View source for Quebec Route 257

{{Short description|Highway in Quebec}}
{{Infobox road
|province=QC
|type=QC
|route=257
|maint=
|map=Route 257-QC.png
|established=
|decommissioned=
| length_km  = 85
|length_round =1
|direction_a=South
|direction_b=North
|length_ref=<ref>Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page (?), Les Publications du Québec, 2005</ref> 
|terminus_a={{jct|state=NH|US|3}} near [[Pittsburg, New Hampshire|Pittsburg, NH]]
|terminus_b={{jct|state=QC|QC|216}} in [[Saint-Adrien, Quebec|Saint-Adrien]]
|junction={{jct|state=QC|QC|112}} at [[Weedon, Quebec|Weedon]]<br/>
{{jct|state=QC|QC|108}} at [[Gould, Quebec|Gould]]
|cities= Weedon, Scotstown
|previous_type=QC
|previous_route=255
|next_type=QC
|next_route=259
}}

'''Route 257''' is a north–south highway on the south shore of the [[St. Lawrence River]], in the [[Eastern Townships]] region of [[Quebec]], Canada. Its northern terminus is in [[Saint-Adrien, Quebec|Saint-Adrien]] at a junction with [[Quebec Route 216|Route 216]], and its southern terminus is at the [[Pittsburg–Chartierville Border Crossing]], where it becomes [[U.S. Route 3]] as it enters [[Pittsburg, New Hampshire]].

==Towns along Route 257==

* [[Saint-Adrien, Quebec|Saint-Adrien]]
* [[Ham-Sud]]
* [[Weedon, Quebec|Weedon]]
* [[Lingwick, Quebec|Lingwick]]
* [[Scotstown, Quebec|Scotstown]]
* [[La Patrie, Quebec|La Patrie]]
* [[Chartierville, Quebec|Chartierville]]
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<gallery mode="packed">
File:Frontiere Chartierville2.jpg|South end of Route 257 at Chartierville border control.
File:Magnetic Hill Quebec 09.jpg|In Chartierville, a posted [[magnetic hill]].
File:Quebec Route 210 Eastern terminus in Chartierville, Quebec.jpeg|Junction with [[Quebec Route 210|210]] in Chartierville.
File:Scotstown3.jpg|Routes [[Quebec Route 214|214]] and 257 in Scotstown.
File:Panneau du vieux pont - panoramio.jpg|Route 257 in [[Lingwick]].
File:Route 257 road - panoramio.jpg|Route 257 near Weedon.
File:Weedon rue St-Janvier.jpg|Saint-Janvier street in Weedon.
File:Vers Weedon - panoramio.jpg|Route 257 towards [[mont Ham]].
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of Quebec provincial highways]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=St-Adrien,+Asbestos,+Quebec,+Canada&daddr=RTE-257%2FRTE-257+E+%4045.740681,+-71.517576+to:RTE-257+%4045.553379,+-71.333744+to:45.253863,-71.206169&hl=en&geocode=13421166620185501398,45.740681,-71.517576%3B11407372041288357315,45.553379,-71.333744&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=12&via=1,2&sll=45.27537,-71.187973&sspn=0.111134,0.30899&ie=UTF8&ll=45.560218,-71.435852&spn=0.884601,2.471924&z=9 Route 257] on Google Maps
* [http://www.inforoutiere.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/index.asp Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)] {{in lang|fr}}

{{Secondary Highways in Quebec (200-series)}}

[[Category:Quebec Routes|257]]

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