European route E17 explained

Country:	EUR
Type:	E
Route:	17
Map Custom:	yes
Direction A:	North
Terminus A:	Antwerp, Belgium
Direction B:	South
Terminus B:	Beaune, France
Countries:	Belgium France

European route E17 passes through the following cities:

• Belgium
  • : Antwerp → Sint-Niklaas → Ghent → Kortrijk
• France
  • : Tourcoing → Lille
  • : Lille → Arras
  • : Arras → Cambrai → Saint-Quentin → Laon → Reims
  • : Reims → Châlons-en-Champagne
  • : Châlons-en-Champagne → Troyes
  • : Troyes → Langres
  • : 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]

External links

• UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)
• E-17 on OpenStreetMap

Notes and References

1. Web site: Amies . Nick . 50th anniversary of the E17 motorway celebrated in new exhibition . https://web.archive.org/web/20240229192700/https://www.brusselstimes.com/667717/50th-anniversary-of-the-e17-motorway-celebrated-in-new-exhibition . en . The Brussels Times . 2 September 2023 . 29 February 2024.