 At Southwest Virginia Community College at the Russell–Tazewell County line, US 19 veers north through Wardell and crosses the Little River.The U.S. Highway curves east again and meets US 460 (Governor George C. Peery Highway) at Claypool Hill.US 19 and US 460 parallel the Clinch River and Norfolk Southern Railway's Clinch Valley District through Pounding Mill and Cliffield to the hamlet of Pisgah, where US 19 Business and US 460 Business head south as Crab Orchard Road toward Frog Level.