U.S. Route 31A
U.S. Highway in Tennessee
U.S. Route 31A (US 31A) is a 76.94-mile-long (123.82 km) alternate route of U.S. Route 31 that exists between Nashville and Pulaski, Tennessee. It is located entirely in Middle Tennessee and except for the Lewisburg bypass, where it is concurrent with SR 106, it is entirely concurrent with unsigned State Route 11 (SR 11).
Route description
US 31A begins in Giles County in Pulaski at an intersection with US 31 (SR 7) just north of downtown. It winds its way northeast through the hilly terrain of the Highland Rim for several miles to cross into Marshall County at an interchange with I-65 (Exit 22).
The highway then passes through the town of Cornersville, where it has a long concurrency with SR 129, before continuing northeast to enter Nashville Basin and the city of Lewisburg at an intersection with US 31A Business. Here SR 11 splits off and follows US 31A Business through downtown while US 31A follows a bypass route to the east (SR 106). It passes through neighborhoods before becoming concurrent with SR 272 and passing through a mix business and industrial areas. The highway then becomes concurrent with US 431 at an intersection with US 431 Business (SR 50) and they curve to the northwest to cross a bridge over a creek before coming to another intersection with US 31A Business/US 431 Business (SR 11), where US 31A, SR 11, and SR 272 split off and head northeast, with SR 272 splitting off shortly thereafter. US 31A continues northeast through farmland for several miles to pass through the community of Farmington, where it has an intersection between SR 64 and SR 271, before crossing the Duck River at Henry Horton State Park. It then enters the city limits of Chapel Hill, where it becomes concurrent with SR 99 and has an intersection with SR 270, before passing through downtown.
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