Quebec Route 279

Route 279
Route information
Length	48 km[1] (30 mi)
Major junctions
North end	R-132 near Beaumont
Major intersections	A-20 (TCH) near Beaumont
South end	R-216 near Buckland
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Major cities	Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways Autoroutes List Former
← R-277 → R-281

Route 279 is a 48 km two-lane north-south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Beaumont at the junction of Route 132 and ends in Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland at the junction of Route 216. The road goes through the Grande Plée Bleue between Beaumont and Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, crosses the Boyer River in St-Charles, and slowly goes up the Appalachian Mountains.

Towns along Route 279

• Beaumont
• Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
• Saint-Gervais
• Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
• Saint-Damien-de-Buckland
• Buckland

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  Route 279 climbs appalachian hills near Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland.
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  Quebec Route 279 at Saint-Gervais.
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  Route 279 in Saint-Charles,

See also

• List of Quebec provincial highways

References

1. Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page (?), Les Publications du Québec, 2005

External links

• Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation) (in French)
• Route 279 on Google Maps