County Road 31 is one of the Naples area's major north–south corridors. It is known as
Airport-Pulling Road, though some signs still refer to it by its former name,
Airport Road.
Route description Airport-Pulling Road begins in
East Naples at an intersection with
US 41 (
Tamiami Trail). The Collier County Government Center is located on the northeast corner of this intersection. From US 41, Airport-Pulling Road is a six-lane highway and it heads north, coming to an intersection with
SR 84 (Davis Boulevard) less than a mile from US 41. It continues north just to the east of Naples city limits and passes
Naples Airport before coming to a
single point urban interchange with CR 886 (Golden Gate Parkway), a major route which connects Naples with
Golden Gate. Further North, Airport-Pulling Road intersects with two more of Collier County's major east-west routes: CR 896 (Pine Ridge Road) and CR 862 (Vanderbiilt Beach Road). Less than a mile north of CR 862, Airport-Pulling Road is reduced to four lanes before coming to its northern terminus at
CR 846 (Immokalee Road). This initial segment notably provided access to the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's original
Naples depot, which was built in 1926 and was located on the northeast corner of the present-day intersection of Airport-Pulling Road and Radio Road. The railroad station was closed and tracks were removed in 1944 when the Atlantic Coast Line relocated to the
5th Avenue depot in Downtown Naples, which was originally built by the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad. In 1942,
Naples Army Airfield was built, which would become Naples Airport. The road would provide access to it, which led to the road becoming known as Airport Road. By the 1950s, the initial segment of Airport Road was designated as part of SR 858 along with Bayshore Drive south of Tamiami Trail. SR 858 would also run east from the airport along what would be later known as Radio Road. Airport Road was eventually extended north of the airport, which would be designated as part of SR 951. A mile north of the airport, SR 951 would turn west toward
Naples High School, which would later become part of Golden Gate Parkway. Airport Road north of SR 951 would receive the secondary designation SR 31. Airport-Pulling Road would maintain its segmented designations of SR 858, SR 951, and SR 31 until the state road renumbering in January 1976. Airport-Pulling Road then became SR 31 in its entirety, along with Bayshore Drive. It then became CR 31 as it is today when it was turned over to county control in the 1980s. Though, Bayshore Drive was not included as part of CR 31.
Major intersections {{FLint ==County Road 92==