U.S. Route 219

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U.S. Route 219

Length:

535 mi (861 km)

Formed:

Unknown

South end:

US 460 in Rich Creek, VA

North end:

I-90/Thwy in W. Seneca, NY

United States Numbered Highways
Spur of US 19
U.S. Routes - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Route 219 is a spur of U.S. Route 19. It runs for 535 miles (861 km) from West Seneca, New York at Interstate 90 to Rich Creek, Virginia at U.S. Route 460. Its passes through the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia.

1 States traversed
2 See also
3 References

[edit] States traversed

[edit] Virginia

Main article: U.S. Route 219 in Virginia

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[edit] West Virginia

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[edit] Maryland

Main article: U.S. Route 219 in Maryland

US 219 enters Maryland near Backbone Mountain on the West Virginia border, crosses US 50 and enters the town of Oakland. It crosses Maryland Route 135 and Maryland Route 39 in Oakland, before passing Deep Creek Lake. After traveling through Accident it intersects Interstate 68 east of Friendsville, providing access to Morgantown, West Virginia, Frostburg and Cumberland. US 219 runs concurrently with I-68 at Exit 14A and exits I-68 at Exit 22. US 219 crosses the Mason-Dixon Line, the Pennsylvania border, south of Salisbury, Pennsylvania.

[edit] Pennsylvania

From near Grantsville, Maryland north to Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, US 219 is Corridor N of the Appalachian Development Highway System. From Somerset, Pennsylvania to just south of Carrolltown, Pennsylvania, US 219 is a limited-access highway. From Carrolltown US 219 runs largely as a two-lane road to DuBois, Pennsylvania, through which it runs as Brady Street, and then returns to a two-lane road after a junction with Interstate 80. US 219 runs directly through the towns of Brockway, Ridgway, and Johnsonburg before reaching Wilcox, where PA Route 321 splits and heads for the town of Kane. US 219 continues north as a two-lane road until reaching Bradford, where it becomes a limited-access highway and remains so until reaching the New York border.

[edit] New York

US 219 enters Western New York from Pennsylvania south of the Village of Limestone in the Town of Carrollton in Cattaraugus County. Proceeding northward, the highway splits into the main route and a "business route." The main route merges with (Interstate 86/New York State Route 17 at Exit 23 north of Limestone and splits from I-86 at Exit 21 in the city of Salamanca. The business route crosses the Allegheny River and the Southern Tier Expressway and joins New York State Route 417 to the City of Salamanca. Separating from NY 417, the business route rejoins with the main US 219 and turns northward through the rest of Cattaraugus County, passing through Peth, Great Valley, Ellicottville, and Ashford Hollow before crossing the Cattaraugus Creek and entering Erie County. At Springville, New York, US 219 becomes a divided, limited-access highway. As such, it continues north through half of the county, terminating at exit 55 of the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) near the west town line of West Seneca south of the City of Buffalo. Before joining the Thruway, US 219 runs parallel to it for about one mile.

Plans are in place to extend the US 219 expressway from Springville to Salamanca, a distance of about 28 miles. Construction on the first stretch of this highway, from Springville to Cattaraugus County Route 12 in Ashford, is scheduled to begin in April 2007. [2] The freeway alternative was selected and therefore will provide quick and efficient access once complete, from Buffalo to Interstate 86. Currently, the US 219 freeway terminates at New York State Route 39. It ends abruptly, as barriers in the middle of the road at the south end of the highway force traffic to merge onto a single lane exit ramp leading to NY 39. From the exit ramp, one can see the extension for it to continue to be a highway.^[1]