diff --git a/modules/express/src/clientRoutes.ts b/modules/express/src/clientRoutes.ts
index f4d36d60ba..6848e44324 100755
--- a/modules/express/src/clientRoutes.ts
+++ b/modules/express/src/clientRoutes.ts
@@ -1586,6 +1586,7 @@ export function setupAPIRoutes(app: express.Application, config: Config): void {
   );
 
   router.post('express.v1.wallet.signTransaction', [prepareBitGo(config), typedPromiseWrapper(handleSignTransaction)]);
+  router.get('express.lightning.getState', [prepareBitGo(config), typedPromiseWrapper(handleGetLightningWalletState)]);
 
   app.post('/api/v1/wallet/:id/simpleshare', parseBody, prepareBitGo(config), promiseWrapper(handleShareWallet));
   router.post('express.v1.wallet.acceptShare', [prepareBitGo(config), typedPromiseWrapper(handleAcceptShare)]);
@@ -1787,5 +1788,4 @@ export function setupLightningSignerNodeRoutes(app: express.Application, config:
     prepareBitGo(config),
     promiseWrapper(handleCreateSignerMacaroon)
   );
-  app.get('/api/v2/:coin/wallet/:id/state', prepareBitGo(config), promiseWrapper(handleGetLightningWalletState));
 }
diff --git a/modules/express/src/lightning/lightningSignerRoutes.ts b/modules/express/src/lightning/lightningSignerRoutes.ts
index 05ac16e757..8ca7c6ac07 100644
--- a/modules/express/src/lightning/lightningSignerRoutes.ts
+++ b/modules/express/src/lightning/lightningSignerRoutes.ts
@@ -170,15 +170,13 @@ export async function handleCreateSignerMacaroon(req: express.Request): Promise<
 /**
  * Handle the request to get the state of a wallet from the signer.
  */
-export async function handleGetLightningWalletState(req: express.Request): Promise<GetWalletStateResponse> {
-  const coinName = req.params.coin;
+export async function handleGetLightningWalletState(
+  req: ExpressApiRouteRequest<'express.lightning.getState', 'get'>
+): Promise<GetWalletStateResponse> {
+  const { coin: coinName, walletId } = req.decoded;
   if (!isLightningCoinName(coinName)) {
     throw new ApiResponseError(`Invalid coin to get lightning wallet state: ${coinName}`, 400);
   }
-  const walletId = req.params.id;
-  if (typeof walletId !== 'string') {
-    throw new ApiResponseError(`Invalid wallet id: ${walletId}`, 400);
-  }
 
   const lndSignerClient = await LndSignerClient.create(walletId, req.config);
   return await lndSignerClient.getWalletState();
diff --git a/modules/express/src/typedRoutes/api/index.ts b/modules/express/src/typedRoutes/api/index.ts
index fa5871ff9b..c88d061ed8 100644
--- a/modules/express/src/typedRoutes/api/index.ts
+++ b/modules/express/src/typedRoutes/api/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { PostSimpleCreate } from './v1/simpleCreate';
 import { PutPendingApproval } from './v1/pendingApproval';
 import { PostSignTransaction } from './v1/signTransaction';
 import { PostKeychainLocal } from './v2/keychainLocal';
+import { GetLightningState } from './v2/lightningState';
 import { PostLightningInitWallet } from './v2/lightningInitWallet';
 import { PostUnlockLightningWallet } from './v2/unlockWallet';
 import { PostVerifyCoinAddress } from './v2/verifyAddress';
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ export const ExpressApi = apiSpec({
   'express.keychain.local': {
     post: PostKeychainLocal,
   },
+  'express.lightning.getState': {
+    get: GetLightningState,
+  },
   'express.lightning.initWallet': {
     post: PostLightningInitWallet,
   },
diff --git a/modules/express/src/typedRoutes/api/v2/lightningState.ts b/modules/express/src/typedRoutes/api/v2/lightningState.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c38159052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/express/src/typedRoutes/api/v2/lightningState.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import * as t from 'io-ts';
+import { httpRoute, httpRequest } from '@api-ts/io-ts-http';
+import { BitgoExpressError } from '../../schemas/error';
+import { WalletState } from '../../../lightning/codecs';
+
+/**
+ * Path parameters for getting lightning node state
+ */
+export const LightningStateParams = {
+  /** A lightning coin name (e.g., lnbtc or tlnbtc) */
+  coin: t.string,
+  /** The ID of the lightning self-custody wallet */
+  walletId: t.string,
+} as const;
+
+export const LightningStateResponse200 = t.type({
+  state: WalletState,
+});
+
+/**
+ * Response for getting lightning node state
+ */
+export const LightningStateResponse = {
+  /** Current Lightning wallet/node state('NON_EXISTING' | 'LOCKED' | 'UNLOCKED' | 'RPC_ACTIVE' | 'SERVER_ACTIVE' | 'WAITING_TO_START') */
+  200: LightningStateResponse200,
+  /** BitGo Express error payload when the request is invalid (e.g., invalid coin or wallet not a self-custody lightning wallet). */
+  400: BitgoExpressError,
+} as const;
+
+/**
+ * Lightning - Get node state
+ *
+ * This is only used for self-custody lightning. Get the current state of the lightning node.
+ *
+ * @operationId express.lightning.getState
+ */
+export const GetLightningState = httpRoute({
+  method: 'GET',
+  path: '/api/v2/{coin}/wallet/{walletId}/state',
+  request: httpRequest({
+    params: LightningStateParams,
+  }),
+  response: LightningStateResponse,
+});
diff --git a/modules/express/test/unit/clientRoutes/lightning/lightningSignerRoutes.ts b/modules/express/test/unit/clientRoutes/lightning/lightningSignerRoutes.ts
index 82f693644c..805de7ebdd 100644
--- a/modules/express/test/unit/clientRoutes/lightning/lightningSignerRoutes.ts
+++ b/modules/express/test/unit/clientRoutes/lightning/lightningSignerRoutes.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../../../src/lightning/lightningSignerRoutes';
 import { ExpressApiRouteRequest } from '../../../../src/typedRoutes/api';
 import { PostLightningInitWallet } from '../../../../src/typedRoutes/api/v2/lightningInitWallet';
+import { LightningStateResponse } from '../../../../src/typedRoutes/api/v2/lightningState';
 
 describe('Lightning signer routes', () => {
   let bitgo: TestBitGoAPI;
@@ -165,13 +166,21 @@ describe('Lightning signer routes', () => {
       params: {
         coin: 'tlnbtc',
         id: apiData.wallet.id,
+        walletId: apiData.wallet.id,
+      },
+      decoded: {
+        coin: 'tlnbtc',
+        walletId: apiData.wallet.id,
       },
       config: {
         lightningSignerFileSystemPath: 'lightningSignerFileSystemPath',
       },
-    } as unknown as express.Request;
+    } as unknown as ExpressApiRouteRequest<'express.lightning.getState', 'get'>;
 
-    await handleGetLightningWalletState(req);
+    const res = await handleGetLightningWalletState(req);
+    decodeOrElse('LightningStateResponse200', LightningStateResponse[200], res, () => {
+      throw new Error('Response did not match expected codec');
+    });
 
     walletStateNock.done();
     readFileStub.calledOnceWith('lightningSignerFileSystemPath').should.be.true();
diff --git a/modules/express/test/unit/typedRoutes/decode.ts b/modules/express/test/unit/typedRoutes/decode.ts
index 4385b786b1..2356b36f46 100644
--- a/modules/express/test/unit/typedRoutes/decode.ts
+++ b/modules/express/test/unit/typedRoutes/decode.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { VerifyAddressBody } from '../../../src/typedRoutes/api/common/verifyAdd
 import { VerifyAddressV2Body, VerifyAddressV2Params } from '../../../src/typedRoutes/api/v2/verifyAddress';
 import { SimpleCreateRequestBody } from '../../../src/typedRoutes/api/v1/simpleCreate';
 import { KeychainLocalRequestParams } from '../../../src/typedRoutes/api/v2/keychainLocal';
+import { LightningStateParams } from '../../../src/typedRoutes/api/v2/lightningState';
 import {
   LightningInitWalletBody,
   LightningInitWalletParams,
@@ -157,6 +158,12 @@ describe('io-ts decode tests', function () {
       coin: 'tbtc',
     });
   });
+  it('express.lightning.getState params valid', function () {
+    assertDecode(t.type(LightningStateParams), { coin: 'lnbtc', walletId: 'wallet123' });
+  });
+  it('express.lightning.getState params invalid', function () {
+    assert.throws(() => assertDecode(t.type(LightningStateParams), { coin: 'lnbtc' }));
+  });
   it('express.lightning.initWallet params', function () {
     // missing walletId
     assert.throws(() => assertDecode(t.type(LightningInitWalletParams), { coin: 'ltc' }));