State Route 219 (abbreviated SR 219) is part of
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
's system of numbered state highways, located in the western central part of the state. It runs for from the town center of
Greenwood Green wood is unseasoned wood.
Greenwood or Green wood may also refer to:
People
* Greenwood (surname)
Settlements
Australia
* Greenwood, Queensland, a locality in the Toowoomba Region
* Greenwood, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
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to an intersection with
State Route 133 in
Wayne.
SR 219 runs through parts of
Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
,
Androscoggin and
Kennebec counties.
Route description
SR 219 begins in the west at Greenwood Road in the town center of
Greenwood Green wood is unseasoned wood.
Greenwood or Green wood may also refer to:
People
* Greenwood (surname)
Settlements
Australia
* Greenwood, Queensland, a locality in the Toowoomba Region
* Greenwood, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
C ...
. From this intersection, SR 219 proceeds eastward and crosses into
West Paris where it intersects with
SR 26. The two routes share a brief overlap before SR 219 continues northeast into
Sumner
Sumner may refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Mount Sumner, a mountain in the Rare Range, Antarctica
* Sumner Glacier, southern Graham Land, Antarctica
Australia
* Sumner, Queensland, suburb of Brisbane
New Zealand
* Sumner, New Zealand, seaside sub ...
. The highway continues through the center of town and intersects with
SR 140 just feet shy of the
Nezinscot River.
SR 140 turns east along SR 219 and the two routes cross the river into
Hartford. After a concurrency, SR 140 splits off to the north while SR 219 turns southeast and crosses into the northern part of
Turner in
Androscoggin County
Androscoggin County (French: ''Comté d'Androscoggin'') is a county in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 111,139. Its county seat is Auburn and its largest city is Lewiston.
Androscoggin County compris ...
. SR 219 crosses
SR 4 and intersects both the northern terminus of
SR 117 and eastern terminus of
SR 108 before crossing the
Androscoggin River
The Androscoggin River (Abenaki: ''Aləssíkαntekʷ'') is a river in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England. It is U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, ...
into
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...
. Continuing east, SR 219 intersects, and briefly overlaps with,
SR 106 before crossing into
Wayne and
Kennebec County
Kennebec County is a County (United States), county located in the South-central portion of the U.S. state of Maine. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 123,642. Its county seat is Augusta, Maine, Augusta, the state ...
. SR 219 meets its eastern terminus at
SR 133 shortly thereafter, located near the northern tip of
Androscoggin Lake
Androscoggin Lake is a body of water located in the towns of Wayne and Leeds, Maine. The surface area of the lake is . Its greatest length is and its greatest width is . The lake is very shallow with a mean depth of and maximum depth of . The la ...
.
History
Modern SR 219, as first designated in 1933, was approximately in length and ran between SR 140 in Hartford and its current eastern terminus at SR 133 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, SR 219 had been extended westward along a concurrency with SR 140, then through entirely new routing through Sumner and West Paris to the current western terminus in Greenwood.
The first highway in Maine designated SR 219 ran between
Rumford and South Arm north of
Andover
Andover may refer to:
Places Australia
* Andover, Tasmania
Canada
* Andover Parish, New Brunswick
* Perth-Andover, New Brunswick
United Kingdom
* Andover, Hampshire, England
** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station
United States
* Ando ...
in 1928. This is now the northernmost stretch of
SR 5, although the route to South Arm was later truncated to what is now the intersection of SR 5 and
SR 120 in Andover.
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Major intersections
See also
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References
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Transportation in Oxford County, Maine
Transportation in Androscoggin County, Maine
Transportation in Kennebec County, Maine