U.S. Route 431 in Tennessee

U.S. Route 431 (US 431) in Tennessee totals an estimated 116 miles (187 km) through Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Williamson, Davidson, and Robertson counties in Middle Tennessee.[2]

U.S. Route 431 marker
U.S. Route 431
Map
US 431 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 31
Maintained by TDOT
Length116.10 mi (186.84 km)
ExistedJanuary 1954[1]–present
Major junctions
South end US 231 / US 431 at the Alabama state line south of Fayetteville
Major intersections
North end US 431 at the Kentucky state line near Springfield
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountiesLincoln, Marshall, Maury, Williamson, Davidson, Robertson
Highway system
SR 429 SR 431

Route description

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Alabama state line to Nashville

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US 431 runs concurrently with US 231 upon entry into Tennessee from Madison County, Alabama, where the concurrency begins. The state line also marks the beginning of a secret concurrency with, and the southern terminus of unsigned State Route 10 (SR 10). The two U.S. Routes plus SR 10 do not split until they reach downtown Fayetteville. While US 231 goes into a north-northeasterly path, US 431 turns northwest into Marshall County, bypassing around Lewisburg, and later into northeastern Maury and into Williamson County. It traverses the city of Franklin, Tennessee before entering the Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County area.[2][3]

In Nashville, US 431, known as Hillsboro Pike, traverses the exit 3 interchange on I-440, and eventually merges into US 70/SR 1 before entering the downtown area. US 431 then joins US 31 and US 41A onto the James Robertson Parkway. After crossing I-24's exit 47 interchange, US 431 then follows US 41 (SR 11) and US 31W towards the northern suburbs.[2][4]

Nashville to the Kentucky state line

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State Route 65
LocationNashville to the Kentucky state line
Length34.98 mi (56.29 km)
ExistedOctober 1, 1923[5]–present

US 431, now paired with a secret SR 65 designation, then follows Trinity Lane, crossing the I-65/I-24 exit 87 interchange, and turns right onto Whites Creek Pike. A few miles later, it intersects Briley Parkway (SR 155)] and Old Hickory Boulevard near Whites Creek. Like most major routes in and out of Nashville, US 431 crosses Old Hickory Boulevard. twice, the first time in the southern suburbs, and the other in the north. US 431/SR 65 continues northward to traverse I-24's Joelton interchange, exit 35, before entering Robertson County.[2][3]

It traverses the Springfield area, running concurrently with US 41 (SR 11) through town. It then splits off again, and US 431 continues north to the Kentucky state line, which marks the northern terminus of SR 65.[2]

Concurrencies and secret designations

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In Tennessee, when a US Highway runs concurrently with a state highway, the state highway's designation is not signed, but is a secret designation. Along US 431 in Tennessee, the secret designations include:

  • SR 10 from the Alabama state line to Fayetteville (in association with US 231);
  • SR 50 from Fayetteville to Lewisburg;
  • SR 106 from Lewisburg to the US 70S/SR 1 junction in Nashville;
  • SR 1 in downtown Nashville (in association with US 70S);
  • SR 24 in downtown Nashville (with US 70);
  • SR 11 from downtown Nashville to the Trinity Lane intersection (in association with US 31/US 41/US 41A, and US 31W/US 41, including James Robertson Parkway), and through downtown Springfield (with US 41);[4]
  • SR 65 from Nashville to the Kentucky state line;[3]
  • SR 76 from downtown Springfield to the north side of Springfield.

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Lincoln0.00.0 
 
 
 
US 231 south / US 431 south – Huntsville
Alabama state line; southern end of concurrency with unsigned SR 10
Park City2.33.7 
 
SR 275 east (Lincoln Road) – Flintville
Western terminus of SR 275
Fayetteville9.214.8 
 
SR 110 west (Ardmore Highway) – Kirkland, Taft, Ardmore
Eastern terminus of SR 110
10.717.2 
 
 
 
US 64 Byp. / US 231 north (Wilson Parkway/Thornton Taylor Parkway/SR 10 north) – Pulaski, Shelbyville, Winchester
Northern end of US 231 and unsigned SR 10 concurrency; southern end of concurrency with unsigned SR 273
11.418.3  
 
US 64 / SR 50 east (College Street/SR 15/SR 273 west) – Pulaski, Lynchburg, Winchester
Northern end of unsigned SR 273 concurrency; southern end of unsigned SR 50 concurrency
Petersburg23.037.0 
 
SR 244 south (Boonshill-Petersburg Road)
Northern terminus of SR 244
Marshall24.238.9 
 
 
 
SR 129 east / SR 130 east (Railroad Street) – Lynchburg, Shelbyville
Southern end of SR 129 concurrency; western terminus of SR 130
25.641.2 
 
SR 129 west (Delina Road) – Cornersville
Northern end of SR 129 concurrency
Belfast32.151.7 
 
SR 271 north (Belfast-Farmington Road) – Farmington
Southern terminus of SR 271
Lewisburg36.558.7 
 
 
 
 
 
 
US 31A south / SR 272 south (Ellington Parkway/SR 106 south) / US 431 Bus. north (E Commerce Street/SR 50 west) – Pulaski, Lewisburg
Southern end of US 31A/SR 272 and unsigned SR 106 concurrency; southern terminus of US 431 Bus.; northern end of unsigned SR 50 concurrency
37.760.7 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
US 31A Bus. south / US 431 Bus. south (Verona Avenue/SR 11 south) / US 31A north / SR 272 north (Nashville Highway/SR 11 north) – Downtown, Chapel Hill
Northern end of US 31A/SR 272 concurrency; northern terminus of US 31A Business/US 431 Bus.
38.962.6 
 
SR 50 east (Franklin Road) – Downtown
Southern end of SR 50 concurrency
39.062.8 
 
SR 417 south (W Ellington Parkway)
Northern terminus of SR 417
39.663.7 
 
SR 50 west (Jim McCord Highway) – Columbia
Northern end of SR 50 concurrency
Maury50.481.1 
 
SR 99 east (Sylvester Chunn Highway) – Chapel Hill
Southern end of SR 99 concurrency
51.282.4 
 
 
 
 
 
SR 99 west (Bear Creek Pike) to I-65 / US 412 – Columbia
Northern end of SR 99 concurrency
WilliamsonDuplex59.095.0 
 
SR 247 west (Dulpex Road) – Spring Hill
Eastern terminus of SR 247
64.3–
64.5
103.5–
103.8
  
 
I-840 to I-65 – Memphis, Knoxville
I-840 exit 30
Franklin67.1108.0  SR 248 (Goose Creek Bypass)
69.8112.3  
 
 
 
SR 397 / US 31 Truck / US 431 Truck (Mack Hatcher Memorial Parkway)
72.2116.2  
 
US 31 / SR 96 east (Columbia Avenue/Main Street/SR 6) – Spring Hill, Murfreesboro, Brentwood
Southern end of SR 96 concurrency
72.3116.4 
 
SR 96 west (New Highway 96 W) – Fairview
Northern end of SR 96 concurrency
73.7118.6  
 
 
 
SR 397 / US 31 Truck / US 431 Truck (Mack Hatcher Memorial Parkway)
Northern terminus of SR 397/US 31 Truck/US 431 Truck
78.2125.9 
 
SR 46 west (Old Hillsboro Road) – Leipers Fork
Southern (signed eastern) terminus of SR 46
DavidsonForest Hills81.4131.0  SR 254 (Old Hickory Boulevard) – Bellevue, Brentwood
Nashville86.9139.9  SR 155 (Woodmont Boulevard)
87.5–
87.7
140.8–
141.1
  
 
I-440 (Four-Forty Parkway) to I-65 – Memphis, Knoxville
I-440 exit 3
90.0144.8 
 
US 70S west (Broadway/West End Avenue/SR 1 west)
Southern end of US 70S/SR 1 concurrency;nNorthern terminus of unsigned SR 106
99.2159.6 
 
 
 
I-40 east / I-65 south – Knoxville, Huntsville
I-40 east/I-65 south accessed via 14th Avenue South
99.23159.70 
 
 
 
 
 
I-40 west / I-65 north / US 70 west (13th Avenue North/SR 24 west) – Memphis, Louisville
I-40 west/I-65 north accessed via 13th Avenue North; southern end of US 70/SR 24 concurrency
99.65160.37 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
US 70 east (Broadway/SR 24 east) / US 70S east / US 31 south / US 41 south / US 41A south (8th Avenue S/SR 1 east/SR 6 south/SR 11 south)
Northern end of US 70S/SR 1/US 70/SR 24 concurrency; southern end of US 31/US 41/US 41A (SR 6/11) concurrency; follows James Robertson Parkway
100.35161.50 
 
US 41A north (Rosa L. Parks Boulevard/SR 12 north)
Northern end of US 41A concurrency; southern terminus of unsigned SR 12
101.6163.5 
 
 
Interstate Drive south to I-24 east – Chattanooga
No access to I-24 west; exit 48 from I-24 east; I-24 east accessed via Interstate Drive
101.8163.8Main Street East (Old US 31E) – Hendersonville, Gallatin
102.0164.2 
 
US 31E north (Ellington Parkway/SR 6 north)
US 31 splits into US 31E and US 31W; southern end of US 31W concurrency
102.3164.6 
 
 
Spring Street west to I-24 west – Clarksville
I-24 exit 47A off-ramp
104.4168.0 
 
 
 
US 31W north / US 41 north (Dickerson Pike/SR 11 north)
Northern end of US 31W/US 41/SR 11 concurrency; southern terminus and southern end of concurrency with unsigned SR 65
104.7–
104.9
168.5–
168.8
   I-24 / I-65 – Nashville, Chattanooga, Clarksville, LouisvilleI-65/I-24 exit 87
107.2–
107.3
172.5–
172.7
  SR 155 (Briley Parkway)SR 155 exit 19
Whites Creek109.7176.5 
 
 
 
SR 45 east (Old Hickory Boulevard) to I-24 – Madison
Western terminus of SR 45; Old Hickory Boulevard continues west
NashvilleJoelton line113.9183.3 
 
Old Clarksville Pike west to US 41A
114.6–
114.8
184.4–
184.8
  I-24 – Clarksville, NashvilleI-24 exit 35
Robertson123.3198.4  SR 257 (Mount Zion Road) – Coopertown, Ridgetop
Springfield127.2204.7 
 
US 41 south (Memorial Boulevard/SR 11 south) – Greenbrier, Ridgetop
Southern end of US 41/SR 11 concurrency
128.5206.8  
 
SR 49 / SR 76 east (5th Avenue) – Ashland City, White House, Orlinda
Southern end of SR 76 concurrency
130.0209.2 
 
US 41 north (Highway 41 N/SR 11 north/SR 76 west) – Adams, Hopkinsville, KY
Northern end of US 41/SR 11/SR 76 concurrency
130.3209.7 
 
SR 161 north – Allensville, KY
Southern terminus of SR 161
133.1214.2  SR 25 (Lakewood Road) – Cross Plains
138.6223.1 
 
US 431 north – Adairville, Russellville
Kentucky state line; northern terminus of unsigned   SR 65
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "U.S. 431, U.S. 280 Markers Now Up". The Opelika Daily News. Opelika, Alabama. January 26, 1954. p. 1. Retrieved December 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e Rand McNally (2016). "Tennessee" (Map). The Road Atlas (2016 Walmart ed.). c. 1:1,900,800. Chicago: Rand McNally. pp. 94–95. §§ A11–F11, F12–G12. ISBN 0-528-00626-6.
  3. ^ a b c Tennessee Department of Transportation (2016). Tennessee's Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (2016–2017 ed.). c. 1:633,600. Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. §§ A7, B7–B8, C7–C8, D7–D8, E8 (West). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Tennessee Department of Transportation (2016). Tennessee's Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (2016–2017 ed.). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. Nashville inset. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  5. ^ Highway Planning Survey Division (1925). Biennial Report of the Commissioner of the Department of Highways and Public Works State of Tennessee for the Years 1923 and 1924 (PDF) (Report). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Highways and Public Works. pp. 39–44. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
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