U.S. 31 South - Loxley to Spanish Fort

U.S. 31 proceeds 6.19 miles southwest from SR 59 to SR 181 (Malbis Plantation Parkway) / CR 27 (Jimmy Faulkner Drive) by the Daphne city limits. Suburban development increases along the two lane stretch south along the Loxley city line.
04/09/09
U.S. 31 enters the city of Spanish Fort ahead of SR 181 (Malbis Plantation Parkway) south and CR 27 (Jimmy Faulkner Drive) north. The three routes converge north of the Eastern Shore Center retail complex and I-10 at Exit 38.
06/06/06
SR 181 (Malbis Plantation Parkway) leads 18.24 miles south to Malbis, Belforest and U.S. 98 near Weeks Bay. Signed in 2006, SR 181 was extended beyond U.S. 90 over CR 27 in a 2004 mileage swap between Baldwin County and ALDOT for SR 112. Jimmy Faulkner Drive (CR 27) north was constructed in 2004 to the newly built Spanish Fort High School and Bromley Road.
06/06/06
U.S. 31 (Spanish Fort Boulevard) continues west from Malbis Plantation Parkway along the TimberCreek golf course community in Daphne. Construction from 2017 to December 2021 expanded U.S. 31 into a five lane boulevard west from SR 181 to SR 225.
10/11/16
The eastern branch of CR 27 stems north from U.S. 31 (Spanish Fort Boulevard) along Stagecoach Road a half mile west of SR 181/CR 27.
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CR 72 spurs 3.4 miles northwest, following Buzbee Road from a short section of Stagecoach Road, to Buzbee Landing on Bay Minette Creek outside Spanish Fort.
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A traffic light was added along U.S. 31 (Spanish Fort Boulevard) at Timbercreek Boulevard by 2009. Timbercreek Boulevard is the main access point into the TimberCreek development from U.S. 31 and SR 181.
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School Road, like Blakeley Way, arcs northwest from U.S. 31 to SR 225. Westminster Drive ties into Spanish Fort Boulevard at School Road from the south.
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Following Blakeley Drive, SR 225 heads north from U.S. 31 (Spanish Fort Boulevard) to Historic Fort Blakeley State Park, Crossroads and Stockton.
04/09/09
State Route 225 measures 23.91 miles in length from Spanish Fort north to SR 59 at Stockton. SR 225 meets I-65 at Exit 31.
10/11/16
U.S. 31 concludes 0.209 miles west of SR 225 at U.S. 90 (Old Spanish Trail), north of the Spanish Fort Town Center retail complex and I-10/U.S. 98 at Exit 35.
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U.S. 90 (Old Spanish Trail) turns east from I-10/U.S. 98 in 0.94 miles to Lake Forest in northern Daphne. U.S. 90 west overtakes Spanish Fort Boulevard from U.S. 31, 0.44 miles to U.S. 98 and Battleship Parkway at the Shellbank River.
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U.S. 31 historically ended at Broad and Government Streets west of Downtown Mobile, where U.S. 43 and U.S. 45 also concluded at U.S. 90/98.
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Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman: 10/26/99, 06/06/06, 04/09/09, 10/11/16
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Page Updated Friday August 12, 2022.