 Additional <unk> were completed by the MSHD to move US 2 to its modern <unk> routing between Gould City and <unk> in 1941 . The new highway traveled due east from Gould City to <unk> and then along the lake to <unk> . The former route through <unk> was turned back to local control as far east as <unk> . From there east , it was numbered just M ‑ 48 , removing US 2 from a concurrency . Another former section into <unk> was added to extend M ‑ 117 . The new highway was <unk> around the Cut River Bridge until it was completed in 1946 after construction delays over steel shortages during World War II . 
