U.S. Route 431 (US 431) in

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, Maury, Williamson,

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Route description

Alabama state line to Nashville

US 431 runs concurrently with

US 231 U.S. Route 231 (US 231) is a north-south U.S highway that is a parallel route of US 31. It runs for from St. John, Indiana, at US 41 to south of US 98 in downtown Panama City, Florida. One of its most notable landmarks is ...

upon entry into Tennessee from

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, where the concurrency begins. The state line also marks the beginning of a secret concurrency with, and the southern terminus of unsigned

Tennessee State Route 10 State Route 10 (SR 10) is a south–north route from the Alabama state line in Lincoln County, Tennessee to the Kentucky state line in Macon County. For most of the highway's length, it is an unsigned designation for US 231. Route descr ...

. 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

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before entering the Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County area. In Nashville, US 431, being known as Hillsboro Pike, traverses the Exit 3 interchange of I-440, and eventually merging into

US 70 U.S. Route 70 or U.S. Highway 70 (US 70) is an east–west United States highway that runs for from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. It is a major east–west highway of the Southeastern, Southern and Southwestern United States. E ...

/ SR 1 before entering the downtown area. US 431 then joins

US 31 U.S. Route 31 or U.S. Highway 31 (US 31) is a major north–south U.S. highway connecting southern Alabama to northern Michigan. Its southern terminus is at an intersection with US 90/ US 98 in Spanish Fort, Alabama. It ...

and US 41A onto the

James Robertson Parkway James Robertson Parkway is a four-lane major thoroughfare in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a bypass route within the downtown Nashville area that includes portions of the alignments of three U.S. Highways, two of them with unsigned Tennessee state ...

. After crossing I-24’s exit 47 interchange, US 431 then follows

US 41 U.S. Route 41, also U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, ...

( SR 11) and

US 31W U.S. Route 31W (US 31W) is the westernmost of two parallel routes for U.S. Route 31 from Nashville, Tennessee to Louisville, Kentucky. At one time, it split with U.S. Route 31E at Sellersburg, Indiana, crossing into nearby Louisville via the Ke ...

towards the northern suburbs.

Nashville to the Kentucky state line

US 431, now paired with a secret SR 65 designation, then follows Trinity Lane, crossing the

I-65 Interstate 65 (I-65) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates ending in 5, it is a major crosscountry, north–south route, connecting between the Great Lakes and the Gulf ...

/24 Exit 87 interchange, and turns right onto Whites Creek Pike. A few miles later, it intersects Briley Parkway (SR 155) and

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near Whites Creek. Like most major routes in and out of Nashville, US 431 crosses

. 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. 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.

Concurrencies and secret designations

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) *

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in downtown Nashville (with US 70) * SR 11 from downtown Nashville to the Trinity Lane intersection (in association with US 31/41/41A, and US 31W/41, including

), and through downtown Springfield (with US 41) * SR 65 from Nashville to the Kentucky state line * SR 76 from downtown Springfield to the north side of Springfield.

Major intersections

References

External links

Tennessee Department of Transportation
{{Attached KML Tennessee 31-4 Transportation in Nashville, Tennessee Transportation in Davidson County, Tennessee Transportation in Lincoln County, Tennessee Transportation in Marshall County, Tennessee Transportation in Maury County, Tennessee Transportation in Robertson County, Tennessee Transportation in Williamson County, Tennessee