U.S. Route 19 in West Virginia

U.S. Route 19
U.S. Route 19
Corridor L
Route information
	Maintained by WVDOH
Length	253.5 mi (408.0 km)
Existed	1926–present
Major junctions
South end	US 19 in Bluefield, VA
	US 52 in Bluefield; I-77 near Camp Creek; WV 16 near Oak Hill; US 60 at Hico; I-79 near Canfield; US 33 / US 119 in Weston; US 50 in Clarksburg; US 250 in Fairmont; I-79 near Westover; US 119 / WV 7 in Morgantown;
North end	US 19 near Mount Morris PA
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Mercer, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Lewis, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided; West Virginia State Highway System; Interstate; US; State;

U.S. Route 19 (US 19) runs south to north up through central West Virginia. The route runs from the Virginia state line at Bluefield, Virginia to the Pennsylvania state line south of Mount Morris, Pennsylvania.

Route description

US 19 passes through the limits of the cities and towns of Bluefield, Princeton, Beckley, Oak Hill, Fayetteville, Summersville, Flatwoods, Weston, Jane Lew, Clarksburg, Shinnston, Worthington, Monongah, Fairmont, Rivesville, Westover, Morgantown, Star City, in addition to the smaller communities of Kegley, Spanishburg, Flat Top, Ghent, Cool Ridge, Shady Spring, Daniels, Beaver, Johnstown, Hico, Heaters, Napier, Letch, Ireland, Ben Dale, Homewood, Kitsonville, Hepzibah, Meadowbrook, Enterprise, Arnettsville, Georgetown.

Between Bluefield and Beckley, US 19 has been largely supplanted by Interstate 77 and the West Virginia Turnpike. Between Prosperity and northeast of Canfield, the route serves as a major southwest-northwest artery as Corridor L of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS). It is along Corridor L that it crosses the New River via the well-known New River Gorge Bridge. Between Canfield and into Pennsylvania, the route has largely supplanted by Interstate 79.

Aside from the four-lane limited access Corridor L, US 19 remains largely two-lane rural road with numerous curves outside of major cities.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Mercer	Bluefield	0.000	0.000	US 19 south (Virginia Avenue)	Continuation into Virginia
		1.3	2.1	US 52 north (Spruce Street)	South end of US 52 overlap
		2.1– 2.1	3.4– 3.4	US 52 south (Bland Street)	North end of US 52 overlap; south end of US 52 Truck overlap; northern terminus of US 52 Truck
		5.0	8.0	WV 112 east – Oakvale	Western terminus of WV 112
		5.3	8.5	US 460 west / US 52 Truck south to I-77 – Tazewell VA	North end of US 52 Truck overlap; south end of US 460 overlap
		8.6	13.8	WV 123 west / CR 34 (Clover Dew Dairy Road) – Mercer County Airport	Eastern terminus of WV 123
		10.6	17.1	US 460 east	North end of US 460 overlap
	Princeton	12.2	19.6	WV 104 west (Morrison Drive)	South end of WV 104 overlap
		12.3	19.8	WV 104 east (Stafford Drive)	North end of WV 104 overlap
		12.7– 12.8	20.4– 20.6	WV 20 (Main Street)	Short overlap around Mercer County Courthouse
		14.5	23.3	CR 1917 (Black Oak Road)
		17.3– 17.4	27.8– 28.0	WV 10 north – Matoaka	Southern terminus of WV 10
		20.5	33.0	CR 7 (Gardner Road)
		21.7	34.9	CR 7112 (Rich Creek Road)
	Spanishburg	22.0	35.4	CR 5 (Nubbins Ridge Road)
		28.5– 28.7	45.9– 46.2	I-77 Toll – Bluefield, Beckley	I-77 exit 20
Raleigh	Ghent	38.6	62.1	CR 48 (Odd Road) / I-77 Toll
		41.4	66.6	CR 1921 (Blue Jay Six Road)
	Shady Spring	45.1	72.6	WV 3 east (Hinton Road) – Hinton	South end of WV 3 overlap
		46.8	75.3	WV 307 west (Grandview Road)	Eastern terminus of WV 307
	Daniels–Beaver line	49.2	79.2	WV 307 east (Airport Road) to I-64	Western terminus of WV 307
	Beckley	51.1	82.2	WV 3 west (South Fayette Street)	North end of WV 3 overlap
		51.3	82.6	WV 210 north (South Kanawha Street) – Downtown	Southern terminus of WV 210
		51.7	83.2	To I-64 / I-77 – Lewisburg, Bluefield	To I-64/I-77 signed northbound only
		52.0	83.7	To I-64 / I-77
	Johnstown	52.7	84.8	WV 41 south (Johnstown Road)	South end of WV 41 overlap
	Beckley	53.5– 53.6	86.1– 86.3	WV 41 north (Stanaford Road) to I-64 / WV 16 south – Prince	North end of WV 41 overlap; to WV 16 south signed northbound only and to I-64 signed southbound only
	Beckley	54.6	87.9	WV 16 south (Robert C Byrd Drive) / CR 8 (Ragland Road)	South end of WV 16 overlap
		57.9– 58.2	93.2– 93.7	WV 16 (Robert C. Byrd Drive) to I-64 / I-77 – Bradley, Charleston, Bluefield	North end of WV 16 overlap; northern terminus of US 19 Alt
		57.9– 58.2	93.2– 93.7	Begin US 19 use of limited access Corridor L
		59.4	95.6	Bradley
		59.8	96.2	CR 1 (Maple Fork Road)
Fayette		63.7	102.5	CR 1936 (Wood Mountain Road) – Glen Jean, Thurmond
				WV 612 west (Whipple Church Road) – Mossy	Eastern terminus of WV 612
	Oak Hill	66.5	107.0	WV 16 south (Legends Highway) / WV 61 south – Greenstown, Hilltop	South end of WV 16/WV 61 overlap
		66.5	107.0	Begin freeway
		66.8– 66.9	107.5– 107.7	WV 16 north / WV 61 north – Downtown	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of WV 16/WV 61 overlap;
		67.6– 68.0	108.8– 109.4	WV 16 (Main Street) to WV 61 north	WV 16/To WV 16 North signed southbound only
		68.4– 68.8	110.1– 110.7	CR 1943 (Oyler Avenue)
		69.4– 69.7	111.7– 112.2	CR 38 (Summerlee Road)
		70.1– 70.6	112.8– 113.6	CR 2118 (Lochgelly Road) to WV 16 – North Oak Hill
		71.3	114.7	End freeway
	Fayetteville	74.5	119.9	WV 16 (Court Street) – Fayetteville, Gauley Bridge
		75.6– 76.2	121.7– 122.6	New River Gorge Bridge over CR 82, New River, and CSX New River Subdivision
	Hico	81.2– 81.6	130.7– 131.3	US 60 (Midland Trail) – Gauley Bridge, Rainelle	Interchange
Fayette–Nicholas county line		86.3– 86.6	138.9– 139.4	Kevin Ritchie Memorial Bridge over Meadow River
Nicholas		91.4	147.1	WV 129 – Mount Nebo, Drennen, Summersville Lake
		92.7	149.2	WV 41 south / CR 1973 (Old Gauley Road) – Mount Nebo	South end of WV 41 overlap
		94.7– 95.0	152.4– 152.9	Hughes Bridge over Summersville Lake
	Summersville	97.3	156.6	WV 41 north / CR 411 (Irish Corner Road) – Summersville	North end of WV 41 overlap
		97.9	157.6	WV 39 – Richwood, Summersville
		100.3	161.4	WV 41 – Craigsville, Webster Springs, Summersville	Craigsville signed northbound only; Summersville signed southbound only
		104.3– 104.7	167.9– 168.5	WV 55 east – Muddlety, Craigsville	Interchange; western terminus of WV 55
	Birch River	115.0– 115.4	185.1– 185.7	WV 82 – Birch River, Cowen	Interchange
Braxton		125.2– 125.6	201.5– 202.1	I-79 south – Charleston	South end of I-79 overlap; I-79 exit 57
		129.3– 129.7	208.1– 208.7	WV 4 – Sutton, Gassaway	I-79 exit 62
		134.6– 134.7	216.6– 216.8	I-79 north / CR 1922 (Scotts Fork Road) – Clarksburg	North end of I-79 overlap; I-79 exit 62
		134.8	216.9	WV 4 south to WV 15 – Sutton	South end of WV 4 overlap
	Heaters	139.8	225.0	WV 5 north (Gem Road)	Southern terminus of WV 5
Lewis		155.9– 156.0	250.9– 251.1	WV 4 north – Rock Cave, West Virginia Wildlife Center	North end of WV 4 overlap
		158.5	255.1	CR 46 (Walkersville Road)
		162.5	261.5	CR 15
		170.2– 170.3	273.9– 274.1	I-79 – Clarksburg, Charleston	I-79 exit 91
	Ben Dale	175.0	281.6	To I-79
	Weston	176.5	284.0	Begin one-way segment
		176.8	284.5	US 33 west / US 119 south (East Second Street)	South end of US 33/US 119 overlap
		176.9	284.7	US 33 east / US 119 north (East Third Street) to I-79	North end of US 33 east/US 119 north overlap
		177.0	284.9	US 19 south / US 33 west / US 119 south (Main Avenue)	North end of US 33 west/US 119 south overlap
		177.0	284.9	End one-way segment
	Jane Lew	183.9	296.0	CR 7 (Hackers Creek Road) to I-79
Harrison		193.4	311.2	WV 270 east (Main Street)	Western terminus of WV 270
	Clarksburg	199.6	321.2	WV 98 west (Davisson Run Road) to US 50	South end of WV 98 overlap
		200.0	321.9	WV 98 east (Clarksburg Park Way) – Nutter Fort	North end of WV 98 overlap
		201.4	324.1	WV 20 east (Milford Street / West Pike Street)	South end of WV 20 overlap
		202.8	326.4	US 50 (Corridor D / Northwestern Turnpike) – Bridgeport, Parkersburg
	Meadowbrook	208.2	335.1	CR 24 (Meadowbrook Road) to I-79	To I-79 signed southbound only
		210.0	338.0	WV 20 west – Lumberport, New Martinsville	North end of WV 20 overlap
	Shinnston	211.6	340.5	WV 131 south (Saltwell Road) to I-79	Northern terminus of WV 131
Marion		217.8	350.5	WV 218 north – Farmington	Southern terminus of WV 218
		218.2	351.2	To I-79
	Fairmont	223.1	359.0	Country Club Road (US 19 Spur / CR 19/22)
		224.3	361.0	Seventh Street
		224.6	361.5	WV 310 south to I-79 / US 250	Northern terminus of WV 310
		225.0	362.1	US 250 north (Cleveland Avenue)	South end of US 250 south overlap
		225.0	362.1	Begin one-way segment
		225.1	362.3	US 250 south (Fairmont Avenue) to WV 310	North end of US 250 south overlap; south end of US 250 north overlap
		225.2	362.4	Jefferson Street (US 250 north / CR 19/73)	North end of US 250 north overlap
		225.5	362.9	US 19 south (Jackson Street)
		225.5	362.9	End one-way segment
	Rivesville	229.0	368.5	CR 17 (Grant Town Fairview Road)
Monongalia		233.3	375.5	CR 45 (River Road) / CR 37 (Hagans Road)
		236.3	380.3	CR 34 (Little Indian Creek Road)
		238.7	384.2	CR 43 (Sugar Grove Road)
		241.5– 241.7	388.7– 389.0	I-79 – Fairmont, Washington	I-79 exit 152
	Westover	241.8	389.1	CR 49 (North Dents Run Road)
		242.5	390.3	CR 1919 (DuPont Road)
		242.9	390.9	WV 100 north (Holland Avenue)	Southern terminus of WV 100
		243.5	391.9	CR 45 (River Road)
	Westover–Morgantown line	243.6– 243.7	392.0– 392.2	Joseph C. Bartolo Memorial Bridge over Monongahela River
	Morgantown	243.7	392.2	US 119 / WV 7 east (University Avenue / Pleasant Street) to I-68	South end of US 119 south/WV 7 east overlap
		243.8	392.4	Walnut Street	North end of US 119 south overlap; south end of WV 7 west overlap
		244.3	393.2	Campus Drive
		245.8	395.6	WV 705 east (Patteson Drive)	Western terminus of WV 705
	Star City	246.6	396.9	Boyers Avenue (CR 7/20)
	Star City	246.7– 246.9	397.0– 397.3	Edith B. Barill Bridge over Monongahela River
		247.2	397.8	To I-79 – Fairmont, Washington PA	Cities signed southbound only
		249.0	400.7	WV 7 west (Mason Dixon Highway) – Blacksville, Wadestown	North end of WV 7 overlap
		152.6	245.6	WV 100 south (Lazzelle Union Road)	Northern terminus of WV 100
		253.5	408.0	US 19 north (Mt. Morris Road)	Continuation into Pennsylvania
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

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