Ohio State Route 119
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| Length: | 41.94 mi (67.50 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1924 – present | |||
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 SR 26 near Fort Recovery
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 I-75 near Anna
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| East end: |
 SR 65 near Jackson Center
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| Counties: | Mercer, Auglaize, Shelby | |||
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State Route 119 (SR 119) is an east–west highway serving rural sections of west-central Ohio. It begins just west of Fort Recovery at the eastern terminus of Indiana State Road 26. It travels through Mercer, Auglaize County, and Shebly counties to end at SR 65 in Jackson Township, Shelby County. The route is 42-mile-long (68 km) and serves the medium-size villages of Fort Recovery, St. Henry, Minster, and Anna.
SR 119 begins at the Indiana–Ohio border about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Fort Recovery. At this point State Line Road runs north and south along the border while the highway continues west as Indiana State Road 26 towards Portland, Indiana. After immediately crossing an R.J. Corman Railroad Group rail line, SR 119 travels east into Fort Recovery on Butler Avenue. In the center of the village, SR 119 intersects SR 49. Further east in the village, the route follows Boundary Street and sharply curves to the northeast to cross the Wabash River near its mouth. The road curves to the due east and travels through farmland before making a reverse curve to the south to enter St. Henry. Passing through the town on Western Avenue and Main Street, SR 119 intersects SR 118 near the village's eastern border. After making one more diagonal cut to the southeast, SR 119 again travels due east through the farmland of Mercer County. After intersecting U.S. Route 127, the highway passes through numerous unincorporated communities in an area known as the Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches. Examples of such communities and churches include Cassella's Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church and Maria Stein's St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, respectively. In Maria Stein, SR 119 intersects SR 716.
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