Route 2 was a previous number used for a major highway in the

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province of

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. The highway stretched from the

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border at

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to the

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border southeast of

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. The highway was part of a de facto interprovincial Route 2 that stretched from

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to Halifax,

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, connecting

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, and further to

, connecting with Trunk 2. It was renumbered in the mid-1970s, as part of Quebec's renumbering scheme.

Replacement routes

Route 2 was replaced by the following routes:

Auxiliary routes

Route 2 had three auxiliary routes.

Route 2A

Route 2A was a alternate route of Route 2, passing through the communities of

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and Saint-Pascal. As part of Quebec's renumbering scheme, Route 2A became part of Route 230.

Route 2B

Route 2B was a spur of Route 2. It ran along Côte-de-Liesse Road from the former Route 2 / Route 17 concurrency in

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, past the Montreal–Dorval International Airport, to a traffic circle in Saint-Laurent where it met Laurentien Boulevard and Décarie Boulevard ( Route 8 / Route 11A). The route was replaced by Autoroute 520 and its former eastern terminus is now the site of the Décarie Interchange.

Route 2C

Route 2C was a spur of Route 2 which ran along Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel in

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from Route 2 on the city's western edge to downtown. As part of Quebec's renumbering scheme, Route 2C became part of Route 138.

References

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