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{{short description|Highway in Pennsylvania, United States}} {{about|the current alignment along Parkway North|the historical alignment on Parkway West prior to 2009|Interstate 376#Route designations prior to 2009|the historical alignment prior to 1970|Interstate 79#History}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Use American English|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox road | state=PA | type=I | route=279 | alternate_name=Parkway North | map={{maplink-road|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Interstate 279}}}} | map_custom=yes | map_notes=I-279 highlighted in red | length_mi=13.32 | length_ref=<ref>{{cite web |date=December 31, 2021 |title=Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways | url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |access-date=June 6, 2022 |work=FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]]}}</ref> | established=October 2, 1972<ref name=1972news/> | direction_a=South | terminus_a={{jct|state=PA|I|376|US|22|US|30|US-Truck|19|dab1=Pittsburgh}} in [[Pittsburgh]] | junction={{jct|state=PA|PA|65}} in Pittsburgh<br>{{jct|state=PA|I|579|PA|28}} in Pittsburgh<br>{{jct|state=PA|US-Truck|19|dab1=Pittsburgh}} in Pittsburgh<br>{{jct|state=PA|US|19}} in [[Ross Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Ross Township]] | direction_b=North | terminus_b={{jct|state=PA|I|79}} in [[Franklin Park, Pennsylvania|Franklin Park]] | counties=[[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny]] | previous_type=PA 1948 | previous_route=278 | next_type=I 1957 | next_route=280 | spur_type=I | spur_of=79 }} '''Interstate 279''' ('''I-279'''), locally referred to as '''Parkway North''', is a north–south [[auxiliary Interstate Highway]] that lies entirely within [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]]. Its southern end is at [[Interstate 376|I-376]] at the [[Fort Pitt Bridge]] in Pittsburgh, and the north end is in [[Franklin Park, Pennsylvania|Franklin Park]] at [[Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania|I-79]]. It primarily serves at the main access route between [[Pittsburgh]] and its northern suburbs.
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