{{Short description|State highway in Virginia}} {{For|former State Routes numbered 419|State Route 419 (Virginia 1928-1933)|Virginia State Route 119}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=VA |type=VA |route=419 |alternate_name=Electric Road |length_mi=10.54 |length_ref=<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/> |length_round=2 |map=VA 419 map.svg |established=1933 |direction_a=South |direction_b=North |terminus_a={{jct|state=VA|US|220|US-Bus|220|dab2=Roanoke}} in [[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke]] |junction= *{{jct|state=VA|US|221}} in [[Cave Spring, Virginia|Cave Spring]] *{{jct|state=VA|US|11}} in [[Salem, Virginia|Salem]] *{{jct|state=VA|US|460}} in Salem *{{jct|state=VA|I|81}} near [[Hanging Rock, Virginia|Hanging Rock]] |terminus_b={{jct|state=VA|SR|311}} at Hanging Rock |counties=[[Roanoke, Virginia|City of Roanoke]], [[Roanoke County, Virginia|Roanoke]], [[Salem, Virginia|City of Salem]] |previous_type=VA |previous_route=415 |next_type=VA |next_route=420 }}

'''State Route 419''' ('''SR 419''') is a primary [[state highway]] in the U.S. state of [[Virginia]]. Known as '''Electric Road''', the state highway runs {{convert|10.54|mi|km}} from [[U.S. Route 220 in Virginia|U.S. Route 220]] and [[U.S. Route 220 Business (Roanoke, Virginia)|US 220 Business]] in [[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke]] north to [[Virginia State Route 311|SR 311]] at [[Hanging Rock, Virginia|Hanging Rock]]. SR 419 is a major north&ndash;south highway in the western part of the [[Roanoke Valley]], connecting Roanoke and [[Salem, Virginia|Salem]] with [[Cave Spring, Virginia|Cave Spring]] in southwestern [[Roanoke County, Virginia|Roanoke County]].

==Route description== [[File:2017-06-13 13 21 38 View north along Virginia State Route 419 (Electric Road) at Roanoke Boulevard in Salem, Virginia.jpg|thumb|right|View north along SR 419 in Salem]] SR 419 begins at a [[partial cloverleaf interchange]] with US 220 and US 220 Business near the southern end of the independent city of Roanoke. US 220 heads north as the Roy Webber Expressway toward [[Downtown Roanoke, Virginia|Downtown Roanoke]] and south as Franklin Road toward [[Rocky Mount, Virginia|Rocky Mount]] and [[Martinsville, Virginia|Martinsville]]. US 220 Business heads northeast along Franklin Road. Immediately to the west of the interchange, SR 419 enters Roanoke County. The four-lane [[divided highway]] heads west past the [[Tanglewood Mall]] and crosses over [[Norfolk Southern Railway]]'s [[Winston-Salem District]]. In the suburban community of Cave Spring, SR 419 intersects [[U.S. Route 221 in Virginia|US 221]] and begins to curve to the north. The state highway serves as the western city limit of Roanoke before entering the city of Salem adjacent to Lewis-Gale Medical Center. SR 419 crosses over the [[Roanoke River]] and briefly parallels the river to its intersection with [[U.S. Route 11 in Virginia|US 11]] (Apperson Drive).<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/><ref name="Google Maps VA 419"/>

SR 419 crosses over Norfolk Southern's [[Christianburg District|Christiansburg]] and [[Whitethorne District|Whitethorne]] district rail lines and parallels a rail spur through an industrial area that contains a [[General Electric]] facility. At the north end of the area, the rail spur veers northwest and the state highway intersects Lynchburg Turnpike and Texas Street, which carry [[U.S. Route 11 Alternate (Roanoke&ndash;Salem, Virginia)|US 11 Alternate]] and [[U.S. Route 460 Alternate (Salem, Virginia)|US 460 Alternate]]. The intersection with Texas Street is a [[right-in/right-out]] intersection with southbound SR 419; full access to the alternate routes is provided via Lynchburg Turnpike. The state highway and the alternate routes [[concurrency (road)|run concurrently]] to [[U.S. Route 460 in Virginia|US 460]] (Main Street); here US 460 Alternate ends and US 11 Alternate joins the U.S. Highway east toward Roanoke. SR 419 parallels Mason Creek north out of the city of Salem and parallels the city limit north to its partial cloverleaf interchange with [[Interstate 81 in Virginia|Interstate 81]]. The state highway reduces to a two-lane undivided road and curves west to its terminus at SR 311 at Hanging Rock. SR 311 heads west and south as Thompson Memorial Drive toward downtown Salem and north as Catawba Valley Drive toward [[Catawba, Virginia|Catawba]] and [[New Castle, Virginia|New Castle]] through the gap between [[Fort Lewis Mountain]] and Brushy Mountain formed by Mason Creek.<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/><ref name="Google Maps VA 419"/>

==Major intersections== {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/>}} {{VAint |indep_city=Roanoke |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=VA|US|220|US-Bus|220|dab2=Roanoke|dir2=north|name2=Franklin Road Southwest|to3=to|I|581|I|81|city1=Martinsville|location2=[[Roanoke Regional Airport]]}} |notes=Partial cloverleaf interchange; southern terminus }} {{VAint |county=Roanoke |location=Cave Spring |mile=2.28 |road={{jct|state=VA|US|221|name1=Brambleton Avenue|city1=Floyd|city2=Roanoke}} }} {{VAint |indep_city=Salem |lspan=3 |mile=6.13 |road={{jct|state=VA|US|11|name1=Apperson Drive|to2=to|US|460|dir2=west|city1=Roanoke}} }} {{VAint |type=concur |mile=7.60 |road={{jct|state=VA|US-Alt|11|dab1=Salem|dir1=south|US-Alt|460|dab2=Salem|dir2=west|name2=Texas Street / Salem Bypass|to3=to|I|81|city1=Salem|city2=Roanoke}} |notes=south end of US 11 Alt. / US 460 Alt. overlap }} {{VAint |type=concur |mile=8.13 |road={{jct|state=VA|US|460|US-Alt|11|dab2=Salem|dir2=north|name2=East Main Street|road|to Peters Creek Road ([[SR 117 (VA)|SR 117]])|city1=Downtown Salem|city2=Roanoke}} |notes=north end of US 11 Alt. / US 460 Alt. overlap }} {{VAint |county=Roanoke |cspan=3 |location=Hanging Rock |lspan=3 |road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|780|county1=Roanoke|dir1=south|name1=Cove Road}} |notes=former [[SR 116 (VA)|SR 116]] south }} {{VAint |mile=9.96 |road={{jct|state=VA|I|81|city1=Bristol|city2=Lexington}} |notes=Exit 141 (I-81) }} {{VAint |mile=10.54 |road={{jct|state=VA|SR|311|name1=Thompson Memorial Drive / Catawba Valley Drive|to2=to|I|81|city1=Salem|city2=Catawba|city3=New Castle}}<!--anything else signed?--> |notes=Northern terminus }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}

==History== Prior to 1964, this road's route number was 119. The reasoning behind the route number change came in 1964; by that point, North Carolina had extended [[North Carolina Highway 119|its State Route 119]] to the Virginia border at [[Halifax County, Virginia|Halifax County]], and Virginia upgraded a secondary road to a primary one in response, to end at [[U.S. Route 58|U.S. 58]]-[[U.S. Route 360|360]] in Delila.

==References== <references>

<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginiadot.org/info/2010_traffic_data_by_jurisdiction.asp|title=2010 Traffic Data|publisher=Virginia Department of Transportation|year=2010|access-date=2012-01-24}} *[http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/2010/AADT_080_Roanoke_2010.pdf Roanoke County, City of Roanoke, and City of Salem] (PDF) </ref>

<ref name="Google Maps VA 419">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Electric+Rd%2FFranklin+Rd+SW&daddr=Electric+Rd+to:VA-419+N%2FN+Electric+Rd&hl=en&ll=37.271594,-80.016174&spn=0.212555,0.308647&sll=37.275755,-80.00699&sspn=0.106272,0.154324&geocode=FSAeOAIdRrU7-w%3BFcC-OAIdOLo6-w%3BFXWSOQIdHqw6-w&vpsrc=6&mra=ls&t=h&z=12|title=Virginia State Route 419|access-date=2012-01-24}}</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category|Virginia State Route 419}}

*[http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/va401-420.htm#va419 Virginia Highways Project: VA 419] {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}

[[Category:State highways in Virginia|419]] [[Category:Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia|State Route 419]] [[Category:Transportation in Roanoke County, Virginia|State Route 419]] [[Category:Transportation in Salem, Virginia|State Route 419]]