Route information | ||||
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Length | 48 km[1] (30 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
North end | R-132 near Beaumont | |||
A-20 (TCH) near Beaumont | ||||
South end | R-216 near Buckland | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Canada | |||
Province | Quebec | |||
Major cities | Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse | |||
Highway system | ||||
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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.