State Route 19 (SR 19) is a
state highway
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serving rural
Jefferson County on the
Olympic Peninsula
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Washington
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. The highway travels from
SR 104 south of
Port Ludlow and travels north through
Chimacum and
Port Hadlock-Irondale, intersecting
SR 116, to end at
SR 20 southwest of
Port Townsend near the
Jefferson County International Airport. SR 19 was established in 1991 on a roadway that had been built in the 1950s and paved in the 1960s.
Route description
SR 19 begins as Beaver Valley Road at an intersection with
SR 104, a connector highway linking
U.S. Route 101 to the
Hood Canal Bridge, southwest the
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
of
Port Ludlow. The highway travels north as the western boundary of Port Ludlow and intersects Oak Bay Road, the primary access road for the community, before leaving Port Ludlow along
Chimacum Creek to the west and
Oak Bay to the east. SR 19 crosses Chimacum Creek into the
unincorporated community
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of
Chimacum and becomes Rhody Drive and continues north into
Port Hadlock-Irondale and intersecting Ness Corner Road, signed as
SR 116, a connector to
Indian Island and
Fort Flagler State Park to the east. The highway leaves Port Hadlock-Irondale as the Airport Cutoff Road and serves
Jefferson County International Airport before ending at an intersection with
SR 20 southwest of
Port Townsend west of
Fort Townsend State Park.
Every year, the
Washington State Department of Transportation
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(WSDOT) conducts a series of surveys on its highways in the state to measure traffic volume. This is expressed in terms of
annual average daily traffic
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(AADT), which is a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. In 2011, WSDOT calculated that between 6,400 and 13,000 vehicles per day used the highway, mostly in near the Jefferson County International Airport.
SR 19 is designated as a part of the
National Highway System from SR 104 to SR 116 and as a Highway of Statewide Significance for its whole route.
History
SR 19 was designated in 1991 to serve the
Jefferson County International Airport and connect to
SR 116 in
Port Hadlock-Irondale.
The highway was formally added to the state highway system on April 1, 1992.
The route of SR 19 roughly follows an existing unpaved road built by the 1950s and paved in the 1960s.
Major intersections
References
External links
Highways of Washington State
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Transportation in Jefferson County, Washington