A current and historic US highway endpoint in Pineville KY
Photo credits: H.B.
Elkins; me
| Highway | Approx. time period |
|---|---|
| US 23 | 1929-1930 |
| US 123 [I] | 1930-1934 |
| US 119 | 1934-present |
The current south end of US 119 at Pineville was first the south end of US 23, and then the south end of US 123 [I]. That route was swallowed up by an extension of US 119 in 1934, and this junction has marked the south end of that route ever since. There was not a standard "End" sign there, but the photo below shows the unusual sign that was posted approaching the junction with US 25E:
Elkins,
1998
That was still up when I was there in 2007 (actually, I think there are two: one on each side of the road). Signage at the actual terminus appears thus:
me, July 2007
From northbound US 25E, the south beginning of US 119 is marked like this:
me, July
2007
To the right used to be the south beginning of US 123[I], and before that, the south beginning of US 23 (briefly).