State Route 31 (SR 31) is a north-south state highway in northeastern

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. 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

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, passing through the community of Spruce Pine. While crossing over

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, 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

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and Duck Creek before turning northeast along the

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. 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

{{Attached KML, display=inline,title 031 Transportation in Hawkins County, Tennessee Transportation in Hancock County, Tennessee