SR 719, which is located entirely within Muskingum County, is not included within the National Highway System.

[2] The short journey of SR 719 begins at the signalized intersection of the concurrency of US 22 and SR 93 (Maysville Avenue) and Clay Street on the boundary between South Zanesville and Zanesville.

The highway immediately crosses railroad tracks, then comes upon the signalized intersection it has with June Parkway.

with woods abutting the top of each of the embankments, as it ducks briefly into Springfield Township before re-entering Zanesville just prior to arriving at its endpoint, a signalized intersection with SR 555 and Moxahala Avenue approximately one block west of SR 555's crossing of the Muskingum River, which is immediately west of that route's junction with SR 60.

[3] SR 719 was first planned along its current route in the 1970s as County Road 719.