U.S. Route 219 is a spur of U.S. Route 19. It runs for 535 miles (861 km) from West Seneca, New York at an interchange with Interstate 90, to Rich Creek, Virginia, intersecting at U.S. Route 460. U.S. 219 is found (from north to south) in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. Much of the Route in West Virginia follows the old Indian warpath known as the Seneca Trail (Great Indian Warpath).
In February 2009 it was reported that a group known as the 219 Association was pursuing the goal of urging several states to transform Route 219 into a 1,500-mile-long divided highway which the group hoped would be referred to as Continental 1. It has been proposed that U.S. 219 could spur trade between Canada, the U.S., and the Caribbean region.
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