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. It is signed east–west.

Route description

SH-19 begins at an intersection with US-283 in

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. SH-19 heads east from Blair for 23 miles (37 km) without intersecting another highway before meeting

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north of Roosevelt. It continues eastward, sharing a 3-mile (4.8 km) section of road with State Highway 54 before splitting off to the east and briefly overlapping with SH-115 and State Highway 58. The next town Highway 19 encounters is

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, north of Lake Ellsworth, where it crosses U.S. Highway 62/ 281. Nine miles (14½ km) later, it overlaps with

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. These two overlap with US-81 near Ninnekah, but SH-19 splits off to the east once again within 3 miles (4.8 km). After splitting off, SH-19 travels in a southeast direction to have a brief concurrency with State Highway 76 through Lindsay. 10 miles (16 km) later it intersects with State Highway 74 at a four-way stop in Maysville. Still continuing southeast, 10 miles (16 km) later it has an interchange with

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and an intersection with

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in Pauls Valley. After passing through the Pauls Valley area, SH-19 crosses

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west of

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. It then ends, concurrent with SH-3W at the Richardson Loop outside of

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Spurs

SH-19 has two lettered spurs. * SH-19C runs for one mile (1.6 km) from SH-19 to

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. It was commissioned on August 7, 1950. * SH-19D runs for one mile (1.6 km) from SH-19 to Bradley.

Junction list

References

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External links

SH-19 at OKHighways

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