North Carolina Highway 279

NC Highway 279 marker

NC Highway 279
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length: 28.6 mi[1] (46.0 km)
Existed: 1979 – present
Major junctions
West end: NC 150 in Cherryville
  US 321 in Dallas
I‑85 in Gastonia
US 29 / US 74 in Gastonia
East end: Pole Branch Road at the SC line near Lake Wylie, SC
Location
Counties: Gaston
Highway system
← I‑277NC 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.

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 western terminus was redirected from the intersection of Church and Mountain streets to Church Street and Rudsil Avenue, in Cherryville.[2][3]

North Carolina Highway 277

NC Highway 277
Location: Cherryville-Dallas, NC
Length: 12.5 mi[4] (20.1 km)
Existed: 1931–1979

North Carolina Highway 277 (NC 277) was established in 1931 as a new primary routing, it connected 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 1977, NC 277 was renumbered to NC 279, to accommodate for Interstate 277.[2]

Junction list

Directional signs of NC 150 and NC 279, in Cherryville

The entire route is in Gaston County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Cherryville0.00.0 NC 150 (Church Street) – Lincolnton
 2.94.7Saint Marks Church Road
Dallas11.318.2 NC 275 west (Dallas-Bessemer City Highway) – Bessemer CityWest end of NC 275 overlap
11.919.2
US 321 Bus. north (Dallas-High Shoals Highway) – High Shoals		North end of US 321 Business overlap
12.019.3 US 321 – Gastonia, Lincolnton, HickorySouth end of US 321 Business overlap
513.1825.8 NC 275 east (Dallas-Stanley Highway) – StanleyEast end of NC 275 overlap
Gastonia16.326.2 NC 7 (Ozark Avenue)
17.127.5 I‑85 – Spartanburg, Charlotte
17.628.3 US 29 / US 74 (Franklin Boulevard) – Belmont
 27.644.4 NC 273 north (Armstrong Road) – Belmont
State line28.646.0Pole Branch Road – Lake Wylie
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 Google (January 8, 2012). "North Carolina Highway 279" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "NC Route Change (1979-01-01)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. January 1, 1979. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ "NC Route Change (1979-11-01)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. November 1, 1979. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ Google (December 21, 2013). "North Carolina Highway 277" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 21, 2013.

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