Route 2 is a 58.03-mile (93.39 km) state highway in Hartford and New London counties in Connecticut. It is a primary state route, with a freeway section connecting Hartford to Norwich and following surface roads to Stonington. The entire freeway section of Route 2 west of Route 169 is also known as the Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Highway Though it is labelled an east-west highway, it follows a northwest-southeast route, with large sections of the highway running north-south throughout its duration.
Route 2 westbound in Hartford, just before exits 2E, 2W and 3.
Hartford County, Connecticut
Hartford County is a county located in the north central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. According to the 2020 census, the population was 899,498, making it the second-most populous county in Connecticut. Hartford County contains the city of Hartford, the state capital of Connecticut and the county's most populous city, with 121,054 residents at the 2020 census. Hartford County is included in the Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown metropolitan statistical area.
Image: Hartford seen from Heublein Tower
Image: Hartford Connecticut Skyline
Image: New Britain
Image: Silas W. Robbins House (1873), Old Wethersfield Historic District, Connecticut
