 and runs to the south of Engadine to follow the Lake Michigan shoreline through Naubinway . After passing the community of Epoufette , US 2 crosses the Cut River Bridge , 147 feet ( 45 m ) over the Cut River . The highway crosses into the eastern unit of the Hiawatha National Forest near Brevort , running between Lake Michigan and Brevort Lake in the process . The road continues along the Lake Michigan shoreline , passing Mystery Spot near Gros Cap and turning inland immediately west of St. Ignace . The US 2 designation ends at the highway 's partial cloverleaf interchange with I ‑ 75 . The roadway continues easterly into downtown St. Ignace as Business Loop I ‑ 75 ( BL I ‑ 75 ) .   = = History = =   = = = Indian trail through auto trails = = =   In 1701 , the first transportation routes through what became the state of Michigan were the lakes , rivers and Indian trails . Two of these trails followed parts of the future US 2 . The Sault – Green Bay Trail roughly followed the Lake Michigan shoreline routing of US 2 between Escanaba and St. Ignace . The Mackinac Trail connected St. Ignace with Sault Ste . Marie .   In the age of the auto trail , the roads that later formed US 2 through the UP were given a few different highway names . When the original roadways between Ironwood and Iron River were completed in late 1915 , the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau ( UPDB ) named the area Cloverland and the highway the Cloverland Trail . Later the name was extended over the highway to Escanaba , and to all highways in the area in the early 1920s ; the name was phased out by the UPDB completely in 1927 . The roadways were also used for the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway , named for former US president Theodore Roosevelt after his death in 1919 . Overall , this highway ran from Portland , Oregon , to Portland , Maine , by way of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario . Through the UP , the southern branch followed the immediate predecessors to US 2 , including the section through Florence County , Wisconsin .   The Great Lakes Automobile Route was established in 1917 by the UPDB . A predecessor of the Great Lakes Circle Tours by seventy years , the route followed " a circular journey along the banks of lakes Michigan and Superior and Green Bay ... " This route followed the modern US 2 from Ironwood to the M ‑ 94 junction in Manistique , using the modern M ‑ 69 and M ‑ 95 to stay in Michigan . Branches of the route followed US 41 and M ‑ 35 between Powers and Escanaba . The route was originally intended to entice motorists to drive around Lake Michigan . The name fell out of use before its first anniversary because of World War I.   One Canadian auto trail was routed through the UP as well . In 1920 , the King 's International Highway linked Vancouver , British Columbia , to Halifax , Nova Scotia , but there was no highway to carry it around the north side of Lake Superior . Motorists had to ship their cars by boat between Sault Ste . Marie , Ontario , and Thunder Bay or enter the United States to continue along the auto trail . The routings varied on the maps of the time , but its basic route used US 2 through the UP from Ironwood to Sault Ste . Marie until a highway north of Lake Superior was opened in 1960 ; by that time , the auto trail had taken on the Trans @-@ Canada Highway name .   = = = State trunkline = = =   The first state trunkline highway designated along the path of the modern US 2 was M ‑ 12 , a designation that was in use by July 1 , 1919 , between Ironwood and Sault Ste . Marie . The first roadside park in the country was created by Herbert Larson near what is now US 2 near Iron River in 1919 – 20 , although other sources state that the first was a picnic table alongside US 16 ( Grand River Avenue ) in 1929 south of Saranac . When the US Highway System was created on November 11 , 1926 , US 2 partially replaced M @-@ 12 . Between Crystal Falls and Iron Mountain , US 2 was routed through Florence , Wisconsin . The former routing of M ‑ 12 from Crystal Falls to Sagola became a new M ‑ 69 when the former M ‑ 69 became US 102 ( now US 141 ) . M ‑ 12 from Sagola south to Iron Mountain was made a part of an extended M ‑ 45 , which is now M ‑ 95 . By the next year , M ‑ 48 was added along US 2 from Rexton to Garnet as part of a larger extension .   The first changes to the routing of US 2 itself were made in 1930 with a bypass of downtown Escanaba . A larger rerouting was completed in 1933 between Rogers Park and Sault Ste . Marie . The new routing followed Mackin
Ġand Ġruns Ġto Ġthe Ġsouth Ġof ĠEng ad ine Ġto Ġfollow Ġthe ĠLake ĠMichigan Ġshore line Ġthrough ĠNa ub in way Ġ. ĠAfter Ġpassing Ġthe Ġcommunity Ġof ĠEp ouf ette Ġ, ĠUS Ġ2 Ġcrosses Ġthe ĠCut ĠRiver ĠBridge Ġ, Ġ147 Ġfeet Ġ( Ġ45 Ġm Ġ) Ġover Ġthe ĠCut ĠRiver Ġ. ĠThe Ġhighway Ġcrosses Ġinto Ġthe Ġeastern Ġunit Ġof Ġthe ĠH ia w atha ĠNational ĠForest Ġnear ĠBre v ort Ġ, Ġrunning Ġbetween ĠLake ĠMichigan Ġand ĠBre v ort ĠLake Ġin Ġthe Ġprocess Ġ. ĠThe Ġroad Ġcontinues Ġalong Ġthe ĠLake ĠMichigan Ġshore line Ġ, Ġpassing ĠMystery ĠSpot Ġnear ĠG ros ĠCap Ġand Ġturning Ġinland Ġimmediately Ġwest Ġof ĠSt . ĠIgn ace Ġ. ĠThe ĠUS Ġ2 Ġdesignation Ġends Ġat Ġthe Ġhighway Ġ' s Ġpartial Ġcl over leaf Ġinterchange Ġwith ĠI ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ75 Ġ. ĠThe Ġroadway Ġcontinues Ġeas ter ly Ġinto Ġdowntown ĠSt . ĠIgn ace Ġas ĠBusiness ĠLoop ĠI ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ75 Ġ( ĠBL ĠI ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ75 Ġ) Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠHistory Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠIndian Ġtrail Ġthrough Ġauto Ġtrails Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠIn Ġ17 01 Ġ, Ġthe Ġfirst Ġtransportation Ġroutes Ġthrough Ġwhat Ġbecame Ġthe Ġstate Ġof ĠMichigan Ġwere Ġthe Ġlakes Ġ, Ġrivers Ġand ĠIndian Ġtrails Ġ. ĠTwo Ġof Ġthese Ġtrails Ġfollowed Ġparts Ġof Ġthe Ġfuture ĠUS Ġ2 Ġ. ĠThe ĠS ault ĠâĢĵ ĠGreen ĠBay ĠTrail Ġroughly Ġfollowed Ġthe ĠLake ĠMichigan Ġshore line Ġrouting Ġof ĠUS Ġ2 Ġbetween ĠEsc an aba Ġand ĠSt . ĠIgn ace Ġ. ĠThe ĠMack in ac ĠTrail Ġconnected ĠSt . ĠIgn ace Ġwith ĠS ault ĠSte Ġ. ĠMarie Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠIn Ġthe Ġage Ġof Ġthe Ġauto Ġtrail Ġ, Ġthe Ġroads Ġthat Ġlater Ġformed ĠUS Ġ2 Ġthrough Ġthe ĠUP Ġwere Ġgiven Ġa Ġfew Ġdifferent Ġhighway Ġnames Ġ. ĠWhen Ġthe Ġoriginal Ġroad ways Ġbetween ĠIron wood Ġand ĠIron ĠRiver Ġwere Ġcompleted Ġin Ġlate Ġ1915 Ġ, Ġthe ĠUpper ĠPeninsula ĠDevelopment ĠBureau Ġ( ĠU PD B Ġ) Ġnamed Ġthe Ġarea ĠClover land Ġand Ġthe Ġhighway Ġthe ĠClover land ĠTrail Ġ. ĠLater Ġthe Ġname Ġwas Ġextended Ġover Ġthe Ġhighway Ġto ĠEsc an aba Ġ, Ġand Ġto Ġall Ġhighways Ġin Ġthe Ġarea Ġin Ġthe Ġearly Ġ1920 s Ġ; Ġthe Ġname Ġwas Ġphased Ġout Ġby Ġthe ĠU PD B Ġcompletely Ġin Ġ1927 Ġ. ĠThe Ġroad ways Ġwere Ġalso Ġused Ġfor Ġthe ĠTheodore ĠRoosevelt ĠInternational ĠHighway Ġ, Ġnamed Ġfor Ġformer ĠUS Ġpresident ĠTheodore ĠRoosevelt Ġafter Ġhis Ġdeath Ġin Ġ1919 Ġ. ĠOverall Ġ, Ġthis Ġhighway Ġran Ġfrom ĠPortland Ġ, ĠOregon Ġ, Ġto ĠPortland Ġ, ĠMaine Ġ, Ġby Ġway Ġof ĠMichigan Ġand Ġthe ĠCanadian Ġprovince Ġof ĠOntario Ġ. ĠThrough Ġthe ĠUP Ġ, Ġthe Ġsouthern Ġbranch Ġfollowed Ġthe Ġimmediate Ġpredecessors Ġto ĠUS Ġ2 Ġ, Ġincluding Ġthe Ġsection Ġthrough ĠFlorence ĠCounty Ġ, ĠWisconsin Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠGreat ĠLakes ĠAutom obile ĠRoute Ġwas Ġestablished Ġin Ġ1917 Ġby Ġthe ĠU PD B Ġ. ĠA Ġpredecessor Ġof Ġthe ĠGreat ĠLakes ĠCircle ĠTours Ġby Ġseventy Ġyears Ġ, Ġthe Ġroute Ġfollowed Ġ" Ġa Ġcircular Ġjourney Ġalong Ġthe Ġbanks Ġof Ġlakes ĠMichigan Ġand ĠSuperior Ġand ĠGreen ĠBay Ġ... Ġ" ĠThis Ġroute Ġfollowed Ġthe Ġmodern ĠUS Ġ2 Ġfrom ĠIron wood Ġto Ġthe ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ94 Ġjunction Ġin ĠMan ist ique Ġ, Ġusing Ġthe Ġmodern ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ69 Ġand ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ95 Ġto Ġstay Ġin ĠMichigan Ġ. ĠBr anches Ġof Ġthe Ġroute Ġfollowed ĠUS Ġ41 Ġand ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ35 Ġbetween ĠPowers Ġand ĠEsc an aba Ġ. ĠThe Ġroute Ġwas Ġoriginally Ġintended Ġto Ġent ice Ġmotorists Ġto Ġdrive Ġaround ĠLake ĠMichigan Ġ. ĠThe Ġname Ġfell Ġout Ġof Ġuse Ġbefore Ġits Ġfirst Ġanniversary Ġbecause Ġof ĠWorld ĠWar ĠI . Ġ Ġ ĠOne ĠCanadian Ġauto Ġtrail Ġwas Ġrouted Ġthrough Ġthe ĠUP Ġas Ġwell Ġ. ĠIn Ġ1920 Ġ, Ġthe ĠKing Ġ' s ĠInternational ĠHighway Ġlinked ĠVancouver Ġ, ĠBritish ĠColumbia Ġ, Ġto ĠHalifax Ġ, ĠNova ĠScotia Ġ, Ġbut Ġthere Ġwas Ġno Ġhighway Ġto Ġcarry Ġit Ġaround Ġthe Ġnorth Ġside Ġof ĠLake ĠSuperior Ġ. ĠMotor ists Ġhad Ġto Ġship Ġtheir Ġcars Ġby Ġboat Ġbetween ĠS ault ĠSte Ġ. ĠMarie Ġ, ĠOntario Ġ, Ġand ĠThunder ĠBay Ġor Ġenter Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġto Ġcontinue Ġalong Ġthe Ġauto Ġtrail Ġ. ĠThe Ġrout ings Ġvaried Ġon Ġthe Ġmaps Ġof Ġthe Ġtime Ġ, Ġbut Ġits Ġbasic Ġroute Ġused ĠUS Ġ2 Ġthrough Ġthe ĠUP Ġfrom ĠIron wood Ġto ĠS ault ĠSte Ġ. ĠMarie Ġuntil Ġa Ġhighway Ġnorth Ġof ĠLake ĠSuperior Ġwas Ġopened Ġin Ġ1960 Ġ; Ġby Ġthat Ġtime Ġ, Ġthe Ġauto Ġtrail Ġhad Ġtaken Ġon Ġthe ĠTrans Ġ@ - @ ĠCanada ĠHighway Ġname Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠState Ġtrunk line Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġfirst Ġstate Ġtrunk line Ġhighway Ġdesignated Ġalong Ġthe Ġpath Ġof Ġthe Ġmodern ĠUS Ġ2 Ġwas ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ12 Ġ, Ġa Ġdesignation Ġthat Ġwas Ġin Ġuse Ġby ĠJuly Ġ1 Ġ, Ġ1919 Ġ, Ġbetween ĠIron wood Ġand ĠS ault ĠSte Ġ. ĠMarie Ġ. ĠThe Ġfirst Ġroadside Ġpark Ġin Ġthe Ġcountry Ġwas Ġcreated Ġby ĠHerbert ĠLarson Ġnear Ġwhat Ġis Ġnow ĠUS Ġ2 Ġnear ĠIron ĠRiver Ġin Ġ1919 ĠâĢĵ Ġ20 Ġ, Ġalthough Ġother Ġsources Ġstate Ġthat Ġthe Ġfirst Ġwas Ġa Ġpicnic Ġtable Ġalongside ĠUS Ġ16 Ġ( ĠGrand ĠRiver ĠAvenue Ġ) Ġin Ġ1929 Ġsouth Ġof ĠSar an ac Ġ. ĠWhen Ġthe ĠUS ĠHighway ĠSystem Ġwas Ġcreated Ġon ĠNovember Ġ11 Ġ, Ġ1926 Ġ, ĠUS Ġ2 Ġpartially Ġreplaced ĠM Ġ@ - @ Ġ12 Ġ. ĠBetween ĠCrystal ĠFalls Ġand ĠIron ĠMountain Ġ, ĠUS Ġ2 Ġwas Ġrouted Ġthrough ĠFlorence Ġ, ĠWisconsin Ġ. ĠThe Ġformer Ġrouting Ġof ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ12 Ġfrom ĠCrystal ĠFalls Ġto ĠSag ola Ġbecame Ġa Ġnew ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ69 Ġwhen Ġthe Ġformer ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ69 Ġbecame ĠUS Ġ102 Ġ( Ġnow ĠUS Ġ141 Ġ) Ġ. ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ12 Ġfrom ĠSag ola Ġsouth Ġto ĠIron ĠMountain Ġwas Ġmade Ġa Ġpart Ġof Ġan Ġextended ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ45 Ġ, Ġwhich Ġis Ġnow ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ95 Ġ. ĠBy Ġthe Ġnext Ġyear Ġ, ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ48 Ġwas Ġadded Ġalong ĠUS Ġ2 Ġfrom ĠRe xton Ġto ĠGarn et Ġas Ġpart Ġof Ġa Ġlarger Ġextension Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġfirst Ġchanges Ġto Ġthe Ġrouting Ġof ĠUS Ġ2 Ġitself Ġwere Ġmade Ġin Ġ1930 Ġwith Ġa Ġbypass Ġof Ġdowntown ĠEsc an aba Ġ. ĠA Ġlarger Ġre r outing Ġwas Ġcompleted Ġin Ġ1933 Ġbetween ĠRogers ĠPark Ġand ĠS ault ĠSte Ġ. ĠMarie Ġ. ĠThe Ġnew Ġrouting Ġfollowed ĠMack in