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| U.S. Route 431 |
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| Length: |
556 mi[1] (895 km) |
| South end: |
  
    US 231/Business US 231/431/AL 1/210 at Dothan, AL |
Major
junctions: |
 I-85 at Opelika, AL
 I-20 near Oxford, AL
 I-59 at Gadsden, AL
 I-565 at Huntsville, AL
 I-440 at Nashville, TN
  I-24/I-65 at Nashville, TN
I-24 at Springfield, TN
 Western KY Pkwy at Central City, KY |
| North end: |
 US 60 at Owensboro, KY |
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U.S. Route 431 is a spur of U.S. Route 31. It currently runs for 556 miles (895 km) from Owensboro, Kentucky at U.S. Route 60 to Dothan, Alabama at U.S. Route 231 and U.S. Route 84. Through many parts of US 431 it is a two lane with not many places of it being a four lane highway.
Route description
Alabama
U.S. 431 is paired with unsigned State Route 1 throughout Alabama.
Tennessee
Kentucky
Major intersections
- U.S. Route 231 at Dothan, Alabama
- U.S. Route 84 at Dothan, Alabama
- U.S. Route 82 at Eufaula, Alabama
- U.S. Route 80 at Phenix City, Alabama
- U.S. Route 280 from Phenix City to Opelika, Alabama
- Interstate 85 at Opelika, Alabama
- U.S. Route 29 at Opelika, Alabama
- Interstate 20 east of Oxford, Alabama
- U.S. Route 78 from between Oxford and Heflin to Oxford, Alabama
- U.S. Route 411 at Gadsden, Alabama
- Interstate 59 at Gadsden, Alabama
- U.S. Route 11 at Attalla, Alabama
- U.S. Route 278 from Attalla to Gadsden, Alabama
- Interstate 565 at Huntsville, Alabama
- U.S. Route 72 at Huntsville, Alabama
- U.S. Route 231 from Huntsville, Alabama to Fayetteville, Tennessee
- U.S. Route 64 at Fayetteville, Tennessee
- U.S. Route 70 at Nashville, Tennessee
- U.S. Route 31 and U.S. Route 41 at Nashville, Tennessee
- Interstate 24 west of Goodlettsville, Tennessee
- U.S. Route 41 at Springfield, Tennessee
- U.S. Route 68 and U.S. Route 79 at Russellville, Kentucky
- U.S. Route 62 at Central City, Kentucky
- U.S. Route 60 at Owensboro, Kentucky
History
U.S. Route 241 was created in 1930, splitting from US 41 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and heading south to US 231 in Dothan, Alabama. The route of the highway, starting at Murfreesboro, TN, went south through Shelbyville and Fayetteville to Huntsville. From Huntsville, the highway snaked through Owens Cross Roads and New Hope (on a road currently named "Old Highway 431") on its way to Guntersville, then through Albertville and Boaz (on what is now AL 205) on its way to Gadsden, then to Anniston and Oxford. After US 231 was extended through north Alabama and Tennessee through Huntsville to Murfreesboro around 1952, the northern terminus of US 241 became Huntsville. In 1953, since US 241 began and ended in Alabama, it was decommissioned. However, US 431 was being extended southward from Kentucky through Tennessee and Alabama, so the lost section from Huntsville to Oxford gained the US 431 designation. However, from Oxford, the US 241 route ran through Talladega, Sylacauga, Goodwater, Alexander City, and Opelika, but US 431 was not routed onto this section, but onto the AL 37 route, which was a shorter route to Opelika. However, the Sylacauga to Opelika section did gain the US 280 designation. From Opelika, US 241 ran south to Phenix City and this section gained the US 431 designation.
References
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I-565 at Huntsville, AL
I-440 at Nashville, TN
I-24/I-65 at Nashville, TN
Western KY Pkwy at Central City, KY
US 60 at Owensboro, KY
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