BY-PASS U.S. Federal Route 31W is a known as the Elizabethtown By-pass in Hardin County. It runs from U.S. Rt. 31W south to the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway. The parkway connects traffic back to U.S. Rt. 31W, along with Interstate 65, Kentucky State Route 61, and the western portions of the state. BY-PASS U.S. Rt. 31W passes through the following town in Hardin County. Elizabethtown BY-PASS U.S. Rt. 31W is not multi-plexed in Hardin County. BY-PASS U.S. Rt. 31W intersects the following highways in Hardin County. U.S. Rt. 31W, at Elizabethtown. Kentucky Secondary State Route 1600, at Elizabethtown. Kentucky Secondary State Route 1357, at Elizabethtown. U.S. Rt. 62, at Elizabethtown. Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway, at Elizabethtown.