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A Route 2 is a highwaythat runs from Boston across Massaschusetts, straight through [[North Adams]] and the middle of campus, over [[Petersburg Pass]], through [[Troy]] to [[Albany]] and points west. The portion in Williamstown is also known as Main Street (though ''West'' Main Street refers to the street that you'd take if you went due west at the [[town green]], instead of following Route 2 south along [[Route 7]]).
It runs through campus, from East to WestSee also [[the logic behind road numbers]] and [[route/highway argument]].
Or West According to East[[Professor James Wood|Prof. Wood]], Route 2 cutting through the middle of campus would make Williams College very difficult to defend were we attacked by two Roman legions.
Depending on which you want to look at it[[Bob Quay '04]] authored a senior history [[thesis]] [http://francis.williams.edu/search/aquay/aquay/1%2C22%2C46%2CE/frameset&FF=aquay+robert+i&1%2C1%2C] about its history.
Watch it cut right through campus:  <googlemap lat="42.70956078286087" lon="-73.20370674133301" type="satellite" zoom="14" width="550" height="200" scale="no" selector="yes" controls="medium">#758bc5 (2.22 miles)42.705208902985625, -73.2225894927978542.70785790967934, -73.2220745086669942.71025453261556, -73.2205295562744142.71113747563425, -73.2188987731933642.711642008862746, -73.2163238525390642.71315558394019, -73.2142639160156242.71429074102464, -73.2113456726074242.713660100763285, -73.2092857360839842.710632938304435, -73.196067810058642.70539812149829, -73.1898021697998</googlemap> {{STUBStub}}
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