U.S. Route 31W

U.S. Route 31W
Major junctions
South end:	US 31 / US 31E / US 41 / US 431 / SR 6 / SR 11 in Nashville, TN
North end:	US 31 / US 31E / US 60 in Louisville, KY
Location
States:	Tennessee, Kentucky
Counties:	TN: Davidson, Sumner, Robertson KY: Simpson, Warren, Edmonson, Barren, Hart, LaRue, Hardin, Bullitt, Jefferson
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced

U.S. Route 31W (US-31W) is the westernmost of two parallel routes for U.S. Route 31 from Nashville, Tennessee to Louisville, Kentucky. At one time, it split with U.S. Route 31E at Sellersburg, Indiana, crossing into nearby Louisville via the Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge.

Route description

US 31W begins in Nashville, at an interchange with Ellington Parkway and US 31 / US 31E. The route continues west as Spring Street, signed with US 41, US 431, and SR 11. US 31W, US 41, US 431, and SR 11 continue north onto Dickerson Pike, closely paralleling I-24 through Nashville. At an intersection with Trinity Lane, all the routes but SR 11 and US 41 split from US 31W and continue west, while US 31W continues north, away from I-24. The roadway has an interchange with I-65 and SR 155 before an intersection with SR 45 in Bellshire Terrace. The highway passes through Goodlettsville, where US 31W splits from the other two routes and crosses I-65; it also passes through White House, Tennessee.^[1]

After several miles, the highway enters the state of Kentucky and crosses I-65 again, where it passes through Franklin and intersects Route 100. Here, the highway is known as Bowling Green Road, and passes through fields, as well as giving access to the town of Woodburn. Entering the city of Bowling Green, the route intersects the William H. Natcher Parkway as well as US 231 as the route passes east of downtown Bowling Green. On the eastern side of town, Louisville Road carries US 31W, US 68, and Route 80 east and then northeast, where US 68 and Route 80 split off to the east. US 31W passes within a half mile on an entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park near Park City, Kentucky, after crossing I-65 again. The highway passes through Cave City as Duke Highway.^[1]

In the city of Horse Cave, US 31W intersects Route 218; the Dixie Highway then continues on to Munfordville before crossing I-65 and paralleling it closely to the west and later, the east. In Elizabethtown, US-31W intersects with the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway. The route continue through the heart of Elizabethtown, intersecting US-62, before entering Radcliff, Kentucky. It also passes through Fort Knox near Radcliff, within sight of the U.S. Bullion Depository. US 31W overlaps with US-60 from Muldraugh, Kentucky to Louisville, paralleling the Ohio River briefly before intersecting Interstate 264 (Watterson Expressway) in Louisville. US 31W continues as a one-way couplet consisting of 22nd and Dr. W. J. Hodges streets, and later Main and Market streets in downtown Louisville. At 2nd Street, US 31W ends at US 31E, and the two routes continue north as US 31.^[1]

History

Most of US-31W's route was part of the old Dixie Highway from the National Auto Trail program, the predecessor to the United States Numbered Highways system. Many of the cities through which US-31W traverses still give it a local street name of "Dixie Highway" or "Dixie Avenue." Some portions date back further, to the Louisville and Nashville Turnpike, which began construction in the 1830s.

Major intersections

State	County	Location	km	Destinations	Notes
Tennessee	Davidson	Nashville		US 31 south / US 41 south / US 431 south (James Robertson Parkway / SR 6 / SR 11) / US 31E north (Ellington Parkway / SR 6) to I-24 / South 5th Street / Main Street	interchange; south end of US 41 / US 431 / SR 11 overlap
				To I-24 / I-65 / Spring Street
				US 431 north (West Trinity Lane / SR 65) to I-65	north end of US 431 overlap; Exit 43 on US 431/Dukes Expressway; No access from 31W north to 431 south or 431 south to 31W north
				I-65 – Nashville, Louisville	I-65 exit 90A
				SR 155 (Briley Parkway) – Nashville, Knoxville
				SR 45 (Old Hickory Boulevard)
		Goodlettsville		SR 174 east (Long Hollow Pike)
	Sumner			US 41 north (SR 11) – Springfield, Greenbrier, Ridgetop	Interchange; north end of US 41 / SR 11 overlap; south end of SR 41 overlap
				I-65 – Louisville, Nashville	I-65 exit 98
		Millersville (White Hill)		SR 257 west to I-65
	Sumner / Robertson	White House		SR 258 (Raymond Hirsch Parkway) to I-65
				SR 76 west to I-65	South end of SR 76 overlap
				SR 76 east (Portland Road)	North end of SR 76 overlap
		Cross Plains		SR 25 to I-65 – Cross Plains, Springfield, Gallatin
		Portland / Orlinda (Reubensville)		SR 52 to I-65 – Orlinda, Portland
		Portland (Black Jack)		SR 109 south – Portland, Gallatin
		Portland (Black Jack)		SR 259 east
Kentucky	Simpson			I-65	I-65 exit 2
		Franklin		KY 1008 / KY 100 Truck to I-65
				KY 100 east to I-65	South end of KY 100 overlap
				KY 383 south (Madison Street)
				KY 73 east / KY 100 west (Cedar Street)	North end of KY 100 overlap; south end of KY 73 overlap
				KY 1171 (North Street)
				KY 73 west (Morgantown Road)	North end of KY 73 overlap
				KY 2592 (Patton Road)
				KY 1008 south to I-65 – truck route to KY 100
				KY 1434
				KY 621 (Stevenson Road)
	Warren	Woodburn		KY 240
				KY 242 – Rockfield, Rich Pond
		Bowling Green		Natcher Parkway to I-65 – Owensboro	Natcher Parkway exit 6
				US 231 (Campbell Lane)
				US 231 Bus. north (University Drive) to US 68 / KY 80	South end of US 231 Bus. overlap; roundabout
				US 231 Bus. south (Broadway Avenue) to I-65	North end of US 231 Bus. overlap
				KY 234 (Fairview Avenue) to I-65
				KY 3225 (Old Louisville Road)
				US 68 west / KY 80 west (Kentucky Street) to I-65 south	South end of US 68 / KY 80 overlap
				KY 3225 (Old Louisville Road)
				KY 1402 east (Porter Pike) to KY 957 / Plum Springs Loop
				To I-65 (via KY 446 east) – Louisville, Nashville, Corvette Museum	Interchange
				KY 957
				KY 526 west to KY 1320
				US 68 east / KY 80 east	North end of US 68 / KY 80 overlap
				KY 743 north
		Tuckertown		KY 2326 (Otter Gap Road)
				KY 101 north – Brownsville	South end of KY 101 overlap
				KY 101 south – Smiths Grove	North end of KY 101 overlap
	Edmonson			KY 422 north
	Edmonson			KY 259
	Barren	Park City		KY 255 south	South end of KY 255 overlap
		Park City		KY 255 north (Mammoth Cave Parkway) to I-65 – Mammoth Cave, Brownsville
				KY 2189 south (Park City-Glasgow Road)
				KY 2143
		Cave City		KY 90 (Happy Valley Road) to I-65 / KY 70 – Mammoth Cave, Glasgow
				KY 70 (Broadway Street / Griderville Road) – Business District, Hiseville
				KY 335 north
	Hart	Horse Cave		KY 218 (Main Street) to I-65 / US 31E
				KY 1846 south
		Rowletts		KY 335 south
		Woodsonville		KY 571 south
		Woodsonville		KY 88 east – Hardyville	South end of KY 88 overlap
		Munfordville		KY 357 north (Union Street) – Hodgenville
				KY 88 west (Center Street) – Clarkson, Nolin Lake	North end of KY 88 overlap
				I-65 – Nashville, Louisville	I-65 exit 65
				KY 1140 west
				KY 2756
		Bonnieville		KY 728 east to I-65	South end of KY 728 overlap
		Bonnieville		KY 728 west	North end of KY 728 overlap
	LaRue	Upton		KY 224 east to I-65 – Hodgenville	South end of KY 224 overlap
	LaRue / Hardin	Upton		KY 224 west (Grayson Street) – Clarkson, Nolin River, Nolin Lake	North end of KY 224 overlap
				KY 2767 (Murrieltown Road)
		Sonora		KY 84 to I-65 – Sonora, Hodgenville
				KY 1517
	Hardin			KY 1407 north
				KY 1136 west
		Glendale Junction		KY 222 to I-65
		Elizabethtown		Western Kentucky Parkway west / US 31W Truck north / KY 61 south to I-65 / Bluegrass Parkway – Lexington, Louisville, Nashville, Paducah, Hodgenville	south end of KY 61 overlap
				KY 210 east
				KY 1136 west (New Glendale Road) to US 31W Byp.
				Main Street	traffic circle around Hardin County Courthouse
				US 62 / KY 61 north (Mulberry Street)	north end of KY 61 overlap
			KY 251 north (North Miles Street)
			KY 1357 south (St. John Road)
			KY 1600 north (Woodland Drive)
			US 31W Byp. south to I-65 / Western Kentucky Parkway – thru trucks
			KY 3005 (Ring Road)
			KY 447 north
			KY 2802 south (W.A. Jenkins Road)
Radcliff			KY 220 west – Rineyville
			KY 434 east – Lebanon Junction
			KY 313 to I-65 – Vine Grove, Lebanon Junction
			KY 1500 west (Millcreek Road)
			KY 144 west (East Vine Street) – Vine Grove
			KY 1815 south (West Lincoln Trail Boulevard)
			North Wilson Road	interchange
Fort Knox			To KY 1646 / Bullion Boulevard – Fort Knox	Interchange
			Chaffee Avenue	interchange; entrance ramps only
	Meade		US 60 west – Hardinsburg, Owensboro	South end of US 60 overlap
see US 60
Jefferson	Louisville		US 31 north (Second Street / Clark Bridge) / US 31E south / US 60 east (West Market Street)	north end of US 60 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

Bannered routes of US 31W

Elizabethtown bypass

U.S. Route 31W Bypass
Location:	Elizabethtown
Length:	3.758 mi (6.048 km)

US Route 31W By-Pass is a four-lane expressway in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. It starts at an at-grade intersection with Kentucky Route 1136, bypasses the west side of town and it ends at another at-grade intersection with US Route 31W on the northern side of Elizabethtown. The southern end can be reached via either KY 1136 on the south side, or following the Western KY Parkway from the at-grade intersection with US 31W/KY 61to the interchange after the WK Parkway/I-65 junction.

Major intersections include:

Kentucky Route 1136 (Glendale Road)
Western Kentucky Parkway (exit 135)
U.S. Route 62 (Leitchfield Road)
U.S. Route 31W (Dixie Highway)

References

1 2 3 Google (December 24, 2013). "U.S. 31W" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 24, 2013.

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