U.S. 31 North - Montgomery to Prattville



Having paralleled Interstate 65 north since Bay Minette, U.S. 31 meets the freeway for the first time in Alabama at Hope Hull in Montgomery County.
06/02/11
06/02/11

U.S. 31 was expanded to five overall lanes through Hope Hull due to accommodate traffic from the nearby Hyundai plant opened in 2005. The southbound entrance ramp for I-65 to Greenville and Mobile departs from U.S. 31 next.
06/02/11
06/02/11

Interstate 65 leaves the Montgomery area and U.S. 31 at Hope Hull for Lowndes County. The Port City of Mobile lies 159 miles to the southwest.
06/07/17
06/07/17

Folmar Parkway stems west from U.S. 31 just beyond the diamond interchange with I-65 into Interstate Industrial Park.
06/07/17
06/07/17

The western leg of CR 42 along Wasden Road links U.S. 31 with CR 15 (Lamar Road) at McGehees.
06/07/17
06/07/17

Shifting northeast across Caney Branch, U.S. 31 (Mobile Highway) runs 0.6 miles north from CR 42 on Wasden Road to the eastern branch of CR 42 on Hyundai Boulevard.
06/07/17
06/07/17

Constituting a four lane arterial, CR 42 heads 2.7 miles east from U.S. 31 (Mobile Highway) to the Montgomery Hyundai plant and U.S. 331 (Norman Bridge Road).
06/07/17
06/07/17
![U.S. 31 (Mobile Highway) continues north from CR 42 (Hyundai Boulevard) into Montgomery ahead of a diamond interchange with U.S. 80/SR 21 (Selma Highway). U.S. 80/21 overlap 10.18 miles west by Montgomery Regional Airport (Dannelly Field) [MGM] into Lowndes County on respective routes to Selma and Hayneville.](https://www.aaroads.com/al/031/thb/us-031-n-at-us-080-1.jpg)
U.S. 31 (Mobile Highway) continues north from CR 42 (Hyundai Boulevard) into Montgomery ahead of a diamond interchange with U.S. 80/SR 21 (Selma Highway). U.S. 80/21 overlap 10.18 miles west by Montgomery Regional Airport (Dannelly Field) [MGM] into Lowndes County on respective routes to Selma and Hayneville.
08/22/03
08/22/03



SR 21 combines with U.S. 31 north from U.S. 80. U.S. 80 formerly joined the two routes along Mobile Highway crossing Catoma Creek. The short freeway taking U.S. 80 east onto I-65 was constructed in 1992.
12/28/09
12/28/09

U.S. 31 and SR 21 overlap 1.23 miles north to South Boulevard. SR 21 turns east onto South Boulevard, returning to U.S. 80 at I-65/U.S. 82. U.S. 31 joins West Boulevard.
12/28/09
12/28/09

SR 21 (South Boulevard) enters a diamond interchange with I-65/U.S. 80-82, 0.57 miles east from U.S. 31 (West Boulevard). U.S. 80-82/SR 21 combine from there along a commercialized stretch east to Southmont and Lynndale through south Montgomery. U.S. 231 and U.S. 331 tie into South Boulevard as well.
12/28/09
12/28/09

Mobile Highway extends north from U.S. 31/SR 21 to Fairview Avenue. U.S. 31 bypasses Montgomery and Maxwell Air Force Base along a combination of West Boulevard and Birmingham Highway en route to Prattville. U.S. 82 followed U.S. 31 along this stretch until 2000.
12/28/09
12/28/09


CR 54 (Hunter Loop Road) arcs south from U.S. 31 (Birmingham Highway) at Hunter to Grovewood and CR 11.
10/06/16
10/06/16

CR 75 (McQueen Smith Road) provides a cutoff from U.S. 31 (Memorial Drive) north to U.S. 82/SR 14 east along the bypass of Prattville.
10/06/16
10/06/16

McQueen Smith Road runs across the suburban east side of Prattville north to Fairview Avenue (old SR 14) at Old Ridge Road.
10/06/16
10/06/16

Continuing northwest, U.S. 31 (Memorial Drive) converges with U.S. 82/SR 14. U.S. 82/SR 14 encircle Prattville to the south, from W 4th Street (old SR 206) to Cobbs Ford Road west of I-65.
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10/06/16
Photo Credits:
- ABRoads: 06/02/11
- Alex Nitzman: 12/28/09, 10/06/16, 06/07/17, 06/26/22
- Alex Nitzman, Justin Cozart: 08/22/03
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Page Updated Monday August 15, 2022.