U.S. Route 19 in Virginia

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U.S. Route 19
US 19 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length	88.89 mi[1] (143.05 km)
Existed	late 1920s–present
Tourist routes	Virginia Byway
Major junctions
South end	US 19 / US 11E / US 421 / SR 1 in Bristol
Major intersections	US 11W / US 421 / SR 381 in Bristol I-81 / US 58 in Bristol US 11 in Abingdon US 58 Alt. in Hansonville SR 80 in Rosedale US 460 in Claypool Hill SR 16 in Tazewell SR 61 in Tazewell SR 102 in Bluefield
North end	US 19 in Bluefield
Location
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Counties	City of Bristol, Washington, Russell, Tazewell
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Virginia Routes Interstate US Primary Secondary Byways History HOT lanes
← SR 18 → SR 20

U.S. Route 19 (US 19) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Memphis, Florida, to Erie, Pennsylvania. In Virginia, the highway runs 88.89 miles (143.05 km) between two pairs of twin cities: Bristol, Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia, at the Virginia–Tennessee state line, and Bluefield, Virginia, and Bluefield, West Virginia, at the Virginia–West Virginia state line. Between its endpoints, US 19 has lengthy concurrencies with US 11, US 58 Alternate (US 58 Alt.), and US 460 during its course connecting Abingdon, Lebanon, and Tazewell within Washington, Russell, and Tazewell counties in Southwest Virginia.