State Route 31 (SR 31) is a north-south state highway in northeastern
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
. The highway runs from
U.S. Route 11W
U.S. Route 11W (US 11W), locally known as Bloody 11W, is a divided highway of US 11 in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Virginia. The U.S. Highway, which is complemented by US 11E to the south and east, runs from US 11, US 11E, and US 70 in ...
in
Mooresburg north to
SR 66 in
Sneedville.
Route description
SR 31 begins at a junction with
US 11W
U.S. Route 11W (US 11W), locally known as Bloody 11W, is a divided highway of US 11 in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Virginia. The U.S. Highway, which is complemented by US 11E to the south and east, runs from US 11, US 11E, and US 70 in Kn ...
/
SR 1 in Mooresburg. The highway heads north into rural
Hawkins County
Hawkins County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 56,721. Its county seat is Rogersville, Tennessee, Rogersville, Hawkins County is par ...
, passing through the community of
Spruce Pine. While crossing over
Clinch Mountain
Clinch Mountain is a mountain ridge in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Virginia, lying in the ridge-and-valley section of the Appalachian Mountains. From its southern terminus at Kitts Point, which lies at the intersection of Knox, Union and G ...
, the route crosses into
Hancock County. Past the mountain ridge, the highway intersects
SR 131 in
Treadway and briefly becomes a four-laned undivided Highway and continues northward through
Luther
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People
* Martin Luther (1483–1546), German monk credited with initiating the Protestant Reformation
* Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), American minister and leader in the American civil rights movement
* Luther (give ...
and
Duck Creek before turning northeast along the
Clinch River
The Clinch River is a river that flows southwest for more than through the Great Appalachian Valley in the U.S. states of Virginia and Tennessee, gathering various tributaries, including the Powell River, before joining the Tennessee River in Ki ...
. The route then enters Sneedville, where it terminates at
SR 66, which connects to
SR 33 and Sneedville via a bridge.
The entire route of SR 31 is a narrow rural 2-lane mountain highway.
Junction list
References
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Transportation in Hawkins County, Tennessee
Transportation in Hancock County, Tennessee