Route 19 is a long state highway in

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. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 61 in

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and its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 63 on the north side of Thayer. Route 19 is one of Missouri's original 1922 highways, though it initially had a northern terminus at Route 14 (now

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) in Cuba and was later extended north.

Route description

Route 19 begins at U.S. Route 61 in New London. It then travels mainly south, forming an 8-mile concurrency with

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, 3 miles west of Farber. The highway intersects

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near New Florence. It crosses the Missouri River on the Christopher S. Bond Bridge at Hermann. There is a concurrency with

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through Hermann. It then forms a brief 1 mile concurrency with U.S. Route 50 at Drake. Through Owensville there is a concurrency with Route 28. The highway intersects

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. South of Cuba, the highway is designated as a scenic highway. It forms a concurrency with Route 8 through Steelville. It passes through the

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and portions of the

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. The highway overlaps U.S. Route 60 in Winona and

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in Alton. The highway terminates at U.S. Route 63 in Thayer.

History

The part from

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north to US 54 east of

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was Route 45 from 1922 until about 1930.

Major intersections

References

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