Route 2 is from:
Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the relinquished former portions of Route 2 within the city limits of West Hollywood and Santa Monica, and between Route 405 and Moreno Drive in Los Angeles, are not a state highway and are not eligible for adoption under Section 81. Those cities shall maintain signs within their respective jurisdictions directing motorists to the continuation of Route 2. [CS&HC Sec. 302(b)]
Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the commission may relinquish to the City of Beverly Hills the portion of Route 2 that is located between the city's west city limit at Moreno Drive and the city's east city limit at Doheny Drive, upon terms and conditions the commission finds to be in the best interests of the state. [CS&HC Sec. 302(c)(1)]
A relinquishment under this subdivision shall become effective immediately following the county recorder's recordation of the relinquishment resolution containing the commission's approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment. [CS&HC Sec. 302(c)(2)]
On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, both of the following shall occur:
For the portions of Route 2 that are relinquished, the City of Beverly Hills shall maintain within its jurisdiction signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route 2. [CS&HC Sec. 302(c)(4)]
Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the commission may relinquish to the City of Los Angeles the conventional highway portion of Route 2 that is located within the city limits of that city, upon terms and conditions the commission finds to be in the best interests of the state, including, but not limited to, a condition that the City of Los Angeles maintain within its jurisdiction signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route 2. [CS&HC Sec. 302(d)(1)] A relinquishment under this subdivision shall become effective immediately following the recording by the county recorder of the relinquishment resolution containing the commission's approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment. [CS&HC Sec. 302(d)(2)]
On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, both of the following shall occur:
For the portions of Route 2 that are relinquished, the City of Los Angeles shall maintain within its jurisdiction signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route 2. [CS&HC Sec. 302(d)(4)]
Route 2 from Glendale Boulevard in Los Angeles County to Route 210. [CS&HC Sec. 253.2]
From Glendale Boulevard to Route 210. It is known as the "Glendale Freeway". The portion that was first opened, from Glendale Boulevard to Verdugo Road, was once known as the "Allesandro Freeway". Currently, the portion of the freeway from Route 134 to Route 210 is known as the "Frank Lanterman Freeway".
Route 2 was meant to go to the 405 by using a freeway. However, the state never had the permission to build through Beverly Hills since, chances are, that the people there hated the idea. A plan to make a freeway through Angeles National Forest was also scrapped.
Anyway, Route 2 as a freeway ends where it ends, Glendale Boulevard in Los Angeles. 'Tis quite an interesting stub, since an overpass was built over the street. Since there's no hope at all to finish the freeway by continuing from this stub of an overpass, they converted the overpass into a ramp to Glendale Boulevard southward, exiting on the left. Route 2 spills onto Glendale Boulevard and then turns south on Alvarado Street to Route 101.
Before the first portion of the Glendale Freeway was opened in 1958 (from Glendale Boulevard to Verdugo Road) Signed Route 2 (heading east) continued past Route 101 on Santa Monica Boulevard, north on Hyperion Avenue, south on Glendale Boulevard, east on Fletcher Drive, north on Verdugo Road, north on Ca�ada Street, east on Verdugo Boulevard at Montrose, east on Foothill Boulevard, and north on Angeles Crest Highway in La Ca�ada Flintridge, right before you hit current Route 210.
Route 2 from Route 210 in La Ca�ada Flintridge to Route 138 via Wrightwood. [CS&HC Sec. 263.2]
Here's a link to one of the most lavish cities known to man, Beverly Hills. From there you can look up information on hotels, dining, and where to go. Personally, I find it quite odd that a state route like Route 2 goes through such a city and that other cities are willing to get rid of their portions.
Here's one more link to Glendale. This time, it's called Glendale Online. Come and visit.
Descanso Gardens is right off Route 2 on Verdugo Bl and then eastward. I've never been there, but I've been told it's nice. You can see for yourself in their webpage.
If you want to go ski, you can go to the ski areas that are located in the vicinity of Wrightwood. These include Mt. Waterman, Kratka Ridge, Mountain High, and Ski Sunrise.
You may also want to visit the Devil's Punchbowl Park. To do so, head northward on Big Rock Creek Road.
If you want to make it to downtown L.A. from Route 2 coming down from Glendale, instead of taking the I-5 southward you can get off on San Fernando Road, turn left and follow the road for about 2 miles south. Look for Broadway and turn right. You should be passing by Chinatown and eventually the Civic Center.
On Mountain Avenue, and then west onward, you'll get to Glendale Community College.
On Route 2 from La Ca�ada Flintridge northward (called the Angeles Crest Highway), you are more likely to fall off the road than when you're on Super Mario Kart's Rainbow Road. It's a very treacherous road. But at least, now that you're in Angeles National Forest, you should be able to spot some hiking trails for your hiking pleasure. So that should cancel some things out.
Thoughts by Numan Parada: If you have the time and the courage, try to follow this route from begining to end. It's very fascinating where this route will take you through. Sadly, this route is probably the best example of everything that's wrong with the current fad of relinquishing routes. The problem with Route 2 is that it went through Santa Monica, Los Angeles' Century City and West Hollywood, with Beverly Hills soon to control its part of Santa Monica Boulevard. Plans are already underway for Los Angeles to control the rest of the street-running route. That means that instead of one entity (Caltrans) maintaining a uniquely continuous street that serves a regional purpose (Santa Monica Boulevard), four local entities with totally different plans will do whatever they wish with the street. (Just look at how they "hippified" the West Hollywood segment!) In the long run, these local projects will probably hurt more than help traffic and, will leave the distantly parallel and congested Route 10 as the only east-west state highway in L.A.'s Westside (unlike Route 19, which, even though it too is being relinquished, has a reasonably close alternative, Route 605).
Little Santa Monica Boulevard from Sepulveda Boulevard to Burton Way is considered a spur of Route 2, hence the "S" mileage in the Route Log.
The portion of unrelinquished Route 2 in Beverly Hills is not connected with any part of the state highway system. It is the only state highway that does this.