U.S. Route 31E

U.S. Route 31E
Route information
Length	190.9 mi[1][2][3] (307.2 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 31 / US 31W / US 41 / US 431 in Nashville, TN
	US 231 near Bransford, TN I-265 in Louisville, KY I-264 in Louisville, KY
North end	US 31 / US 31W / US 60 in Louisville, KY
Location
States	Tennessee, Kentucky
Counties	TN: Davidson, Sumner KY: Allen, Barren, Hart, LaRue, Nelson, Spencer, Bullitt, Jefferson
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Replaced Highways in Kentucky Interstate US State Parkways Tennessee State Routes Interstate US State ← US 31 KY US 31W → ← US 31 TN US 31W →

U.S. Route 31E (US 31E) is the easternmost of two parallel routes for U.S. Highway 31 from Nashville, Tennessee, to Louisville, Kentucky. (At one time, it split with U.S. Highway 31W at Sellersburg, Indiana, north of Louisville.)

Contents

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  1 Route description
  
  
  
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    1.1 Tennessee
    
  
  
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    1.2 Kentucky
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 History
  


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  3 Major intersections
  


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  4 Special routes
  
  
  
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    4.1 Hendersonville bypass route
    
  
  
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    4.2 Glasgow business route
    
    
    
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      4.2.1 Major intersections
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    4.3 U.S. Route 31E Truck
    
  
  
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    4.4 U.S. Route 31EX
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 See also
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

Route description

Tennessee

US 31E begins as the Ellington Parkway at the corner of Main Street and US 31, US 31W, US 41 and US 431 (Spring Street) just east of Interstate 24 (I-24). The freeway's interchanges in the middle of the route mainly includes locally maintained streets such as Cleveland Street, East Trinity Lane, Hart Lane, and Broadmoor Drive.^[4]

Ellington Parkway ends at an interchange with SR 155 (Briley Parkway), about 0.56 miles (900 m) east of the Briley's I-65 junction. A ramp directing Ellington Parkway's northbound traffic to I-65 north is provided at the Briley/Ellington junction. Access to Ellington Parkway southbound is also provided by a ramp from I-65 south via exit 90A. The road is named for former Tennessee governor Buford Ellington, who served two non-consecutive terms from 1959 to 1963, the other from 1967 to 1971. Ellington encouraged lots of road building throughout the state during his second term as governor.

After Nashville, the highway passes through Hendersonville and Gallatin, Tennessee.It never intersects Interstate 40.

Kentucky

Junction of U.S. Route 31E and Interstate 265

U.S. Route 31E is the easternmost of two parallel routes for U.S. Highway 31 in Kentucky, in between each is Interstate 65 in Kentucky. At the north end is Louisville, Kentucky, starting at the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge. Going south, it goes through the towns of Mount Washington, Bardstown, New Haven, Hodgenville, Glasgow, and Scottsville before arriving at the Tennessee border. In the 19th century the same route was a stagecoach path between Louisville and Nashville, Tennessee, and before that a postal route at least by 1820.^[5] Originally part of the Jackson Highway, the Works Progress Administration measured the total distance on 31E in Kentucky as 147.8 miles (237.9 km).^[6]

Junction of U.S. Route 31E and Interstate 264

Its only interchanges with interstates are in Jefferson County; both of which are beltways: Interstate 264 (Watterson Expressway) and the I-265/Gene Snyder Expressway. However, it has intersections with the state freeways of Martha Layne Collins Blue Grass Parkway (in Nelson County) and with the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway in Barren County.

There are various historical sites along 31E in Kentucky. Among them are Cave Hill Cemetery and Farmington Historic Plantation in Louisville, My Old Kentucky Home State Park in Bardstown, and Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site just south of Hodgenville. Also, five historic monuments to the Civil War are along the path: three in Louisville, one in Bardstown, and one in Glasgow.^[7]

31E has been known as a dangerous road, with many risky spots. A historic one was at Coxs Creek in Nelson County, where a post office had to be relocated so traffic could see each other.^[8] Other dangerous spots in Nelson County where emergency personnel consider notorious are Gobel Lake Curve, Hibbs Lane, and High Grove.^[9] As of Aug 23, 2017, the Hibbs Lane and High Grove reroute sections are almost complete and are in service. Minor work is still being done to some intersections and signage.

When the rerouting of 31E in Nelson and Spencer Counties was being planned, a survey of historic sites that could have been affected by the new route was studied, especially if the sites could one day become listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[10]

History

The American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) adopted a resolution against split routes in 1934. In order to eliminate the split in US 31 between Nashville, Tennessee, and Louisville, Kentucky, AASHO commissioned U.S. Route 37, replacing US 31E from the Louisville area south to Glasgow, Kentucky, where it then followed Kentucky Route 63 and several routes in Tennessee to Chattanooga. The rest of US 31E from Glasgow to Nashville was assigned U.S. Route 143. This proposed route was extended southwest to Centerville in 1938 and Jackson in 1944 via State Route 100 and State Route 20. US 31W would have become the main route of US 31.

Kentucky and Tennessee refused to accept the renumbering and never changed signage for the routes. In 1952, AASHO re-recognized the split, officially restoring the US 31E and US 31W designations.

US 31E once terminated at US 31 in Sellersburg, Indiana until 1980. It followed the current routing of US 31 from Sellersburg to Louisville.

Major intersections

State	County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Tennessee	Davidson	Nashville	0.000	0.000	US 31 south / US 41 south / US 431 south (James Robertson Parkway/SR 6 south/SR 11 south) Main Street US 31W north / US 41 north / US 431 north (Spring Street/SR 11 north)	Interchange; US 31 splits into US 31E and US 31W; south end of SR 6 overlap; south end of freeway (Ellington Parkway)
					Cleveland Street
					Douglas Avenue
					Trinity Lane
					Hart Lane / Ben Allen Road
					Broadmoor Drive
					SR 155 west (Briley Parkway) / I-65 / Briarville Road – Louisville, Nashville	Northern terminus of Ellington Parkway; south end of SR 155 overlap; US 31E south follows exit 15B
					SR 155 east (Briley Parkway) / Gallatin Road south – Opryland, Airport	North end of SR 155 overlap; north end of freeway; US 31E north follows exit 14
		Madison			SR 45 (Old Hickory Boulevard) – Old Hickory, Hermitage, Whites Creek
					Rivergate Parkway west
	Sumner	Hendersonville			SR 386 – Gallatin, Nashville	SR 386 exit 3; access road from US 31E to SR 386
					SR 258 north (New Shackle Island Road)	Southern terminus of SR 258
					SR 386 (Vietnam Veterans Boulevard) – Nashville	SR 386 exit 9; no access from US 31E south to SR 386 east; no access from US 31E north to SR 386 west
		Gallatin			SR 109 / to Airport Road / Steam Plant Road – Portland, Lebanon, Bledsoe Creek State Park, Airport	Interchange
					SR 25 / SR 174 west (Red River Road/W Main Street/SR 386 west) – Airport	South end of SR 174 overlap; eastern terminus of SR 386
					SR 174 east (Albert Gallatin Avenue)	North end of SR 174 overlap
					Airport Road to Steam Plant Road - Bledsoe Creek State Park, Airport
		Bransford			US 231 south (SR 376 south) – Hartsville, Lebanon	South end of US 231 overlap
		Westmoreland			SR 52 to I-65 – Portland, Lafayette
​		50.65 0.000	81.51 0.000	Tennessee–Kentucky state line End concurrency with unsigned SR 6
Kentucky	Allen	​	2.129	3.426	KY 482 / KY 3521 south (Andrew Jackson Highway)
		​	3.737	6.014	KY 1147	Western terminus of KY-1147
		Scottsville	7.415	11.933	KY 100 (Franklin Road) – Franklin, Scottsville
			8.607	13.852	US 231 north / KY 980 – Bowling Green, Scottsville	north end of US 231 overlap; western terminus of KY 980
		​	11.582	18.639	KY 101 – Smiths Grove, Scottsville
		​	13.154	21.169	KY 3499
		Cedar Springs	16.893	27.187	KY 252 north / KY 1855 south
	Barren	​	20.392	32.818	State Park Road / KY 87 east (Austin-Tracy Road) – Barren River Lake State Resort Park, Fountain Run
		Lucas	23.222	37.372	KY 1318	south end of KY 1318 overlap
			23.317	37.525	KY 1318	north end of KY 1318 overlap
		Haywood	29.147	46.908	KY 252 south
		Glasgow	31.091	50.036	KY 2207 west
			31.573	50.812	Cumberland Parkway east / US 68 Truck east / KY 90 Truck east – Somerset	Cumberland Parkway exit 11; south end of US 68 Truck / KY 90 Truck overlap
			31.631	50.905	Cumberland Parkway west – Bowling Green	Exit 11 off Parkway WB and on ramp to Parkway WB
			32.010	51.515	US 31E Bus. north (Green Street) to KY 63 – Glasgow Business District
			32.469	52.254	KY 1297 (Cleveland Avenue)
			33.428	53.797	US 68 Bus. / US 68 Truck west / KY 90 east (West Main Street)	north end of US 68 Truck / KY 90 Truck overlap; south end of KY 90 overlap
			34.019	54.748	KY 90 west (Happy Valley Road) to I-65 – Cave City, Glasgow Business District	north end of KY 90 overlap
			35.031	56.377	US 31E Bus. south – SKYCTC Glasgow Campus
			36.124	58.136	US 68 / KY 80 (Veterans Outer Loop) to KY 90
		Griderville	42.216	67.940	KY 70 – Cave City, Hiseville
	Hart	Bear Wallow	45.121	72.615	KY 2195
		Wigwam Village	46.654	75.082	KY 218 – Horse Cave, Greensburg
		Uno	49.998	80.464	KY 571
		Hardyville	53.405	85.947	KY 88 – Munfordville, Greensburg
		​	55.570	89.431	KY 1572
		Canmer	56.169	90.395	KY 1854
					KY 677
		Linwood	56.862	91.511	KY 566 east
			60.179	96.849	KY 569 south	south end of KY 569 overlap
			60.429	97.251	KY 569 north	north end of KY 569 overlap
		Jonesville	63.217	101.738	KY 936
	LaRue	Magnolia	67.154	108.074	KY 1079 – Munfordville
			67.436	108.528	KY 470 east – Buffalo
		​	74.362	119.674	KY 61 south – Greensburg, Mount Sherman, Buffalo	south end of KY 61 overlap
		Hodgenville	75.922	122.185	KY 61 north / KY 1618 east to I-65 – Elizabethtown, Campbellsville	north end of KY 61 overlap
			77.116	124.106	KY 84 west to I-65	south end of KY 84 overlap
			77.575	124.845	KY 210 west – Elizabethtown	south end of KY 210 overlap; traffic circle around city park
					KY 210 east – Campbellsville	south end of KY 210 overlap
		Ovesen Heights	79.343	127.690	KY 1794 east
		​	79.385	127.758	KY 1832 west
		White City	81.112	130.537	KY 470 west	south end of KY 470 overlap
			81.218	130.708	KY 84 east – Lebanon	north end of KY 84 overlap
			81.382	130.972	KY 470 east	north end of KY 470 overlap
	Nelson	New Haven	88.031	141.672	KY 52 east – Lebanon, Trappist	south end of KY 52 overlap
			88.283	142.078	KY 52 west – Lyons Station	north end of KY 52 overlap
		Culvertown	93.090	149.814	KY 247
		​	93.865	151.061	KY 46 west	south end of KY 46 overlap
		Balltown	96.278	154.944	KY 46 east	north end of KY 46 overlap
		​	99.186	159.624	Bluegrass Parkway east / US 31E Truck north – Lexington
		​	99.225	159.687	Bluegrass Parkway west – Elizabethtown
		Bardstown	101.225	162.906	US 62 west (West Stephen Foster Avenue) – Elizabethtown, Airport	south end of US 62 overlap
			101.488	163.329	US 62 east / US 150 east (East Stephen Foster Avenue) to Bluegrass Parkway east	north end of US 62 overlap; south end of US 150 overlap; traffic circle around Old Courthouse Building
			101.905	164.000	KY 1430 west (West Beall Avenue)
			102.693	165.268	KY 245 / US 31E Truck south / US 150 Truck east to I-65 / Bluegrass Parkway
			104.022	167.407	KY 332 (Old Nazareth Road)
		Coxs Creek	107.829	173.534	KY 509 – Fairfield
		​	112.252	180.652	KY 523
		​	113.205	182.186	KY 480 west	Eastern terminus of KY 480
		Highgrove	114.106	183.636	KY 48 east – Fairfield, Bloomfield	Western terminus of KY 48
	Spencer	No major junctions
	Bullitt	​	117.993	189.891	KY 2674 north	southern terminus of KY-2674
		Mount Washington	119.822	192.835	US 31EX north
			120.495	193.918	KY 44 – Mount Washington Business District
​		122.064	196.443	US 31EX south – Mount Washington Business District
Jefferson	Louisville	122.432	197.035	KY 660 east (Waterford Road)
		124.285	200.017	KY 2053 west (Thixton Lane)
		127.134– 127.435	204.602– 205.087	I-265 / KY 841 (Gene Snyder Freeway)	I-265 exit 17
		127.924	205.874	KY 1065 (Beulah Church Road / Seatonville Road)
		129.608	208.584	KY 1747 (South Hurstbourne Parkway)
		131.057	210.916	KY 1932 north (Breckenridge Lane)
		132.264	212.858	Bardstown Road (KY 2251 north) - Buechel Business District
				Progress Boulevard	interchange
	West Buechel	133.337	214.585	Hikes Lane (KY 2052 south)
		133.514	214.870	Bardstown Road (KY 2251 south) - Buechel Business District
	Louisville	134.407	216.307	I-264 (Watterson Expressway)	I-264 exit 16
		135.489	218.048	KY 155 south (Taylorsville Road)
		136.989	220.462	US 60 Alt. (Eastern Parkway)
		137.786	221.745	KY 2860 (Grinstead Drive)
		138.016	222.115	KY 1703 south (Baxter Avenue)
		138.264	222.514	US 150 west (East Broadway)	north end of US 150 overlap
		138.904	223.544	KY 864 south (East Chestnut Street)
		139.086	223.837	US 42 east / US 60 east (East Main Street)	south end of US 60 overlap; no direct access from US 42 west / US 60 west to US 31E south
		139.819	225.017	KY 61 south (Preston Street) to I-64 / I-71
		140.250	225.710	US 31 north (Second Street / Clark Bridge) / US 31W south / US 60 west (West Main Street)	US 31W and US 31E merge to form US 31; north end of US 60 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Special routes

Hendersonville bypass route

U.S. Route 31E Bypass
Location	Hendersonville, Tennessee
Existed	1981–present

An unsigned portion constisting primarily of Tennessee State Route 386 is known as the U.S. Route 31E Bypass.

Glasgow business route

U.S. Route 31E Business
Location	Glasgow, Barren County, KY
Length	3.24 mi (5.21 km)

U.S. Route 31E Business starts near the Southgate Shopping Center 0.379 mile north of the Exit 11 interchange of the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway, and intersects Kentucky Routes 249 and 63 before reaching the Barren County Courthouse at the Public Square. It then joins US 68 Business for only 0.123 miles before right-turning onto North Race Street. US 31E Business then follows North Race Street, passes the T.J. Samson Hospital, and ends at an intersection with the regular US 31E alignment on the north side of town about one mile south of the Veterans Outer Loop.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Glasgow, Barren County.

mi[11]	km	Destinations	Notes
0.000	0.000	US 31E / S L Roger Wells Boulevard	Western terminus
1.001	1.611	KY 249 south / Black Street	Northern terminus of KY 249
1.269	2.042	KY 63 east / East College Street	Western terminus of KY 63
1.406	2.263	KY 80 / KY 90 / US 68 Bus. / West Washington Street	Begin concurrency with KY 80/KY 90/US-Bus 68
1.516	2.440	KY 80 west / KY 90 / US 68 Bus. / West Main Street	End concurrency with KY 80/KY 90/US-Bus 68
2.118	3.409	To KY 90 / Happy Valley Road	Old KY 90; previously KY 90 Alternate
3.240	5.214	US 31E / Glasgow Bypass	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

U.S. Route 31E Truck

U.S. Route 31E Truck
Location	Bardstown, Nelson County, KY

U.S. Route 31E Truck (US 31E Truck) is the truck route of US 31E in the Nelson County seat of Bardstown.

The truck route consists of the following designations:

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  Bluegrass Parkway between exits 21 and 25.


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  U.S. Route 150 between the Bluegrass Parkway and KY 245, and


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  Kentucky Route 245 bypass from US 150 east of downtown to US 31E/150 north of downtown.

U.S. Route 31EX

U.S. Route 31EX
Location	Mount Washington, Bullitt County, KY
Length	2.487 mi[11] (4.002 km)

U.S. Route 31EX (US 31EX) is the business route of US 31E in the Bullitt County town of Mount Washington. The only major intersection it has besides the main alignment is with KY 44 in the town's business district. The route is 2.487 miles (4.002 km) long.^[11]

See also

• 
  Tennessee portal
  


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  Kentucky portal
  


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  U.S. Roads portal
  

• Roads in Louisville, Kentucky


• Roads in Nashville, Tennessee

References

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   ^ Tennessee Department of Transportation (2000). Nashville City Map (Northeast)^{[permanent dead link]} (PDF) (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation.
   


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   ^ Tennessee Department of Transportation (2000). Sumner County General Highway Map Archived 2016-01-12 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation.
   


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   ^ DeLorme (2004). Tennessee Atlas & Gazetteer (Map). Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme.
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5. 
   ^ Kleber p.16
   


6. 
   ^ Simon pp.288,289
   


7. 
   ^ Joseph E. Brent (January 8, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935" (pdf). National Park Service.
   


8. 
   ^ Rennick p.70
   


9. 
   ^ "US 31E Nelson-Spencer Counties" (PDF). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Fall 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
   


10. 
    ^ "US 31E Nelson-Spencer Counties" (PDF). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Winter 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
    


11. 
    ^ ^abc Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
    

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  Kleber, ed. (1992). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.
  


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  Rennick, Robert M. (1988). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-0179-4.
  


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  Simon, F. Kevin (1996). The WPA Guide to Kentucky: A Guide to the Bluegrass State. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-0865-9.
  

External links

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  Media related to U.S. Route 31E at Wikimedia Commons

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