U.S._Route_19W_in_Tennessee

U.S. Route 19W

U.S. Route 19W

Suffixed section of U.S. Highway in Tennessee and North Carolina

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 19W. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 19.

U.S. Route 19W (US 19W) traverses approximately 63 miles (101 km) from Cane River, North Carolina, to Bluff City, Tennessee.

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Route description

A misspelled sign stating that trucks are "not recomended" on US 19W.

US 19W begins in North Carolina in western Yancey County in the community of Cane River, at the intersection of US 19/US 19E. Several signs at the beginning of the route strongly recommend truckers against using this route. The road then proceeds north through Pisgah National Forest, connecting the communities of Elk Shoal, Ramseytown, and Sioux, to the Tennessee state line (near Spivey Gap), a 22-mile (35 km) drive of frequent curves and elevation changes.

Once past the state line in Tennessee, the road enters the Cherokee National Forest and is much the same for another 6.3 miles (10.1 km) to State Route 352 (SR 352)/Flag Pond Road. From Flag Pond Road, it is just one mile (1.6 km) to Interstate 26 (I-26), where US 19W merges with the Interstate to Johnson City. US 19W overlaps with I-26/US 23 from exit 43 (Hill Road) to exit 20 (Roan Street). There it leaves I-26 and continues north on the Bristol Highway, overlapped with US 11E, for 9.4 miles (15.1 km), after which it reconnects with US 19E to reform US 19 near Bluff City.

History

US 19W in Ramseytown

Established in 1930, US 19 was split at Cane River into US 19E and US 19W. US 19E follows the original routing via Spruce Pine and Elizabethton to Bluff City.[2] US 19W was rerouted with US 23 and North Carolina Highway 692 (NC 692) into Tennessee, then through the cities of Erwin and Johnson City, before rejoining US 19E in Bluff City. In late 1934, NC 692 was dropped along the route; then, in 1952, US 23 abandoned US 19W in North Carolina by rerouting west through Faust and Wolf Laurel, meeting back at Ernestville. In 1984, US 19 was realigned on a straighter path in Yancey County; US 19W was thus extended 0.4 miles (0.64 km).[3][4]

North Carolina Highway 692

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North Carolina Highway 692 (NC 692) was established in 1923 as new primary routing to Tennessee; NC 692 was the original highway number from Cane River to Spivey Gap. In 1929, NC 692 was truncated at Sioux, replaced by an extension of NC 19 from Bakersville. In 1930, US 19W and US 23 were overlapped on the remaining section of NC 692. In late 1934, NC 692 was decommissioned.[6]

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Google (October 31, 2010). "US 19W" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  2. [2]
    Executive Committee (May 26, 1930). "Minutes of Executive Committee" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway Officials. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  3. [3]
    "NCRoads.com: US 19". Retrieved October 31, 2010.[self-published source?]
  4. [4]
    "NCRoads.com: US 19-W". Retrieved October 31, 2010.[self-published source?]
  5. [5]
    Google (July 14, 2013). "North Carolina Highway 692" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  6. [6]
    "NCRoads.com: N.C. 692". Retrieved July 14, 2013.[self-published source?]
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