History
US 31 was signed by the Governor on March 7 of 1917, as Main Market Highway 1, signs were installed on June 1 of the that year. The name was changed to Indiana State Road 1, within a year, when Indiana began the state road system. By 1924, most of the route was paved, leaving only from Columbus to Franklin and from Peru to Plymouth that was unpaved. In 1926, US 31 signs were installed along what was SR 1 at the time. By 1927 the whole route through Indiana was paved.
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