| State Route 619 | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Length: | 23.8 mi[1][2] (38.3 km) (plus a 2-3 mi concurrency with SR 72) |
| Existed: | by 1934 – present |
| Major junctions | |
| South end: | US 23/US 58/US 421 in Gate City |
| SR 65/SR 72 at Fort Blackmore | |
| North end: | South city limit of Norton at 12th St. |
| Highway system | |
State Route 619 is a secondary state highway in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Virginia. It runs from U.S. Route 23/U.S. Route 58/U.S. Route 421 in Gate City north to the south city limit of Norton, where 12th Street and 11th Street continue to U.S. Route 23/U.S. Route 58 Alternate and U.S. Route 23 Business. The part south of Fort Blackmore is a minor route paralleled by State Route 72. North of Fort Blackmore, SR 619 serves its own corridor.
SR 619 is signed within Norton to the junction with U.S. Route 23/U.S. Route 58 Alternate. North of that junction, 11th Street is signed as U.S. Route 58 Alternate Business and a connection between US 23 and U.S. Route 23 Business.[3][4]
The road from State Route 11 (now U.S. Route 23 Business) south for 4.82 miles (7.76 km) past High Knob was added to the state highway system in 1932,[5] running south from the intersection of Main Avenue and 11th Street. It was numbered State Route 73 in the 1933 renumbering.[6]
In the 1930s, the rest of present SR 619 was designated.[6][7] SR 73 was extended south 0.38 miles (0.61 m) to the Scott County line in 1937,[8] but it was transferred to the secondary system in 1948, bringing SR 619 north to Norton.[9] A small piece of SR 619 south of Fort Blackmore was transferred to the primary system in 1986 as part of an extension of State Route 72.[10]