State Road 119 exists as two separate roads in the
U.S. state
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of
Indiana
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. The road is a rural surface highway for the entire length of both sections.
Route description
Southern section
The southern section is long. Its southern terminus is in
Buffalo in
White County, at the
intersection
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of
State Road 16 and
State Road 39. The roads runs east from there and is concurrent with SR 16 until that road goes south, whereas SR 119 goes north. It continues in a generally northern direction passing through
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, until it terminates at
U.S. Route 35
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in
Winamac
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in
Pulaski County.
Northern section
The northern section is long and exists entirely in
Elkhart County
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. The southern terminus is at
State Road 19 just south of
Wakarusa. The road continues northeast passing through
Southwest
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. Just west of
Goshen SR 119 turns due east toward
State Road 15 in Goshen. In Goshen SR 119 is
concurrent
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with Plymouth Ave.
History
SR 119 went as far south as
Monticello
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, now that route is part of
State Road 39.
The first path along part of the modern SR 119 roadway was the Plymouth-Goshen Trail. The trail was founded on October 19, 1835, to connect the county seats of Marshall County, Plymouth, and Elkhart County, Goshen. At this time counties built trails to connect county seats with other county seats. Surveyors places wooden posted at one mile interval along the route and documented the entire path.
In February 1851, the Plymouth Goshen Plank Road Company was founded and begin converting the trail to a
plank road
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. The company placed
toll barrier
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s every six miles along the entire length of the road.
On March 18, 1932, the section of road between SR 19 and SR 15 became a state highway and the remaining sections of the trail remained as county roads or city streets. SR 119 was formed to connect SR 19 with SR 15 and the city of Goshen.
Major intersections
References
External links
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119
Transportation in Elkhart County, Indiana
Transportation in Pulaski County, Indiana
Transportation in White County, Indiana