through Willoughby is named "Brian Montgomery Memorial Highway" in honor of a Marine Lance Corporal who was killed in the Iraq War in August 2005. History 1912: Intercounty Highway 2 runs from Cleveland to the Pennsylvania state line. 1923: Route is extended to follow current US 6 alignment from the Indiana state line to Bryan, and current SR 51 and US 20 from Toledo to the Pennsylvania state line. 1926–1927: Rerouted from Toledo to Cleveland along previous SR 23 alignment from Toledo to Port Clinton, previously unnumbered route from Port Clinton to west of Sandusky, and previous SR 12 from west of Sandusky to Cleveland. Cleveland-to-Pennsylvania alignment certified as US 20. 1931: Extended east to Willoughby along previously unnumbered route (St. Clair). 1931–1932: Western terminus shortened to Bryan, Bryan to Indiana state line certified as US 6 1936: Extended to Indiana state line via the former SR 108 alignment from Hicksville to Bryan, and the former SR 18 alignment from the Indiana state line to Hicksville, with which it was dually certified along this route until 1940. 1939: SR 18 alignment removed from SR 2 alignment west of Hicksville. 1939: Route extended east to Lost Nation Road in Willoughby. 1941: SR 2 from West 6th to East 9th moved from Lakeside Avenue to the Lakefront Highway, later called the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway. Lakeside certified as SR 2 temporary. 1962: Extended east to SR 283 in Painesville; Euclid-to-Painesville alignment upgraded to freeway. 1967: west of Sandusky to west of Sandusky upgraded to freeway, and rerouted on the bypass around Sandusky on former US 6 alignment. 1967: Route extended to its current eastern terminus at US 20 in Painesville Township 1968: From SR 163 to west of Sandusky upgraded to freeway. 1970: From west of Amherst to SR 83 (SR 76 at that time) upgraded to freeway; from east of Amherst to SR 83 dually certified with I-90. 1973–1975: OH 2 Alt is deleted as discontinuous sections of Route 2 are moved from US 6 to I-90. 1976: From Ceylon to west of Amherst upgraded to freeway. 1977: From SR 83 to Rocky River upgraded to freeway and dually certified with I-90. August 30, 1990: From Huron to Ceylon upgraded to freeway. Major intersections Auxiliary routes SR 2 Temporary State Route 2 temporary was a designation that ran from West 6th to East 9th along Lakeside ave. in downtown Cleveland. The designation