border into Hurley and back to the main highway . The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has removed the signage on their side of the border , which reduced the loop to a business spur that ends at the state line . US 2 continues eastward through UP woodlands to the city of Bessemer . While bypassing the community of Ramsay , the highway crosses a branch of the Black River . The roadway enters Wakefield on the south side of Sunday Lake , meeting M ‑ 28 at a stoplight in town . As the US Highway leaves Wakefield , it turns southeasterly through the Ottawa National Forest , crossing Jackson Creek and two branches of the Presque Isle River . US 2 and M ‑ 64 merge and run concurrently over the second branch of the Presque Isle in the community of Marenisco . This concurrency has the lowest traffic volume along the entire length of the highway within the state ; in 2010 the Michigan Department of Transportation ( MDOT ) recorded a daily average usage along the stretch of 770 vehicles , compared to the overall average of 5 @,@ 188 vehicles for the highway . At the end of the concurrency , M ‑ 64 turns northerly to run along Lake Gogebic .   The highway continues parallel to the state line from the Marensico area through the national forest toward Watersmeet . That unincorporated community is the home of the Watersmeet High School Nimrods , the basketball team featured on a series of ESPN commercials and a documentary series on the Sundance Channel . The area is also where the waters meet ; the rolling hills drain to Lake Superior via the Ontonagon River , to Lake Michigan via the Brule and Menominee rivers , or to the Gulf of Mexico via the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers . Also located in the area are the Sylvania Wilderness , and the Lac Vieux Desert Indian Reservation , which includes the Lac Vieux Desert Casino and Resort . The highway travels southeasterly from Watersmeet around the many lakes and streams in the area and crosses into rural Iron County . US 2 intersects Federal Forest Highway 16 ( FFH 16 ) near Golden Lake in Stambaugh Township in the middle of the national forest . The trunkline then runs along the Iron River as it approaches the city of the same name and meets M ‑ 73 . In town , US 2 intersects M ‑ 189 before crossing the river and turning northeast out of the city .   US 2 leaves the Ottawa National Forest at Iron River , and the highway continues eastward through forest lands near several small lakes to Crystal Falls , the county seat of Iron County . On the west side of town , US 2 meets US 141 ; the two highways run concurrently along Crystal Avenue . The combined highway turns south onto 5th Street and meets M ‑ 69 's eastern terminus at the intersection between 5th Street and Superior Avenue next to the county courthouse at the top of the hill . US 2 / US 141 runs south out of Crystal Falls to the west of , and parallel to , the Paint River . The roadway passes Railroad , Kennedy and Stager lakes and leaves the state of Michigan at the Brule River , crossing into Florence County , Wisconsin for about 14 miles ( 23 km ) .   = = = Eastern segment = = =   US 2 / US 141 re @-@ enters Michigan where it crosses the Menominee River and subsequently meets M ‑ 95 in Breitung Township north of Iron Mountain and Kingsford . The highways merge in a triple concurrency and run south on Stephenson Avenue into Iron Mountain along the west side of Lake Antoine , parallel to a branch line of the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad ( ELS Railroad ) . The road crosses through a retail corridor and over a flooded pit of the Chapin Mine . In downtown Iron Mountain at Ludington Street , M ‑ 95 turns west off Stephenson Avenue to run across town to Kingsford . US 2 / US 141 exits downtown and turns east along a second retail corridor near the Midtown Mall . The highway re @-@ enters Breitung Township where US 141 separates to the south to re @-
Ġ109 Ġ@ . @ Ġ177 Ġ@ - @ Ġmile Ġ( Ġ175 Ġ@ . @ Ġ7 03 Ġkm Ġ) Ġwestern Ġsegment Ġand Ġa Ġ195 Ġ@ . @ Ġ9 74 Ġ@ - @ Ġmile Ġ( Ġ315 Ġ@ . @ Ġ390 Ġkm Ġ) Ġeastern Ġsegment Ġ, Ġinterrupted Ġby Ġa Ġsection Ġthat Ġruns Ġfor Ġ14 Ġ@ . @ Ġ460 Ġmiles Ġ( Ġ23 Ġ@ . @ Ġ271 Ġkm Ġ) Ġin Ġthe Ġstate Ġof ĠWisconsin Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠWestern Ġsegment Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠUS Ġ2 Ġenters ĠMichigan Ġfrom ĠWisconsin Ġfor Ġthe Ġfirst Ġtime Ġnorth Ġof Ġdowntown ĠHur ley Ġ, ĠWisconsin Ġ, Ġand ĠIron wood Ġ, ĠMichigan Ġ, Ġover Ġthe Ġstate Ġline Ġthat Ġruns Ġalong Ġthe ĠMontreal ĠRiver Ġ. ĠThe Ġhighway Ġcrosses Ġthe Ġriver Ġinto ĠGo ge b ic ĠCounty Ġand Ġpasses Ġa Ġwelcome Ġcenter Ġon Ġthe Ġway Ġinto Ġa Ġcommercial Ġdistrict Ġnorth Ġof Ġdowntown Ġ. ĠRunning Ġalong ĠClover land ĠDrive Ġ, ĠUS Ġ2 Ġmeets Ġits Ġonly Ġbusiness Ġroute Ġin ĠMichigan Ġat ĠDouglas ĠBoulevard Ġ. ĠThe Ġbusiness Ġroute Ġwas Ġpreviously Ġa Ġfull Ġloop Ġthat Ġran Ġwest Ġthrough Ġdowntown ĠIron wood Ġand Ġcrossed Ġthe Ġborder Ġinto ĠHur ley Ġand Ġback Ġto Ġthe Ġmain Ġhighway Ġ. ĠThe ĠWisconsin ĠDepartment Ġof ĠTransportation Ġhas Ġremoved Ġthe Ġsignage Ġon Ġtheir Ġside Ġof Ġthe Ġborder Ġ, Ġwhich Ġreduced Ġthe Ġloop Ġto Ġa Ġbusiness Ġspur Ġthat Ġends Ġat Ġthe Ġstate Ġline Ġ. ĠUS Ġ2 Ġcontinues Ġeast ward Ġthrough ĠUP Ġwood lands Ġto Ġthe Ġcity Ġof ĠBes se mer Ġ. ĠWhile Ġbypass ing Ġthe Ġcommunity Ġof ĠRamsay Ġ, Ġthe Ġhighway Ġcrosses Ġa Ġbranch Ġof Ġthe ĠBlack ĠRiver Ġ. ĠThe Ġroadway Ġenters ĠWake field Ġon Ġthe Ġsouth Ġside Ġof ĠSunday ĠLake Ġ, Ġmeeting ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ28 Ġat Ġa Ġstop light Ġin Ġtown Ġ. ĠAs Ġthe ĠUS ĠHighway Ġleaves ĠWake field Ġ, Ġit Ġturns Ġs out he aster ly Ġthrough Ġthe ĠOttawa ĠNational ĠForest Ġ, Ġcrossing ĠJackson ĠCreek Ġand Ġtwo Ġbranches Ġof Ġthe ĠPres que ĠIsle ĠRiver Ġ. ĠUS Ġ2 Ġand ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ64 Ġmerge Ġand Ġrun Ġconcurrently Ġover Ġthe Ġsecond Ġbranch Ġof Ġthe ĠPres que ĠIsle Ġin Ġthe Ġcommunity Ġof ĠM aren isco Ġ. ĠThis Ġconc urrency Ġhas Ġthe Ġlowest Ġtraffic Ġvolume Ġalong Ġthe Ġentire Ġlength Ġof Ġthe Ġhighway Ġwithin Ġthe Ġstate Ġ; Ġin Ġ2010 Ġthe ĠMichigan ĠDepartment Ġof ĠTransportation Ġ( ĠMD OT Ġ) Ġrecorded Ġa Ġdaily Ġaverage Ġusage Ġalong Ġthe Ġstretch Ġof Ġ770 Ġvehicles Ġ, Ġcompared Ġto Ġthe Ġoverall Ġaverage Ġof Ġ5 Ġ@ , @ Ġ188 Ġvehicles Ġfor Ġthe Ġhighway Ġ. ĠAt Ġthe Ġend Ġof Ġthe Ġconc urrency Ġ, ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ64 Ġturns Ġnort her ly Ġto Ġrun Ġalong ĠLake ĠGo ge b ic Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġhighway Ġcontinues Ġparallel Ġto Ġthe Ġstate Ġline Ġfrom Ġthe ĠM aren s ico Ġarea Ġthrough Ġthe Ġnational Ġforest Ġtoward ĠWaters meet Ġ. ĠThat Ġun inc orporated Ġcommunity Ġis Ġthe Ġhome Ġof Ġthe ĠWaters meet ĠHigh ĠSchool ĠNim ro ds Ġ, Ġthe Ġbasketball Ġteam Ġfeatured Ġon Ġa Ġseries Ġof ĠESPN Ġcommercials Ġand Ġa Ġdocumentary Ġseries Ġon Ġthe ĠSund ance ĠChannel Ġ. ĠThe Ġarea Ġis Ġalso Ġwhere Ġthe Ġwaters Ġmeet Ġ; Ġthe Ġrolling Ġhills Ġdrain Ġto ĠLake ĠSuperior Ġvia Ġthe ĠOnt on agon ĠRiver Ġ, Ġto ĠLake ĠMichigan Ġvia Ġthe ĠBru le Ġand ĠMen om ine e Ġrivers Ġ, Ġor Ġto Ġthe ĠGulf Ġof ĠMexico Ġvia Ġthe ĠWisconsin Ġand ĠMississippi Ġrivers Ġ. ĠAlso Ġlocated Ġin Ġthe Ġarea Ġare Ġthe ĠSylv ania ĠWilderness Ġ, Ġand Ġthe ĠLac ĠVie ux ĠDesert ĠIndian ĠRes ervation Ġ, Ġwhich Ġincludes Ġthe ĠLac ĠVie ux ĠDesert ĠCasino Ġand ĠResort Ġ. ĠThe Ġhighway Ġtravels Ġs out he aster ly Ġfrom ĠWaters meet Ġaround Ġthe Ġmany Ġlakes Ġand Ġstreams Ġin Ġthe Ġarea Ġand Ġcrosses Ġinto Ġrural ĠIron ĠCounty Ġ. ĠUS Ġ2 Ġintersect s ĠFederal ĠForest ĠHighway Ġ16 Ġ( ĠFF H Ġ16 Ġ) Ġnear ĠGolden ĠLake Ġin ĠSt amb augh ĠTownship Ġin Ġthe Ġmiddle Ġof Ġthe Ġnational Ġforest Ġ. ĠThe Ġtrunk line Ġthen Ġruns Ġalong Ġthe ĠIron ĠRiver Ġas Ġit Ġapproaches Ġthe Ġcity Ġof Ġthe Ġsame Ġname Ġand Ġmeets ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ73 Ġ. ĠIn Ġtown Ġ, ĠUS Ġ2 Ġintersect s ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ189 Ġbefore Ġcrossing Ġthe Ġriver Ġand Ġturning Ġnortheast Ġout Ġof Ġthe Ġcity Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠUS Ġ2 Ġleaves Ġthe ĠOttawa ĠNational ĠForest Ġat ĠIron ĠRiver Ġ, Ġand Ġthe Ġhighway Ġcontinues Ġeast ward Ġthrough Ġforest Ġlands Ġnear Ġseveral Ġsmall Ġlakes Ġto ĠCrystal ĠFalls Ġ, Ġthe Ġcounty Ġseat Ġof ĠIron ĠCounty Ġ. ĠOn Ġthe Ġwest Ġside Ġof Ġtown Ġ, ĠUS Ġ2 Ġmeets ĠUS Ġ141 Ġ; Ġthe Ġtwo Ġhighways Ġrun Ġconcurrently Ġalong ĠCrystal ĠAvenue Ġ. ĠThe Ġcombined Ġhighway Ġturns Ġsouth Ġonto Ġ5 th ĠStreet Ġand Ġmeets ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ69 Ġ' s Ġeastern Ġtermin us Ġat Ġthe Ġintersection Ġbetween Ġ5 th ĠStreet Ġand ĠSuperior ĠAvenue Ġnext Ġto Ġthe Ġcounty Ġcourthouse Ġat Ġthe Ġtop Ġof Ġthe Ġhill Ġ. ĠUS Ġ2 Ġ/ ĠUS Ġ141 Ġruns Ġsouth Ġout Ġof ĠCrystal ĠFalls Ġto Ġthe Ġwest Ġof Ġ, Ġand Ġparallel Ġto Ġ, Ġthe ĠPaint ĠRiver Ġ. ĠThe Ġroadway Ġpasses ĠRailroad Ġ, ĠKennedy Ġand ĠSt ager Ġlakes Ġand Ġleaves Ġthe Ġstate Ġof ĠMichigan Ġat Ġthe ĠBru le ĠRiver Ġ, Ġcrossing Ġinto ĠFlorence ĠCounty Ġ, ĠWisconsin Ġfor Ġabout Ġ14 Ġmiles Ġ( Ġ23 Ġkm Ġ) Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠEastern Ġsegment Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠUS Ġ2 Ġ/ ĠUS Ġ141 Ġre Ġ@ - @ Ġenters ĠMichigan Ġwhere Ġit Ġcrosses Ġthe ĠMen om ine e ĠRiver Ġand Ġsubsequently Ġmeets ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ95 Ġin ĠBre it ung ĠTownship Ġnorth Ġof ĠIron ĠMountain Ġand ĠKings ford Ġ. ĠThe Ġhighways Ġmerge Ġin Ġa Ġtriple Ġconc urrency Ġand Ġrun Ġsouth Ġon ĠStephenson ĠAvenue Ġinto ĠIron ĠMountain Ġalong Ġthe Ġwest Ġside Ġof ĠLake ĠAnt oine Ġ, Ġparallel Ġto Ġa Ġbranch Ġline Ġof Ġthe ĠEsc an aba Ġand ĠLake ĠSuperior ĠRailroad Ġ( ĠE LS ĠRailroad Ġ) Ġ. ĠThe Ġroad Ġcrosses Ġthrough Ġa Ġretail Ġcorridor Ġand Ġover Ġa Ġflooded Ġpit Ġof Ġthe ĠChap in ĠMine Ġ. ĠIn Ġdowntown ĠIron ĠMountain Ġat ĠLud ington ĠStreet Ġ, ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ95 Ġturns Ġwest Ġoff ĠStephenson ĠAvenue Ġto Ġrun Ġacross Ġtown Ġto ĠKings ford Ġ. ĠUS Ġ2 Ġ/ ĠUS Ġ141 Ġexits Ġdowntown Ġand Ġturns Ġeast Ġalong Ġa Ġsecond Ġretail Ġcorridor Ġnear Ġthe ĠMid town ĠMall Ġ. ĠThe Ġhighway Ġre Ġ@ - @ Ġenters ĠBre it ung ĠTownship Ġwhere ĠUS Ġ141 Ġseparates Ġto Ġthe Ġsouth Ġto Ġre Ġ@ -