{{short description|State highway in Kentucky, United States}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox road |state=KY |type=KY |route=2831 |alternate_name= Frederica Street | map={{maplink-road|from=Kentucky Route 2831.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=KY 2831 highlighted in red |length_mi=3.056 |length_ref=<ref name=log>{{cite web |url = http://apps.transportation.ky.gov/DMI_Reports/Official_MP_RL_params.aspx |title = Official DMI Route Log |author = Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |author-link = Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |publisher = Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |access-date = June 16, 2016 }}</ref> |established=2010 |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{Jct|state=KY|US|60|US|431}} in south Owensboro |junction={{Jct|state=KY|KY|81|KY|54}} in Owensboro |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{Jct|state=KY|KY|2245}} in downtown Owensboro |counties=Daviess |previous_type=KY |previous_route=2830 |next_type=KY |next_route=2832 }}
'''Kentucky Route 2831''' ('''KY 2831''') is a {{convert|3.056|mi|km|adj=mid}} state highway in Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky. It runs from U.S. Routes 60 and 431 in southern Owensboro to West Fifth Street (KY 2245) and Frederica Streets in downtown.
==Route description== KY 2831 begins at an interchange with the Wendell H. Ford Expressway (U.S. Route 60, US 60) and U.S. Route 431 (US 431), It then reaches an intersection where KY 81 ends and KY 54 begins. KY 2831 ends at the intersection with KY 2245 and West Fifth Street in downtown Owensboro.
==History== From 1929 until 1953, the entire route was originally signed as KY 75.<ref name=ky-1939>{{cite KYTC map |year=1939 |section= |sections= |inset= |access-date= October 7, 2014}}</ref> US 431 replaced the KY 75 designation in 1953, and remained on Frederica Street within the city, north of the US 60 Bypass (US 60 Byp.; Wendell H. Ford Expressway),<ref>{{cite map |author = DeLorme |author-link = DeLorme |year = 2010 |map = <!-- what is the name of the map on this page?--> |title = Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer |edition = 4th |scale = |location = Yarmouth, ME |publisher = DeLorme |page = 45 |section = |isbn = }}{{full citation needed|date=June 2016}}</ref> until mid-2010, when the new KY 2831 designation replaced the US 431 alignment in the city. US 431 now ends at the junction with the former US 60 Byp.<ref name=ky-2015>{{cite KYTC map |year=2015 |section= |sections= |inset= Owensboro |access-date= October 7, 2014}}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{KYinttop|county=Daviess|location=Owensboro|length_ref=<ref name=log/>}} {{KYint |mile=0.000 |mile2=0.082 |road={{Jct|state=KY|US|60|US|431|to3=to|I|165|to4=to|Parkway|Audubon|dir2=south|name1=Wendell H. Ford Expressway|name2=Frederica Street}} |notes=Southern terminus; US 60 exit 14; continues as US 431 beyond US 60 }} {{KYint |mile=2.511 |road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|54|KY|81|dir1=east|dir2=south|name2=West Parrish Avenue}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 54; northern terminus of KY 81 }} {{KYint |mile=3.056 |road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|2245|dir1=west|road|West Fifth Street / Frederica Street}} |notes=Northern terminus; eastern terminus of KY 2245; continues as Frederica Street beyond West Fifth Street }} {{jctbtm}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} *[http://www.kentuckyroads.com/us_431 US 431 at KentuckyRoads.com]
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