Route Nationale 2 is a highway in Haiti.
Route Nationale 2 (RN 2) is the southern cross-country interdepartmental highway in the Haitian Highway System. It stretches from the western end of the Tiburon Peninsula, near the Windward Passage and the Strait of Jamaica, at Avenue des Quatre Chemins (Les Cayes Arrondissement) in the Sud Department to RN1 in Port-au-Prince. The populous cities that RN-2 connects to includes (from west to east) Les Cayes, Aquin, Miragoâne, Léogâne, Petit-Goâve, Gressier, Carrefour, and Port-au-Prince. This highway is part of the originally planned network that was laid out earlier, and its last section was completed in later years. RN-2 is the third-longest highway in Haiti, following RN-1 and RN-3. About one-third of its length is within the Southern Department.
Route Nationale 2 (RN2) is commonly known as “Boulevard Jean-Jacques Dessalines” within Port-au-Prince and as “Route du Sud” outside the capital region. After heading south through downtown Port-au-Prince, it travels west through the capital’s western boroughs and then
Route description[]
This highway's southwestern terminus is at Carrefour Quatre-Chemins in Les Cayes Arrondissement, although Route Departementale 25, a south-western extension of the highway, the route connects to RD-72 just north of the Les Chardonnières Region. The northern terminus is Downtown Port-au-Prince, where it becomes Route Nationale 1. It is 186 km (118 miles) long from Port-au-Prince to Les Cayes.
The elevation chart shows a 186 km (118-mile) route with two steep climbs and four gentler climbs along its path. The highest point is along the Nippes/Sud border at an altitude of about 300 meters (1,000 feet). The steepest grade is the section of road where it goes from 9 to 95 meters (28 to 313 feet) in altitude in a span of 2.25 kilometers (1.4 miles), resulting in a 3.8% grade. This occurs in the Aquin area at the 145 km (90 mile) marker.
Road surface
Topography
For the type of topography, 46% corresponds to a mountainous topography, while the remaining 54% corresponds to a plain topography.
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RN2 Direction: East 🔽 | ||||
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Borough | Municipality | km | Locale | Notes |
Les Cayes | Les Cayes | 0.0 1.5 3.9 10.2 11.6 |
Carrefour Quatre Chemins Rivière l'Islet Bergeraud Laurent Boulmier |
JCT . . . . |
Cavaillon | 19.5 21.6 |
Ville de Cavaillon Carrefour Boileau |
JCT JCT | |
Aquin S.Dept. |
Saint-Louis-du-Sud | 27.6 34.0 39.6 42.8 49.3 51.0 |
Solon Ville de Saint Louis du Sud Meyance Manioc Zanglais Morisseau |
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Aquin | 53.0 55.2 56.4 59.4 61.1 64.0 66.0 69.1 |
Ville d'Aquin Plaine Délice Quartier Vieux Bourg D'Aquin Carrefour 44 Macéan La Colline Rt. Saint-Grégoire |
. . . JCT JCT . . . | |
Miragoâne Nip.Dept. |
Fonds-des-Nègres | 71.4 73.9 79.3 |
Carrefour Virgile Ville de Fonds-des-Nègres Pémerle |
. . . |
Miragoâne | 80.7 81.7 84.2 85.1 86.8 88.8 89.8 91.2 93.3 95.2 97.7 --98.2-- 99.9 106.6 |
Bonne Fer Beycard Dambreville Cadiac Dimisaine Saint-Michel Chéresi Carrefour Moussignac DuParc Chalon Savane-Ouest --Carrefour Desruisseaux-- Saint-Karl Lake Miragoâne |
. . . . . . . JCT . . Rt. 21 Ancien JCT . . | |
Léogâne W.Dept. |
Petit-Goâve | 102.3 104.0 109.9 112.3 113.6 116.3 119.9 123.2 125.4 |
Olivier Potier Fond Douze Carrefour Marose Vialet Croix Hilaire Massia Ville de Petit-Goâve Provence |
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Grand-Goâve | 127.7 133.3 134.7 136.3 138.3 139.5 141.8 |
Tapion Thauzin Ville de Grand-Goâve Gros Jacques Fauché Carrefour Fauché Grand-Trou |
. . . Ti Paradis . . . | |
Léogâne | 143.5 144.6 146.6 ----150.4---- 153.9 156.8 159.5 161.2 162.0 163.2 |
Bellevue L'Oiseau L'Acul ----Carrefour Dufort---- Petit-Paradis Ville de Léogane Sigueneau Rivière Momance Saint-Mesmin Geffrard |
. . . JCT . . . . . . | |
Gressier | 166.7 167.7 172.0 173.5 |
Santo Ville de Gressier Merger Grand-Saline |
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Port-au-Prince | Carrefour | 175.3 178.8 180.4 181.6 183.7 184.6 |
Mer Mapoe Mariani Rivière-Froide Arachon Bizoton Fontamara |
. Rt. des Rails ~ ~ ~ . . . |
Port-au-Prince | 186.5 187.5 189.1 |
Martissant Bolosse Rue Pavee |
. . JCT |