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100 years of US routes: 1926-2026
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Mileage: in 1989 AASHTO listed a figure of 585 miles for US 119... however, if that was accurate, then the route has since been shortened by quite a bit, because our own 2020 measurement yielded 552.7 miles (with about 20 miles of that difference being in Kentucky). 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).
1926-1927
North: Bradford, PA
South: Morgantown, WV
1927-1934
North: DuBois, PA
South: Morgantown, WV
1934-present
North: DuBois, PA
South: Pineville, KY
DuBois
US 119 was an original 1926 route, although AASHO's 1926 map of the originally-approved US highways showed US 119 extending north from DuBois (along what became US 219), ending at the New York state line near Bradford. But US 119 was never signposted that way; even from the time of AASHO's Apr. 1927 route log, its north end has always been about a mile south of DuBois, at its junction with US 219:
c. 1930, PennDoT
These photos show the "End" sign on 119 as it approaches 219 (or Brady Street):
Bees
O'Domski, Jan. 2019
Lintz, Nov. 2023
However, that northernmost segment of US 119 was not built until 1962. Prior to that, US 119 came up from the south along what is now Main Street, then east on Lincoln Drive, ending at Brady, about a half-mile north of the junction pictured above. This interactive image was looking southbound on US 219 (Brady), which continues along the left. Branching off to the right is Lincoln, and the historic north beginning of US 119:
Continuing straight ahead on Brady, these shots show the north beginning of US 119 as seen from southbound US 219:
Brunot, Jul. 2001
Sweeney, May 2020
Historically, the green mileage sign indicated that it is 59 miles to Ebensburg via US 219, and 17 miles to Punxsutawney via US 119. Both routes have junctions with US 322 about a mile ahead.
Morgantown
The original south end of US 119 was in Morgantown WV... well, technically it passed through Morgantown, crossed the Monongahela River via the Pleasant Street bridge, and ended in Westover:
c. 1930, PennDoT
This interactive image is looking west on Holland Avenue. Today this is southbound US 19, which continues to the left on Fairmont Road. But originally this was the south end of US 119; US 19 northbound was straight ahead on Holland, following today's WV hwy. 100 up to the modern alignment of US 19:
This image is looking the opposite direction (east on Holland). Originally that was the perspective of someone heading south on US 19, which curved to the right on Fairmont. Straight ahead on Holland was the south beginning of US 119:
A closer look at the sign assembly reveals this junction is still a highway terminus, although no longer a US highway terminus:
Google Maps Street View, Aug. 2012
In 1934 the south end of US 119 was extended to Pineville (along what had been US 123[i]... and US 23 before that).
Research and/or image credits: John and Barb Bee; Dave Brunot; Nathan Edgars; Josh Lintz; Shawn O'Domski; Dale Sanderson; Michael Summa; Collin Sweeney
Page originally created 2000;last updated Aug. 24, 2025.
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