Hawaii State Route 19
The Hawaii State Route 19 is a road connection in the north of the island of Hawaii in the US state of the same name .
It represents the northern part of the Hawai'i Belt Road .
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The beginning of the street is in an industrial area on the eastern outskirts of Hilo at the intersection with the State Route 1970 called here Silva Street and Kūhiō Street; the street called here Kalaniana'ole Avenue continues to the east as County Road 137 through the districts of Keaukaha and Leleiwi.
After less than a mile, the road meets the western end of State Route 1970 and just a few meters after that at the intersection with Banyan Drive and Kanoelehua Avenue it meets State Route 11 , which forms the southern part of the Hawaii Belt Route. In the urban area of Hilo, which State Route 19 crosses as Kamehameha Avenue and Bayfront Avenue near the coast, State Route 200 , known as Saddle Road, goes off in a south-westerly direction.
The route runs along Hilo Bay and the Hamākuā Coast in a northerly, later northwestern direction and crosses the villages of Pāpaʻikou , Pepeʻekeo , Hakalau , Ninole , Welokā , Pāpaʻaloa , Laupāhoehoe and ʻOʻōkala . The following bridge over the Kaula Gulch is the transition to the Hamākuā District , in which the villages of Kūkaʻiau and Paʻauilo stretch along the road. On the outskirts of Honokaʻa , the route turns west into the interior of the island, State Route 240 continues to Kukuihaele and the Waipiʻo Valley .
State Route 19 runs between the massive Kohala Mountains in the northwest and Mauna Kea in the southeast to Waimea - where State Route 190 branches off in a southerly direction - and to Wai'aka , where State Route 250 branches off in a northwestern direction along the Kohala Mountains. The road meets the coast again near Kawaihae , and State Route 270 branches off to the north . Roughly following the coastline, the route runs south in the direction of Kailua-Kona , towns are not affected, but the road provides the main access to Kona International Airport a few kilometers north of the city.
The western terminal of State Route 19 is located at the intersection of Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway with State Route 190, referred to here as Palani Road; the Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway continues under the name Hawaiʻi Belt Road as State Route 11 to the south.
In its 100 miles (161 kilometers) long route, the road has the following names:
- Kalanianaʻole Avenue (in Hilo)
- Kamehameha Avenue (in Hilo)
- Bayfront Highway (in Hilo)
- Hawaii Belt Road / Māmalahoa Highway (Hilo to Waimea)
- Kawaihae Road (Waimea to Kawaihae)
- Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway (Kawaihae to Kailua-Kona)