Maine State Route 219
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State Route 219 (abbreviated SR219) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, located in the western central part of the state. It runs for 35.1 miles (56.5km) from the town center of Greenwood to an intersection with State Route133 in Wayne.
SR 219 runs through parts of Oxford, Androscoggin and Kennebec counties.
Route description
SR219 begins in the west at Greenwood Road in the town center of Greenwood. From this intersection, SR219 proceeds eastward and crosses into West Paris where it intersects with SR26. The two routes share a brief overlap before SR219 continues northeast into Sumner. The highway continues through the center of town and intersects with SR140 just feet shy of the Nezinscot River.
SR140 turns east along SR219 and the two routes cross the river into Hartford. After a 1.8-mile (2.9km) concurrency, SR140 splits off to the north while SR219 turns southeast and crosses into the northern part of Turner in Androscoggin County. SR219 crosses SR4 and intersects both the northern terminus of SR117 and eastern terminus of SR108 before crossing the Androscoggin River into Leeds. Continuing east, SR219 intersects, and briefly overlaps with, SR106 before crossing into Wayne and Kennebec County. SR219 meets its eastern terminus at SR133 shortly thereafter, located near the northern tip of Androscoggin Lake.
History
Modern SR219, as first designated in 1933, was approximately 16 miles (26km) in length and ran between SR140 in Hartford and its current eastern terminus at SR133 in Wayne. A minor routing shift was made near Bear Pond in 1937–8; the highway, which once ran along the north side of the pond, now runs along the south side. The old routing is still present as unnumbered local roadways. By 1941, SR219 had been extended westward along a concurrency with SR140, then through entirely new routing through Sumner and West Paris to the current western terminus in Greenwood.
The first highway in Maine designated SR219 ran between Rumford and South Arm north of Andover in 1928. This is now the northernmost stretch of SR5, although the route to South Arm was later truncated to what is now the intersection of SR5 and SR120 in Andover.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | Greenwood | 0.0 | 0.0 | Greenwood Road– Norway, Bethel | Western terminus of SR219 |
| West Paris | 5.6 | 9.0 | SR26 south (Bethel Road)– Paris, Norway | Southern terminus of SR 26 / SR 219 concurrency | |
| 5.7 | 9.2 | SR26 north (South Main Street)– Woodstock, Bethel | Southern terminus of SR 26 / SR 219 concurrency | ||
| Sumner | 17.3 | 27.8 | SR140 south (Butterfield Road)– Buckfield | Western terminus of SR 140 / SR 219 concurrency | |
| Hartford | 19.1 | 30.7 | SR140 north (Main Street)– Canton, Jay | Eastern terminus of SR 140 / SR 219 concurrency | |
| Androscoggin | Turner | 25.6 | 41.2 | SR4 (Auburn Road)– Auburn, Livermore Falls | |
| 27.7 | 44.6 | SR117 south (North Parish Road)– Turner, Buckfield | Northern terminus of SR117 | ||
| 29.4 | 47.3 | SR108 west (Boothby Road)– Livermore, Canton | Eastern terminus of SR108 | ||
| Leeds | 31.6 | 50.9 | SR106 north– Livermore Falls | Western terminus of SR 106 / SR 219 concurrency | |
| 32.3 | 52.0 | SR106 south– Leeds | Eastern terminus of SR 106 / SR 219 concurrency | ||
| Kennebec | Wayne | 35.1 | 56.5 | SR133– Livermore Falls, Wayne | Eastern terminus of SR219 |
| 1.000mi = 1.609km; 1.000km = 0.621mi Concurrency terminus |
See also
- U.S. Roadsportal