State Road 2 (SR 2) is the designation of two east–west
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
s in
Florida, each having at least one terminus at that state's border with
Georgia. Both segments lie entirely within 4 miles (6 km) of Florida's northern boundary.
Route description
The western segment of SR 2 extends from its western terminus (an intersection with
SR 81) south of
Sweet Gum Head, Florida to the Georgia border near
Bascom, Florida. The road continues across the
Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatta ...
and becomes
Georgia State Route 91 in
Seminole County, Georgia near
Donalsonville
Donalsonville is a city in and the county seat of Seminole County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,650 at the 2010 census.
History
Donalsonville was originally part of Decatur County. It is named after John Ernest Donalson (1846– ...
. The predominantly rural SR 2 passes through the towns of
Pittman,
Noma,
Campbellton, and
Malone as it crosses
Holmes and
Jackson Counties in the
Florida panhandle
The Florida Panhandle (also West Florida and Northwest Florida) is the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida; it is a Salient (geography), salient roughly long and wide, lying between Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia (U. ...
.
The eastern segment of SR 2 is a road crossing the
Okefenokee Swamp as it connects two separate sections of
Georgia State Route 94 between
Council, Georgia and
Moniac, Georgia. This portion of the highway is extremely deserted and is traveled on very rarely. With most of the roadway constructed adjacent to a track maintained and operated by the
Norfolk Southern Railway
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...
, it serves no Florida municipalities (although
Taylor, Florida is to the south in
Baker County). SR 2 clips the northeastern corner of
Columbia County with the segment's westernmost mile. The routing of SR 2 continues as CR 2 at the Florida border in
Nassau County just east of
St. George, Georgia
Saint George, an unincorporated community located in the "Georgia Bend" of the St. Mary's River, is the southernmost named settlement in Georgia. It is in Charlton County, south of Folkston. In 2010, the population of the St. George census cou ...
for about until its intersection with County Road 121.
Major intersections
County Road 2A
County Road 2A, formerly State Road 2A, exists in two segments. The first is a short spur that runs into the town of
New Harmony in
Walton County, and the second runs from the Walton-
Holmes County line, through
Royals Crossroads and SR 2/SR 81, to CR 185. The road is signed as County Road 2A.
References
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