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US 231, US 231 Bus, US 431 Bus Dothan: 0 - 0 US 84 EB, US 84 Bus: 3.3 - 3.3 US 84 WB, US 431 Bus: 3.4 - 6.7 US 82 EB: 49.0 - 55.7 US 82 WB: 1.7 - 57.4 US 280 EB: 44.0 - 101.4 US 80 WB: 1.9 - 103.3 US 80 EB: 0.9 - 104.2 I-85 (Exit 62), US 29, US 280 WB: 22.3 - 126.5 I-20 EB (Exit 191): 83.8 - 210.3 I-20 WB (Exit 188): 3.5 - 213.6 US 78: 0.2 - 213.8 US 278 EB: 31.5 - 245.3 US 411: 2.6 - 247.9 I-59 (Exit 183): 4.7 - 252.6 US 11 NB: 0.9 - 253.5 US 11 SB: 0.4 - 253.9 US 278 WB: 1.9 - 255.8 US 231 SB: 65.3 - 321.1 I-565 (Exit 19), US 72 ALT: 1.0 - 322.1 US 72 WB: 0.5 - 322.6 US 72 EB: 1.7 - 324.3 TN STATE LINE: 16.1 - 340.4 US 64, US 231 NB: 10.7 - 351.1 US 64 Bus: 0.7 - 351.8 US 31 ALT SB, US 431 Bus Lewisburg: 25.2 - 377.0 US 31 ALT NB, US 31 ALT Bus, US 431 Bus: 1.2 - 378.2 I-840 (Exit 30): 26.7 - 404.9 US 31 SB, US 431 Bus Franklin: 5.5 - 410.4 US 31 NB, US 31 Bus: 3.9 - 414.3 US 431 Bus: 1.7 - 416.0 I-440 (Exit 3): 13.9 - 429.9 US 70S WB: 2.4 - 432.3 I-40 (Exit 209), I-65, US 70 WB: 0.2 - 432.5 US 31 SB, US 41 SB, US 41 ALT SB, US 70 EB, US 70S EB: 0.5 - 433.0 US 41 ALT NB: 0.7 - 433.7 I-24 (Exit 48): 1.2 - 434.9 US 31 END, US 31E, US 31W Begin: 0.1 - 435.0 US 31E: 0.3 - 435.3 I-24 (Exit 48): 0.4 - 435.7 US 31W NB, US 41 NB: 2.1 - 437.8 I-24, I-65 (Exit 87): 0.4 - 438.2 I-24 (Exit 35): 10.6 - 448.8 US 41 SB: 12.6 - 461.4 US 41 NB: 2.8 - 464.2 KY STATE LINE: 8.7 - 472.9 US 79 NB: 11.5 - 484.4 US 79 SB: 2.6 - 487.0 US 68 WB, US 68 Bus: 1.0 - 488.0 US 68 EB: 1.6 - 489.6 US 62 EB: 34.5 - 524.1 US 62 WB: 1.4 - 525.5 US 60: 32.4 - 557.9
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Creation: Appeared in June 1953 (AASHO) as a new US Highway. Ran from US 64-231 (now US 64 Bus) Fayetteville TN to US 60-231 (now 4th St) Owensboro KY. AASHO mistakenly assigned this as US 331, forgetting that they had given this number out the previous year. US 431 was an addition to: TN 50 from Fayetteville to Lewisburg; TN 106 to Nashvile; TN 65/KY 75 to Owensboro KY. Kentucky had requested US 431 end at the Indiana state line, which would be the US 231 (now KY 2292) crossing of the Ohio River.
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Adjustments: In November 1953 (AASHO), US 431 was extended south with US 231 to Huntsville AL, then replacing US 241 to Oxford AL; brief overlay with US 78, then added to AL 37 (now AL 1) to Opelika; replaced more US 241 to end at US 84-231 (now US 84 Bus) Dothan AL.
About 1955, US 431 was removed from Morgan Dr out of Attalla AL.
About 1956, US 431 was removed from Luckie Mountain Rd and nearby Rockledge Rd through Rockledge AL. Also about 1956, US 431 was put on its current routing from today's Frisco Ln south through Springfield TN on Memorial Blvd. The old route is abandoned to the east adjacent to the quarry and N Main St through Springfield. About 1957, US 431 was placed on Quintard Ave/10th St through Anniston AL. The old route was Snow St and Main St in Oxford; Front St/Chesnut St/Noble St into Anniston Also about 1957, US 431 was removed from New Hope Hwy well south of New Hope AL, plus New Hope Hwy/Main Dr through New Hope, plus Old 431 Hwy through Owens Crossroads, across US 431 well to the east before heading west back to US 431 at Big Cove AL. Also about 1957, US 431 received its western bypass of Huntsville AL. The old route was Longwood Dr, Madison St, Holmes St, Greene St and Meridian St nearly out to today's AL 255.
Between 1955-59, US 431 was removed from KY 2107 between Drakesboro and Cleaton KY; also from Youngstown Rd and a bit of KY 604 below Central City; also removed from Wellborn St/Harrison Ave in Central City. About 1959, US 431 was removed from CR 61 north of Roanoke AL; also CR 33 through Tennant AL; also CR 33 north of Tennant; also Hillcrest Ave in Wedowee. About 1960, US 431 was removed from Broad St in Gadsden AL to use a new connector to US 278, then 9th St to get back to Forrest Ave in Gadsden.
US 431 rerouted in Gadsden 1963 Official Also about 1960, US 431 was rerouted in Nashville TN to leave Broadway at 8th, then use the new James Robertson Pkwy. US 431 previously left Broadway at 1st Ave S to Deadrick St though signage remained on Broadway at 2nd for another decade or so. In 1960 or 1961, US 431 was placed on more Quintard Ave in Anniston and bypassed Saks AL. The old route was 10th St, Noble St plus Old Gadsden Hwy through Saks. In June 1961, AASHO denied a request to extend US 431 south to west of Panama City FL via AL 203 (now CR 203 and AL 605), AL 109, FL 77, FL 277, and FL 79 to end at US 98 (now CR 30). About 1961, US 431 was removed from Headland Ave north out of Dothan (became AL 211, now CR 105) and also the Old Hwy 431 loop near Kinsey AL. About 1962, US 431 was removed from the bit of Cotton Ave below Chewalla Creek at Eufala AL, plus abandoned bridge and alignment to the US 82 split. Also about 1962, US 431 was removed from Old Anniston-Gadsden Hwy/Hollingsworth Dr/abandoned near Welligton AL, plus the nearby Old US 431 loop; also an unnamed loop and Main St through Glencoe AL. Also in 1962, US 431 was given its bypass of Lewisburg TN. The old route may have briefly been US 431 Bus but by 1964 this was just Franklin Ave into town, plus US 31A on 2nd St. Commerce St remained part of TN 50 (now US 431 Bus today). In June 1964 (AASHO), US 431 was placed on the freeway around Phenix City. This left behind AL 1. Today the old route is Seale Rd/Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy/broad St/13th St/14th St/Opelika Rd. In 1965, US 431 was removed from Deaderick St and N. 1st St in Nashville and placed on the current viaduct over Cumberland River to nearly I-24, then placed on 5th St/Spring St/Dickerson Pike. About 1966, US 431 was removed from Seale Rd south of Phenix City AL. Also around 1966, US 431 was rerouted to accomodate the I-65/265 (now I-24/65) interchange in Nashville by looping north to the Fern Ave overpass, then back south down the east frontage road to get back to White's Creek Pike. About 1968, US 431 was placed on its eastern bypass of Headland AL, leaving behind US 431 Business (now just Main St and AL 134-172).
Also about 1968, US 431 was given its eastern bypass of Roanoke AL. The old route is Lafayette Hwy and Main St (some of which is AL 22). About 1970, US 431 was removed from 9th St/Forrest Ave/Cleveland Ave in Gadsden/Attalla AL. About 1973, US 431 was given a western bypass of Abbeville by using CR 41, then new construction. The old route through Abbeville became US 431 Business (today this is CR 99 Dothan Rd, AL 27 Kirkland St, AL 10 Washington St, Great Southern Boundary). US 431 was also removed from the unnamed loop road just north of there. Sometime in the 1970s, US 431 was given one way splits in Guntersville AL. SB used the original route of Gunter Ave. NB used May St and Blount Ave About 1982, US 431 was removed from Opelika Rd ad CR 430 north of Phenix City AL. The new routing used some of an old US 241 alignment.
In 1982 or 1983, US 431 was removed from N. Harper Rd south of Dunmore KY. About 1983, US 431 was removed from 5th Ave/4th St in Attalla AL to instead use US 11.
In 1983 or 1984, US 431 was removed from Main St north of AL 48 Wedowee; the lengthy CR 431 through Ada AL to Rockdale. US 431 was placed on CR 4 between old and new alignments. About 1984, US 431 was removed from the lengthy CR 99 between Headland AL and CR 41 below Abbeville, plus removed from CR 41.
Between 1982-85, US 431 was rerouted in Nashville to leave White's Creek Pike (some of this is now Baptist World Center Dr) at W. Trinity Ln to head east to US 31W-41.
About 1987, US 431 was removed from CR 4 and CR 431 Morrison Crossroad and Folsom AL.
Also about 1987, US 431 was removed from the lengthy CR 119 through Lawrenceville AL. Also in 1987, TN US 431 was removed from the substantial Old Hwy 431 between Springfield TN and the Davidson County line. Also around 1988, US 431 was placed on TN 397 around the east of Franklin TN, leaving behind US 431 Business.
Between 1986-89, US 431 was removed from Ray Walker Rd plus removed bridge over the RR in Epleys KY. Between 1986-91, US 431 was removed from Pleasant Hill Rd well south of Eufala AL; also the nearby Old US 431 loop. In October 1991 (AASHTO), US 431 was given its eastern bypass of Opelika AL. The route is Torbert Blvd/Columbus Pkwy, 7th St, and 2nd Ave. In 1994 or 1995, US 431 was removed from CR 431 south of Hollis Crossroads AL. About 1995, US 431 was removed from CR 137 Uchee Hill Hwy south of Phenix City AL. In October 1996 (AASHTO), US 431 was placed on the eastern half of the AL 210 Dothan Loop to end at US 231 south of town. The old route into Dothan became US 431 Business.
In July 1999 (KYTC), US 431 was rerouted at Russellville KY to follow US 79 west, then replace KY 2843 north around Russellville. The old route became US 431 Business. Today this is KY 3240 9th St and KY 3519 Main St In February 2002 (KYTC), US 431 was removed from KY 3519 Lewisburg Rd north of the Russellville bypass, plus a short segment of US 68 on the bypass itself. In May 2005 (AASHTO), US 431 was removed from CR 137 Old Seale Hwy through Seale and north of there. In March 2008 (KYTC), US 431 was removed from Revelette Ln near Belton KY In August 2008 (KYTC), US 431 was rerouted in Central City to follow US 62 west, then replace KY 189 around Central City to South Carrolton (this had been US 431 Truck). The old route became KY 1031 through Central City. In October 2009 (AASHTO), US 431 was removed from CR 137 through Glenville AL and from CR 137 Pittsville Hwy through Pittsville AL. Note that in this application, Alabama clearly indicates US 431 begins at the Florida State line and overlays US 231 to the Dothan Loop. In May 2010 (AASHTO), US 431 north was truncated to the US 60 bypass of Owensboro KY. Livermore Rd north of US 60 Bypass became KY 2831.
About 2016, US 431 was placed onto I-20 between Exits 191 and 188, leaving behind AL 301 and US 78. US 431 was also placed on its eastern Anniston bypass, leaving behind more US 78, AL 21 and "Old US 431".
In April 2018 (KYTC), US 431 was rerouted in Russellville KY to the new portion of the bypass around the south of town. This left behind KY 2146 Nashville St.
Comments: US 431 is a major corridor from Dothan to Huntsville AL, but definitely an afterthought elsewhere. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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