North Carolina Highway 279

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NC Highway 279 marker

NC Highway 279
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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‑277 NC 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

Directional signs of NC 150 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.[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 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 1977, NC 277 was renumbered to NC 279, to accommodate for Interstate 277.[2]

Junction list

The entire route is in Gaston County.

Location mi[1] km Destinations Notes
Cherryville 0.0 0.0 NC 150 (Church Street)
2.9 4.7 Saint Marks Church Road – Crouse Interchange
Dallas 11.3 18.2 NC 275 west (Dallas-Bessemer City Highway) – Bessemer City West end of NC 275 overlap
11.9 19.2
US 321 Bus. north (Dallas-High Shoals Highway)
West end of US 321 Business overlap
12.0 19.3
US 321 / US 321 Bus. ends – Gastonia, Hickory
Interchange; east end of US 321 Business overlap
513.1 825.8 NC 275 east (Dallas-Stanley Highway) – Stanley, Mount Holly East end of NC 275 overlap
Gastonia 16.3 26.2 NC 7 (Ozark Avenue)
17.1 27.5 I‑85 – Spartanburg, Charlotte Exit 20 (I-85)
17.6 28.3 US 29 / US 74 (Franklin Boulevard) – Belmont, Gastonia Municipal Airport
27.6 44.4 NC 273 north (Armstrong Road) – Belmont Southern terminus of NC 273
28.6 46.0 Pole Branch Road – Lake Wylie South Carolina state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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External links

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