Virginia State Route 619 (Scott and Wise Counties)

Infobox road
state=VA
type=secondary
route=619
length_mi=23.8
length_ref=PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/AADT_084_Scott_2005.pdf 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Scott County] |269 KiB ] PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/AADT_097_Wise_2005.pdf 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Wise County] |247 KiB ]
length_round=1
length_notes=(plus a 2-3 mi concurrency with SR 72)
established=by 1934
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
starting_terminus=
junction=
ending_terminus=South city limit of Norton at 12th St.

State Route 619 is a secondary state highway in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Virginia. It runs from U.S. Route 23/U.S. Route 58/U.S. Route 421 in Gate City north to the south city limit of Norton, where 12th Street and 11th Street continue to U.S. Route 23/U.S. Route 58 Alternate and U.S. Route 23 Business. The part south of Fort Blackmore is a minor route paralleled by State Route 72. North of Fort Blackmore, SR 619 serves its own corridor.

SR 619 is signed within Norton to the junction with U.S. Route 23/U.S. Route 58 Alternate. North of that junction, 11th Street is signed as U.S. Route 58 Alternate Business and a connection between US 23 and U.S. Route 23 Business. [ [http://www.n9jig.com/gallery/Virginia/pages/norton98.htm Signage on the ramp from US 23 north/US 58 Alternate east to 12th Street] , taken March 13, 2000 by Rich Carlson] [ [http://www.n9jig.com/gallery/Virginia/pages/norton00.htm Signage on US 23 Business south at 11th Street] , taken March 13, 2000 by Rich Carlson]

History

The road from State Route 11 (now U.S. Route 23 Business) south for 4.82 miles (7.76 km) past High Knob was added to the state highway system in 1932 , [PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-07-1932-03.pdf Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Marion, Roanoke and Richmond, July 27, 28, and 29, 1932] |281 KiB , page 14] running south from the intersection of Main Avenue and 11th Street. It was numbered State Route 73 in the 1933 renumbering. [http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/vhip_annotated/vhip.pl?&
] , revised July 1, 1936]

In the 1930s, the rest of present SR 619 was designated. [http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/vhip_annotated/vhip.pl?&
] , revised July 1, 1936] SR 73 was extended south 0.38 miles (0.61 m) to the Scott County line in 1937, [PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-11-1937-01.pdf Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, November 9, 1937] |510 KiB , page 25] but it was transferred to the secondary system in 1948, bringing SR 619 north to Norton. [PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-05-1948-01.pdf Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission Held May 24, 25 and 26, 1948] |465 KiB , page 22] A small piece of SR 619 south of Fort Blackmore was transferred to the primary system in 1986 as part of an extension of State Route 72. [PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-05-1986-01.pdf Minutes of Meeting of State Highway and Transportation Board, Richmond, Virginia, May 15, 1986] |699 KiB , page 2]

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