European route E17

E17
E17
Major junctions
North end	Antwerp, Belgium
South end	Beaune, France
Location
Countries	Belgium; France
Highway system
	International E-road network; A Class; B Class;

European route E17 passes through the following cities:

Belgium
- A14: Antwerp → Sint-Niklaas → Ghent → Kortrijk
France
- A 22: Tourcoing → Lille
- A 1: Lille → Arras
- A 26: Arras → Cambrai → Saint-Quentin → Laon → Reims
- A 4: Reims → Châlons-en-Champagne
- A 26: Châlons-en-Champagne → Troyes
- A 5: Troyes → Langres
- A 5 / A 31: Langres → Beaune

History

Thoughts for creating the E17 started in the 1950s. Building of the motorway began in 1966 at Kortrijk. Belgian minister Omer Vanaudenhove had helped in funding the project by founding an intermunicipal association. The final large tracts of the road were finished in 1973. Until 1985, the road was named the European route E3.^[1]

References

^ Amies, Nick (2 September 2023). "50th anniversary of the E17 motorway celebrated in new exhibition". The Brussels Times. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024.

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[1] Amies, Nick (2 September 2023). "50th anniversary of the E17 motorway celebrated in new exhibition". The Brussels Times. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024.

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