Several special routes of U.S. Route 219 exist. In order from south to north, these

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s are as follows.

Chestnut Ridge business loop

U.S. Route 219 Business is a

business route A business route (or business loop, business spur, or city route) in the United States is a short special route connected to a ''parent'' numbered highway at its beginning, then routed through the central business district of a nearby city or ...

located east of

Grantsville, Maryland Grantsville is a town in the northern part of Garrett County, Maryland, United States, near the Pennsylvania border. The population was 968 as of the 2020 census. History Grantsville, half a mile west of the Casselman River, began as a small Amis ...

in Chestnut Ridge that runs from a

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with

I-68 Interstate 68 (I-68) is a Interstate Highway in the US states of West Virginia and Maryland, connecting I-79 in Morgantown, West Virginia, to I-70 in Hancock, Maryland. I-68 is also Corridor E of the Appalachian Development Highway Syste ...

US 40 U.S. Route 40 or U.S. Highway 40 (US 40), also known as the Main Street of America, is a major east–west United States Highway traveling across the United States from the Mountain States to the Mid-Atlantic States. As with most routes wh ...

and

US 219 U.S. Route 219 (US 219) is a spur of US 19. It runs for from West Seneca, New York, at an interchange with Interstate 90 (I-90) to Rich Creek, Virginia, intersecting at US 460. US 219 is found (from north to south) in New York, Pennsylvania, Ma ...

north to an intersection with US 219, following Chestnut Ridge Road. The route was designated onto the former alignment of US 219 following the opening of a freeway bypass on May 5, 2021.

Meyersdale business loop

U.S. Route 219 Business is a

of U.S. Route 219 that travels for 4 miles through

Meyersdale, Pennsylvania Meyersdale is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, on the Casselman River, southeast of Pittsburgh. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the pa ...

. The route was designated after a freeway bypass was constructed around the borough to avoid the variety of turns that the highway previously made through the municipality. The road travels as Beachley Street and Grant Street before becoming a rural road as it reconnects with its parent north of Meyersdale.

Carrolltown–Mahaffey alternate route

U.S. Route 219 Alternate is a proposed

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of US 219 between Carrolltown in

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and

Mahaffey Mahaffey is a surname of Scottish people, Scottish origin, and is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic name ''Mac Dhuibhshithe''. It is a sept of Clan Macfie in Scotland, but the clan originated in Ireland. There the name is found largely in County Doneg ...

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. The route will follow Sunset Road (unsigned SR 4013) and PA 36. The alternate route is being designated in order to increase capacity along the US 219 corridor. Improvements will be made to Sunset Road and PA 36 before US 219 Alt. is designated. The

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approved US 219 Alt. in 2009. Designation of the route was expected in 2015 once upgrades were complete, but , the route is not yet posted.

Ridgway truck route

U.S. Route 219 Truck is a truck route of U.S. Route 219 that travels for 3 miles around

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. The route's main portion is one lane, open only to northbound traffic, to avoid a steep descent into the borough. Traffic is then directed onto a portion of

Pennsylvania Route 120 Pennsylvania Route 120 (PA 120) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, running from U.S. Route 219 (US 219) in Ridgway east to US 220 near Lock Haven. Bucktail State Park Natural Area In much of Cameron and Clinton counties, ...

to connect back to the mainline route.

Salamanca business loop

U.S. Route 219 Business is a

of US 219 that extends for in the vicinity of

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. The southern terminus of the route is at exit 23 of the

Southern Tier Expressway New York State Route 17 (NY 17) is a major state highway that extends for through the Southern Tier and Downstate regions of New York in the United States. It begins at the Pennsylvania state line in Mina and follows the Souther ...

(

I-86 Interstate 86 may refer to any of three unconnected Interstate Highways in the United States: * Interstate 86 (Pennsylvania–New York) * Interstate 86 (Idaho) * Interstate 84 (Pennsylvania–Massachusetts), section east of East Hartford, Connect ...

and NY 17) in Carrollton, where US 219 departs the expressway and follows the right-of-way of US 219 Business south to

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. The northern terminus of US 219 Business is at an intersection with US 219 and NY 417 in downtown Salamanca. From its northern terminus in Salamanca to the

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of Bradford Junction, US 219 Business is concurrent to NY 417. The segment between the I-86 / NY 17 interchange and NY 417 is designated NY 954T, an unsigned reference route. Until the 1990s, US 219 Business was the routing of US 219 through the Salamanca area. Major junctions

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