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 U.S. Route 31W | ||||||||||
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 US 31W highlighted in red | ||||||||||
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| Length | 179.2 mi[1][2][3] (288.4 km) | |||||||||
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| South end |     US 31 / US 31E / US 41 / US 431 in Nashville, TN | |||||||||
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| North end |  US 31 / US 31E / US 60 in Louisville, KY | |||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||
| States | Tennessee, Kentucky | |||||||||
| Counties | TN: Davidson, Sumner, Robertson KY: Simpson, Warren, Edmonson, Barren, Hart, LaRue, Hardin, Meade, Jefferson | |||||||||
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U.S. Route 31W (US 31W) is the westernmost of two parallel routes for U.S. Route 31 from Nashville, Tennessee to Louisville, Kentucky.
Tennessee State Route 41 (SR 41) is its unsigned companion route in Tennessee.
During the December 2021 tornado outbreak, an EF3 tornado devastated stretches of US 31W in Bowling Green, Kentucky.[4][5]
- ^ Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ Tennessee Department of Transportation (2000). Nashville City Map (Northeast)[permanent dead link] (PDF) (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation.
- ^ Tennessee Department of Transportation (2000). Sumner County General Highway Map Archived 2016-01-12 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation.
- ^ Moriarty, Dylan; Berkowitz, Bonnie; Levitt, Zach; Karklis, Laris. "Deadly path: How tornadoes ripped through states". Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
- ^ "Images of Tornado Damage 31W Bypass in Bowling Green". News 40 | WNKY Television. 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2021-12-13.