Editing Interstate H-2 (section)

==Route description==
[[File:2021-10-06 16 58 34 View south along Interstate H-2 (Veterans Memorial Freeway) just south of Exit 9 (Hawaii State Route 99) in Wahiawā, Oahu, Hawaii.jpg|thumb|left|H-2 southbound in Wahiawa]]

H-2 begins at the Waiawa Interchange with [[Interstate H-1|H-1]] in [[Pearl City, Hawaii|Pearl City]], adjacent to [[Leeward Community College]] on the north side of [[Pearl Harbor]]. The eight-lane freeway travels north through the residential [[Waipio, Hawaii|Waipio]] neighborhood and intersects Ka Uka Boulevard near several retailers and warehouses. H-2 then turns northeast and follows the Pānakauahi Gulch as it skirts the foothills of the [[Koʻolau Range]], passing a [[solar farm]] and undeveloped land.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shimogawa |first=Duane |date=January 29, 2015 |title=First Wind's major solar farm on Oahu's North Shore gets review from city |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/blog/morning_call/2015/01/first-winds-major-solar-farm-on-oahus-north-shore.html |work=[[Pacific Business News]] |accessdate=November 15, 2021 |archive-date=January 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119002825/https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/blog/morning_call/2015/01/first-winds-major-solar-farm-on-oahus-north-shore.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The freeway turns northwest to cross Kipapa Gulch and bisects a residential neighborhood in the city of [[Mililani, Hawaii|Mililani]], where it intersects Meheula Parkway. The freeway narrows to four lanes as it approaches [[Wahiawa, Hawaii|Wahiawa]] and turns north to travel around [[Wheeler Army Airfield]]. H-2 terminates after an interchange with [[Hawaii Route 99|Route&nbsp;99]], which continues west on Wilikina Drive to [[Schofield Barracks]].<ref name="google">{{google maps |title=Interstate H-2 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/21.3975054,-157.9860041/21.4904464,-158.0313924/@21.4439728,-158.0437345,16345m/am=t/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0 |accessdate=November 15, 2021}}</ref>

The freeway is maintained by the [[Hawaii Department of Transportation]] (HDOT) and is designated as part of the [[National Highway System (United States)|National Highway System]], a network of economically and militarily strategic highways in the U.S.<ref>{{cite map |author=Federal Highway Administration |date=October 1, 2020 |title=National Highway System: Urban Honolulu, HI |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/hawaii/urban_honolulu_hi.pdf |scale=Scale not given |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |accessdate=November 14, 2021 |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212151507/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/hawaii/urban_honolulu_hi.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> H-2 has a set of [[high-occupancy vehicle]] (HOV) lanes between the Waiawa Interchange and Mililani that are active during [[peak period]]s on weekdays.<ref>{{cite web |title=Special Use Lanes |url=https://hidot.hawaii.gov/highways/special-use-lanes/ |publisher=Hawaii Department of Transportation |accessdate=November 15, 2021 |archive-date=November 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114220033/https://hidot.hawaii.gov/highways/special-use-lanes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Traffic volumes on the highway, measured in terms of [[annual average daily traffic]], ranged in 2020 from a minimum of 36,900&nbsp;vehicles at its northern terminus to a maximum of 87,900&nbsp;vehicles at H-1.<ref>{{cite web |title=HIDOT Highways Program Status |url=https://histategis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=39e4d804242740a89d3fd0bc76d8d7de |publisher=Hawaii Department of Transportation |accessdate=November 15, 2021 |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007163233/https://histategis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=39e4d804242740a89d3fd0bc76d8d7de |url-status=live }}</ref> [[TheBus (Honolulu)|TheBus]], a city-wide bus system, operates several express routes on H-2 between Downtown Honolulu and Wahiawa.<ref>{{cite map |date=September 2021 |title=Routes 83, 84, 84A, 96, 98, 98A, PH2, PH3, and 99 |url=http://www.thebus.org/route/Maps/rm83-PH2-PH3-84-84A-96-98-98A-99.pdf |publisher=[[TheBus (Honolulu)|TheBus]] |accessdate=November 18, 2021 |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119024128/http://www.thebus.org/route/Maps/rm83-PH2-PH3-84-84A-96-98-98A-99.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>