Kentucky Route 2831 (KY 2831) is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in
Owensboro
Owensboro is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. It is the fourth-largest city in the state by population. Owensboro is located on U.S. Route 60 and Interstate 165 about southwest of Lou ...
,
Daviess County,
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
. It runs from U.S. Routes
60 and
431
Year 431 (Roman numerals, CDXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Bassus and Antiochus (or, less frequently, year 1 ...
in southern Owensboro to West Fifth Street (
KY 2245) and Frederica Streets in downtown.
Route description
KY 2831 begins at an interchange with the
Wendell H. Ford Expressway
The Wendell H. Ford Expressway, also known as the Owensboro Bypass, is a major partial beltway that runs around the outer parts of the city of Owensboro, Kentucky. With a length of , the expressway includes parts of U.S. Route 60 (US ...
(
U.S. Route 60, US 60) and
U.S. Route 431
U.S. Route 431 (US 431) is a spur of U.S. Route 31. It currently travels for approximately from US 231/Alabama State Route 210 and US 231 Business (US 231 Bus.) and US 431 Bus. in Dothan, Alabama, to Owensboro, ...
(US 431), It then reaches an intersection where
KY 81 ends and
KY 54 begins. KY 2831 ends at the intersection with
KY 2245 and West Fifth Street in downtown Owensboro.
History
From 1929 until 1953, the entire route was originally signed as
KY 75.
replaced the KY 75 designation in 1953, and remained on Frederica Street within the city, north of the
US 60 Bypass (US 60 Byp.;
Wendell H. Ford Expressway
The Wendell H. Ford Expressway, also known as the Owensboro Bypass, is a major partial beltway that runs around the outer parts of the city of Owensboro, Kentucky. With a length of , the expressway includes parts of U.S. Route 60 (US ...
),
until mid-2010, when the new KY 2831 designation replaced the US 431 alignment in the city. US 431 now ends at the junction with the former US 60 Byp.
Major intersections
References
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External links
US 431 at KentuckyRoads.com
U.S. Route 431
2831
2831