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{{Short description|Road in Romania}}
{{Infobox road
|country              = ROU
|type                 = DN
|route                = 2
|maint                = Compania Națională de Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere
|e-road               = {{jct|country=ROU|E|85}}
|map                  = Romania DN2 map.svg
|image                = RO BZ DN2 Limpezis.jpg
|image_notes          = DN2 entering the village of [[Movila Banului|Limpeziș]], [[Buzău County]]
|length_km            = 446
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|direction_a          = 
|terminus_a           = [[Bucharest]]
|junction             = 
|direction_b          = 
|terminus_b           = [[Siret]] (Ukrainian border)
|counties             = 
|cities               = [[Bucharest]], [[Buzău]], [[Focșani]], [[Bacău]], [[Roman, Romania|Roman]], [[Suceava]]
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'''DN2''' ({{langx|ro|Drumul Național 2}}) is a national road in [[Romania]] which links [[Bucharest]] with the historical regions of [[Moldavia]] and [[Bukovina]] in north-east [[Romania]]. Recently upgraded, it is today one of the best-maintained roads in the country. The main cities linked by the DN2 are: [[Bucharest]], [[Buzău]], [[Focșani]], [[Bacău]], [[Roman, Romania|Roman]], and [[Suceava]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Harta drumurilor nationale din Romania|url=http://www.e-transport.ro/Galerie_foto-HARTI_RUTIERE-245-52-2469.html|publisher=e-Transport.ro|access-date=30 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210042731/http://www.e-transport.ro/Galerie_foto-HARTI_RUTIERE-245-52-2469.html|archive-date=10 December 2012}}</ref>

Along the first {{Nowrap|350 km}} from Bucharest to [[Săbăoani]], near [[Roman, Romania|Roman]] the road has two lanes with one narrow emergency lane and reconstructed bridges, works which were conducted between 1993 and 2000. The road continues to [[Siret]], at the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] border as a simple two-lanes road. Together with the adjacent section of [[DN28]], Săbăoani – [[Iași]], part of [[European route E58|E583]], the DN2 is currently Moldavia's backbone.{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}

The DN2 is also considered Romania's most dangerous [[trunk road]]. The road has high accident rates, and the Bucharest–Săbăoani section is the most affected, due to drivers improperly using the emergency lanes. This has prompted the CNAIR (formerly CNADNR, the Romanian National Road Company) to upgrade a segment to a [[2+1 road]] near the Sinești forest, the first 2+1 road in Romania. This upgrade was made in 2019, and due to the resulting low accident rates, it has been demanded that the rest of DN2 between Bucharest and Săbăoani, as well as DN28 to Iași be converted to a 2+1 road also.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apel pentru marcarea DN2 în sistem 2+1 alternativ, după carnagiile din Bacău: "Scade viteza "bizonilor", deși viteza medie în ansamblu crește!" |url=https://zdbc.ro/apel-pentru-marcarea-dn2-in-sistem-21-alternativ-dupa-carnagiile-din-bacau-scade-viteza-bizonilor-desi-viteza-medie-in-ansamblu-creste/ |access-date=2021-08-08 |website=zdbc.ro |language=ro}}</ref>

The [[A7 motorway (Romania)|A7 motorway]], together with the [[Bucharest]] – [[Ploiești]] section of the [[A3 motorway (Romania)|A3 motorway]], will serve as a safer and high-speed alternative to the DN2 and will take part of traffic using the road when completed.

==See also==
*[[Roads in Romania]]
*[[Transport in Romania]]

==References==
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==Gallery==
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File:RO IL DN2 Sinesti forest.jpg|DN2 in the Sinești Forest, 2009, prior to it being converted to a 2+1 road.
File:DN2, 2+1 road in the Sinești Forest.jpg|DN2 in the Sinești Forest, after conversion to a 2+1 road, 2022.
File:DN2, 2+1 road changeover area.jpg|DN2 between Sinești and Movilița, with yellow delineators to indicate the end of a 2-lane stretch.
File:RO BZ DN2 Crucea Comisoaiei.jpg|DN2 in [[Buzău County]], at the "Comisoaia Cross". Here the road is an undivided two-lane road.
File:RO BC DN2 GhDoja.jpg|DN2 entering the village of [[Răcăciuni|Gheorghe Doja]], [[Bacău County]], where you can see the 13m road type: 1 lane with [[hard shoulder]]s.
</gallery>

==External links==
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