End of US highway 431

Note: since I don't have access to a comprehensive collection of historical road atlases, much of the info on this page is based on the research of Robert Droz; click here to view his site. Photo credits: H.B. Elkins; Brent Ivy; J.P. Nasiatka; Alex Nitzman

US 431 wasn't commissioned until 1954. Apparently its endpoints have been in the same cities ever since, although the Dothan terminus was different before Ross Clark Circle was built (the bypass around that city). You can view a photo from the historic endpoint on this page.

Today US 431 comes in on the Headland Highway and then follows the Circle around to the south side of Dothan. Below we're on southbound US 431, heading west at the intersection with US 231:

Nasiatka, Sep. 2003

The sign assembly in the distance at lower right is shown close-up below:

Nasiatka, Sep. 2003

No "End" sign, but that's the end of the route. That intersection now marks the south end of Business 431 as well. Below we're heading the opposite direction (east) on the Circle, or southbound on US 231:

Nitzman, Sep. 2006

US 231 goes right (south) from here, while US 431 begins ahead on the Circle. If you continue ahead on 431, you'll see its first confirmation marker...

Nasiatka, Sep. 2003

...although that assembly (and many others) have been changed recently, with the addition of AL 210 signage (that's the designation for the entire Circle):

Ivy/Nitzman, Sep. 2008

Below we're looking south on Business 231/Business 431:

Nitzman, Sep. 2006

Northbound US 431 begins to the left, heading east on the Circle. Below we're looking the opposite direction (north on US 231):

Ivy/Nitzman, Sep. 2008

Off in the distance at far right, you can see a couple assemblies on the ground. The first is a sign for people who relate to towns more than to highway numbers:

Nasiatka, Sep. 2003

Kind of interesting, because they chose one control city along each of the four US routes one can follow from here: Ozark is north on 231; Enterprise is west on 84; Ashford is east on 84; and Headland is north on 431. However, no towns either direction on AL hwy. 52 are mentioned. In the distance behind that, you can just make out the assembly located at the junction itself - that's shown close-up below:

Nasiatka, Sep. 2003

That's also been upgraded with an AL 210 sign:

Ivy/Nitzman, Sep. 2008

The north end of US 431 is in Owensboro KY. The route approaches Owensboro from the south on Livermore Road, which aligns with Frederica Street in town. US 60 splits into the one-way pair of 2nd Street (westbound) and 4th Street (eastbound). The photo below is looking north on Frederica where US 431 ends at westbound US 60 (2nd):

Elkins, 2000

Eastbound US 60 (4th) is two blocks behind the camera. The shot below is looking west on 2nd at Frederica, at the north beginning of US 431:

Elkins, 2000