North Carolina Highway 279

North Carolina Highway 279 marker North Carolina Highway 279
File:NC 279 map.svg
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length	28.6 mi (46.0 km)
Existed	1979–present
Major junctions
West end	File:NC 150.svg NC 150 in Cherryville
Major intersections	File:US 321.svg US 321 in Dallas File:I-85.svg I-85 in Gastonia File:US 29.svgFile:US 74.svg US 29 / US 74 in Gastonia
East end	Pole Branch Road at the South Carolina state line near Lake Wylie, SC
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Counties	Gaston
Highway system
North Carolina Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← 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

File:NC150-NC279-Cherryville.jpg

Directional signs of NC 150 and NC 279, in Cherryville

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.

North Carolina Highway 277

North Carolina Highway 277 marker North Carolina Highway 277
Location	Cherryville-Dallas, NC
Length	12.5 mi (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 1979, NC 277 was renumbered to NC 279, to accommodate for Interstate 277.

Junction list

The entire route is in Gaston County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Cherryville	0.0	0.0	File:NC 150.svg NC 150 (Church Street)
​	2.9	4.7	Saint Marks Church Road – Crouse	Interchange
Dallas	11.3	18.2	File:West plate.svg File:NC 275.svg NC 275 west (Dallas-Bessemer City Highway) – Bessemer City	West end of NC 275 overlap
	11.9	19.2	File:North plate.svg File:Business plate.svg File:US 321.svg US 321 Bus. north (Dallas-High Shoals Highway)	West end of US 321 Business overlap
	12.0	19.3	File:US 321.svgFile:End plate.svg File:Business plate.svg File:US 321.svg US 321 / US 321 Bus. ends – Gastonia, Hickory	Interchange; east end of US 321 Business overlap
	513.1	825.8	File:East plate.svg File:NC 275.svg NC 275 east (Dallas-Stanley Highway) – Stanley, Mount Holly	East end of NC 275 overlap
Gastonia	16.3	26.2	File:NC 7.svg NC 7 (Ozark Avenue)
	17.1	27.5	File:I-85.svg I-85 – Spartanburg, Charlotte	Exit 20 (I-85)
	17.6	28.3	File:US 29.svgFile:US 74.svgFile:Airport Sign.svg US 29 / US 74 (Franklin Boulevard) – Belmont, Gastonia Municipal Airport
​	27.6	44.4	File:North plate.svg File:NC 273.svg 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       Concurrency terminus

External links

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• File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to North Carolina Highway 279 at Wikimedia Commons
• NCRoads.com: N.C. 277
• NCRoads.com: N.C. 279