U.S. Route 19 (US 19) runs south to north up through central West Virginia. The route runs from the Virginia state line at Bluefield, north to the Pennsylvania state line south of Mount Morris, Pennsylvania.

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U.S. Route 19
Corridor L
US 19 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by WVDOH
Length	253.5 mi[1] (408.0 km)
Existed	1926–present
Major junctions
South end	US 19 in Bluefield, VA
Major intersections	US 52 in Bluefield I-77 near Camp Creek WV 16 near Oak Hill US 60 at Hico I-79 near Canfield US 33 / US 119 in Weston US 50 in Clarksburg US 250 in Fairmont I-79 near Westover US 119 / WV 7 in Morgantown
North end	US 19 near Mount Morris PA
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Mercer, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Lewis, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided West Virginia State Highway System Interstate US State
← WV 18 → WV 20

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US 19 passes through the limits of the cities and towns of Bluefield, Princeton, Beckley, Oak Hill, Fayetteville, Summersville, Flatwoods, Weston, Jane Lew, Clarksburg, Shinnston, Worthington, Monongah, Fairmont, Rivesville, Westover, Morgantown, and Star City, in addition to the smaller communities of Kegley, Spanishburg, Flat Top, Ghent, Cool Ridge, Shady Spring, Daniels, Beaver, Johnstown, Hico, Heaters, Napier, Letch, Ireland, Ben Dale, Homewood, Kitsonville, Hepzibah, Meadowbrook, Enterprise, Arnettsville, and Georgetown.^[2]

Between Bluefield and Beckley, US 19 has been largely supplanted by Interstate 77 (I-77) and the West Virginia Turnpike. Between Prosperity and northeast of Canfield, the route serves as a major southwest–northwest artery as Corridor L of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS). It is along Corridor L that it crosses the New River via the well-known New River Gorge Bridge. Between Canfield and into Pennsylvania, the route has largely supplanted by I-79.

Aside from the four-lane limited access Corridor L, US 19 remains largely two-lane rural road with numerous curves outside of major cities.^[1]

By May 1973, hearings had been planned on widening the highway to four lanes in between Claypool Hill and Lebanon; at that time, such work had been completed between Abingdon and Hansonville, with a contract allocated for work from Hansonville to Lebanon.^[3]