U.S. Route 19 in Virginia

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state=VA
type=US
route=19
length_mi=
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established=late 1920s
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
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ending_terminus=
previous_type=
previous_route=18
next_type=
next_route=20

U.S. Route 19 in Virginia runs north-south through the southwestern part of the state from the Tennessee state line in Bristol north to the West Virginia state line in Bluefield.

History

What is now US 19 was part of the original 1918 state highway system. [CTB minutes|07-1922-01, Proposed "State Highway System" for Virginia, as Recommended by the State Roads Committee, January, 1918] It was part of State Route 10 from Bristol to Abingdon, a spur of SR 10 (designated State Route 106 in the 1923 renumbering and State Route 110 in the 1928 renumbering) from Abingdon to Hansonville, another spur of SR 10 from Hansonville to Lebanon, and State Route 11 from Lebanon to Bluefield. The spur from Hansonville to Lebanon was initially designated State Route 10Y. In the 1923 renumbering it was renumbered State Route 112 (as a spur of SR 11), and in the 1928 renumbering it became State Route 131. US 19 was added in the late 1920s, and in the 1933 renumbering the state routes were dropped.

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