U.S. Route 119

U.S. Route 119
Length:	585 mi[1] (941 km)
Formed:	1926[1]
South end:	US 25E in Pineville, KY
Major junctions:	US 421 near Harlan, KY US 23 / US 460 / KY 80 in Pikeville, KY I-64 / I-77 in Charleston, WV US 33 from Spencer to Buckhanon, WV I-79 near Weston, WV US 50 in Grafton, WV I-68 at Morgantown, WV US 40 in Uniontown, PA I-70 / I-76 / Penna. Tpk. in New Stanton, PA US 30 in Greensburg, PA US 22 near Blairsville, PA US 422 in Indiana, PA
North end:	US 219 in Sandy Township, PA
United States Numbered Highways Spur of US 19 List – Bannered – Divided – Replaced

U.S. Route 119, commonly abbreviated as US 119, is a spur of US 19. It is a north-south route that was an original United States highway of 1926. It is often referred to as Corridor G east of US 23 and KY 80 in Kentucky to Interstate 64 at Charleston, West Virginia.

Route description

Kentucky

US 119 is a two and four-lane highway running from Pineville at US 25 (Daniel Boone Parkway) to the West Virginia state line at South Williamson.

From Pineville to US 23 (Country Music Highway) at Jenkins, it is part of Corridor F. During its concurrency from Jenkins north to Pikeville, where it departs eastward towards West Virginia, it is part of Corridor B. From US 23/KY 80 at Pikeville eastward towards the state line, it is part of Corridor G.

US 119 passes near Harlan and Pikeville.

West Virginia

US 119 enters from Kentucky via Corridor G, a four-lane limited-access highway stretching from Williamson to Charleston. The earliest segment of Corridor G to open was in 1972 and was finished in 1997. Formerly, US 119 was a typical two-lane mountain highway. Old US 119 now comprises all or parts of US 52, WV 44, WV 10, WV 17, WV 85, WV 3, WV 94 and WV 61.

The US route becomes a mostly two-lane highway north of Charleston, having functionally been replaced by Interstate 79. Compared to its replacement, US 119 takes a rather winding course. A trip from the Charleston area to the Morgantown area (I-79/US 119 Exit #1 to I-68 Exit #1) is 147 miles (237 km) via I-79 and 182 miles (293 km) via US 119. The travel time is about double taking US 119, over 4 hours instead of about 2 hours.

Pennsylvania

Main article: U.S. Route 119 in Pennsylvania

US 119 travels through Connellsville, Greensburg, and Punxsutawney, and bypasses Uniontown and Indiana. There are numerous other boroughs and villages along its 133-mile (214 km) route in the Keystone State.

The southern entrance of US 119 is at the West Virginia state line one-half mile south of Point Marion. The northern terminus is at US 219 two miles (3 km) south of DuBois, Pennsylvania.

US 119's control cities include Morgantown, West Virginia, Uniontown, Connellsville, New Stanton (for northbound traffic only), Greensburg, Blairsville, Indiana, Punxsutawney, and DuBois.

History

Kentucky

West Virginia

The routing of US 119 south of Charleston changed drastically with the opening of Corridor G from 1972 to 1997.

The original routing southeast of capital city was WV 61 to Marmet, where it took WV 94 southwest to Racine ^[2]. From Racine to Danville, it followed today's WV 3 and onward to Madison. From Madison south to Logan, it followed today's WV 17.

South of Logan to Mountain View, it followed WV 44. At Mountain View, it junctioned US 52 and overlapped it northwest to Williamson, where it entered Kentucky.

See also

• List of U.S. Routes

References

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Browse numbered routes
< KY 118	KY		KY 120 >
< WV 115	WV		US 121 >
< PA 118	PA		PA 120 >