Endpoints of
US Route 19

Mileage: in 1989 AASHTO listed a figure of 1554 miles for US 19... however, that included the mileage of US 19's associated business/truck/alternate routes, plus the mileage of both US 19E and US 19W.  According to the state subtotals on AASHTO's 1989 spreadsheet, mainline US 19's actual end-to-end total at the time was 1386 miles (assuming US 19W, which is about 11 miles shorter than US 19E).  That is reasonably close to our own 2020 measurement, which yielded 1365.7 miles (again assuming US 19W).  Want historic mileages?  Our handy reference book includes the mileages that were published in all 13 of AASHO/AASHTO's historic route logs (spanning the years 1927 to 1989).

The north end of US 19 has always been in Erie, although the exact location has changed a few times since 1927.  During its nascent years, the south end of US 19 was continually in flux.  In the original plan, the route existed in two segments: one running from Erie to an intersection near Gauley Bridge WV -- and the other running from Bluff City TN to Lawrenceville GA.  Maps from the following year already showed these two segments joined.  By 1928 the south end of US 19 had been extended to Thomasville GA, and to Tallahassee FL the next year.  By 1930 US 19 had been extended down to St. Petersburg, where it remained for the next quarter-century.

Research and/or image credits: Carter Buchanan; Justin Cozart; Brent Ivy; Alex Nitzman; Dale Sanderson; Michael Summa