North Carolina Highway 279
{{Short description|State highway in Gaston County, North Carolina, US}}
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{{Infobox road
|state=NC
|type=NC
|route=279
|map=NC 279 map.svg
|length_mi=28.6
|length_round=1
|established=1979
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=NC|NC|150}} in Cherryville
|junction={{Jct|state=NC|US|321}} in Dallas
{{Jct|state=NC|I|85}} in Gastonia
{{Jct|state=NC|US|29|US|74}} in Gastonia
|terminus_b=Pole Branch Road at the South Carolina state line near Lake Wylie, SC
|counties=Gaston
|previous_type=I
|previous_route=277
|next_type=NC
|next_route=280
}}
North Carolina Highway 279 (NC 279) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It connects the cities of Cherryville, Dallas, and Gastonia.
Route description
File:NC150-NC279-Cherryville.jpg and NC 279, in Cherryville]]
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History
Established in January 1979 as a renumbering of NC 277, it originally traversed from Cherryville to NC 275, in Dallas. In November 1979, NC 279 was extended southeast to the South Carolina state line; overlapping with NC 150 through Dallas and upgrading secondary roads Lower Dallas Highway (SR 2264) and New Hope Road (SR 2302). At some unknown date, NC 279's western terminus was redirected from the intersection of Church and Mountain streets to Church Street and Rudsil Avenue, in Cherryville.{{cite web |publisher= North Carolina Department of Transportation |url= https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Route%20Changes/1979_01_01.pdf |format= PDF |title= NC Route Change (1979-01-01) |date= January 1, 1979 |accessdate= December 21, 2013}}{{cite web |publisher= North Carolina Department of Transportation |url= https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Route%20Changes/1979_11_01.pdf |format= PDF |title= NC Route Change (1979-11-01) |date= November 1, 1979 |accessdate= December 21, 2013}}
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=North Carolina Highway 277=
{{Infobox road small
|state=NC
|type=NC
|route=277
|location=Cherryville-Dallas, NC
|formed=1931
|deleted=1979
|length_mi=12.5
|length_round=1
}}
North Carolina Highway 277 (NC 277) was established in 1931 as a new primary routing; it connected U.S. Route 74 (US 74)/NC 20, in Gastonia to NC 150 in Cherryville. In 1936, its southern terminus was truncated at NC 275 in Dallas. In 1938, its western terminus was moved through downtown Cherryville to NC 274; it is unknown when it was overlapped with NC 274 to end at Church and Mountain streets. Between 1954 and 1957, the alignment along the route was straightened, creating several small loop roads along the route, several of which say "Old NC 277". In 1979, NC 277 was renumbered to NC 279, to accommodate for Interstate 277.
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Junction list
{{jcttop|state=NC|county=Gaston|length_ref=}}
{{NCint
|location=Cherryville
|mile=0.0
|road={{jct|state=NC|NC|150|name1=Church Street}}
}}
{{NCint
|location=none
|mile=2.9
|road=Saint Marks Church Road – Crouse
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{NCint
|location=Dallas
|lspan=4
|type=concur
|mile=11.3
|road={{jct|state=NC|NC|275|dir1=west|name1=Dallas-Bessemer City Highway|city1=Bessemer City}}
|notes=West end of NC 275 overlap
}}
{{NCint
|type=concur
|mile=11.9
|road={{Jct|state=NC|US-Bus|321|dab1=Newton|dir1=north|name1=Dallas-High Shoals Highway}}
|notes=West end of US 321 Business overlap
}}
{{NCint
|type=concur
|mile=12.0
|road={{Jct|state=NC|US|321|city1=Gastonia|city2=Hickory|US-Bus|321|dab2=Newton|dir2=ends}}
|notes=Interchange; east end of US 321 Business overlap
}}
{{NCint
|type=concur
|mile=513.1
|road={{Jct|state=NC|NC|275|dir1=east|name1=Dallas-Stanley Highway|city1=Stanley|city2=Mount Holly}}
|notes=East end of NC 275 overlap
}}
{{NCint
|location=Gastonia
|lspan=3
|mile=16.3
|road={{jct|state=NC|NC|7|name1=Ozark Avenue}}
}}
{{NCint
|mile=17.1
|road={{jct|state=NC|I|85|location1=Spartanburg|city2=Charlotte}}
|notes=Exit 20 (I-85)
}}
{{NCint
|mile=17.6
|road={{jct|state=NC|US|29|US|74|name2=Franklin Boulevard|city1=Belmont|location2=Gastonia Municipal Airport|extra=airport}}
}}
{{NCint
|location=none
|mile=27.6
|road={{jct|state=NC|NC|273|dir1=north|name1=Armstrong Road|city1=Belmont}}
|notes=Southern terminus of NC 273
}}
{{NCint
|location=none
|mile=28.6
|road=Pole Branch Road – Lake Wylie
|notes=South Carolina state line
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
References
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External links
{{Attached KML}}
- {{commons category-inline|North Carolina Highway 279}}
- [http://www.vahighways.com/ncannex/route-log/nc277.html NCRoads.com: N.C. 277]
- [http://www.vahighways.com/ncannex/route-log/nc279.html NCRoads.com: N.C. 279]