Signed as the Georgia Davis Powers Shawnee Expressway between its western terminus at I-64 in Shawnee and US-31W/US-60 (Dixie Highway) in Shively, and as the Watterson Expressway from US-31W/US-60 to its northeastern terminus at I-71 in Glenview Manor.
Typhoon Haiyan (2013) (T1330, 31W, Yolanda) - strongest storm of 2013 and killed more than 5,000 people in the Philippines during November.