Vermont Route 279

Vermont Route 279
Bennington Bypass
Map of Bennington and vicinity with VT 279 and NY 915G highlighted in red. VT 279's future routing southeast of Downtown Bennington is shown with a dashed red line.
Route information
Maintained by VTrans
Length:	6.716 mi (10.808 km)
Existed:	October 12, 2004 – present
Major junctions
West end:	NY 7 via NY 915G in Hoosick, NY
	VT 67A in Bennington US 7 in Bennington
East end:	VT 9 in Bennington
Location
Counties:	Bennington
Highway system
State highways in Vermont ← VT 253 VT 289 →

State highways in Vermont

Vermont Route 279 (VT 279), often referred to as the Bennington Bypass, is a two and three-lane undivided northwest bypass of Bennington in Bennington County, Vermont, in the United States. It extends for roughly 6.7 miles (10.8 km) from the New York state line northwest of Bennington to an intersection with VT 9 east of the downtown district. At its west end, VT 279 connects to New York State Route 915G (NY 915G), an unsigned reference route leading to NY 7 in Hoosick, New York.

The section of VT 279 west of U.S. Route 7 (US 7) officially opened to traffic in 2004; however, portions of the route have been open in some capacity since the 1970s. An extension of VT 279 southeast to VT 9 was completed in 2012, and planning is underway on another extension to US 7 south of downtown Bennington.

VT 279 begins at the New York–Vermont state line, where the road continues west to NY 7 in Hoosick, New York, as NY 915G, a reference route signed as "To VT 279" eastbound and "To NY 7" westbound. As VT 279, the highway heads northeast from the state line, passing through rural northwest Bennington as a three-lane road. It bypasses William H. Morse State Airport to the north and passes over a pair of local roadways on its way toward downtown Bennington, where the route crosses the Walloomsac River and meets VT 67A at a parclo interchange north of downtown.