Governors Drive is one of the main entrance points to the city from the east, carrying on average approximately 48,000 vehicles a day across Monte Sano Mountain.

[2] From the east, US-431 travels north up Monte Sano Mountain where it meets Dug Hill Road and becomes Governors Drive.

This extension of Harvard Drive will provide a direct connection to Big Spring Park and Downtown Huntsville.

The road then travels south of the oldest Baptist Church in Alabama, the First Baptist Church of Huntsville,[4] past the well-known Eggbeater Jesus[5] then crosses over a former Louisville and Nashville Railroad rail line and intersects Monroe Street, one of the main access points to Downtown, providing access to the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library.

The road then meets Memorial Parkway at which point US-431 turns to the north; Governors Drive continues through the intersection to the west and joins SR-53.

[7] Prior to the construction of Interstate 565 in the early 1990s, Governors Drive extended further west, connecting to Slaughter Road[citation needed] just outside the city of Madison.