Quebec Route 257

{{Short description|Highway in Quebec, Canada}} {{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}} at the U.S. border in Chartierville |terminus_b={{jct|state=QC|QC|216}} in Saint-Adrien |junction={{jct|state=QC|QC|112}} at Weedon<br/> {{jct|state=QC|QC|108}} at 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 at a junction with 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 * Ham-Sud * Weedon * Lingwick * Scotstown * La Patrie * Chartierville {{Clear left}} <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 210 in Chartierville. File:Scotstown3.jpg|Routes 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== <references/>

== External links == * {{Commons category-inline}} * [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)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517091109/http://www.inforoutiere.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/index.asp |date=2008-05-17 }} {{in lang|fr}}

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