Quebec Route 217 Explained

Province:QC
Type:QC
Route:217
Maint:Transports Québec
Map:Route 217-QC.png
Length Km:45.8
Length Round:1
Length Ref:[1]
Direction B:North
Direction A:South
Terminus B: in La Prairie
Terminus A:Montée Guay at Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle
Previous Type:QC
Previous Route:216
Next Type:QC
Next Route:218
Counties:Les Jardins-de-Napierville / Roussillon
Junction: in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle
in Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville
in La Prairie

Route 217 is a provincial highway located in the Montérégie region of Quebec south of Montreal. It runs from Montée Guay in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle and ends in La Prairie at the junctions of Route 104 and Autoroute 30. It serves in part as a service route for Autoroute 15 until Saint-Philippe and, where it runs along the Saint-Jacques River, and serves as a service route for Autoroute 30 until La Prairie and its northeastern terminus at Route 104.

Route 217 previously extended south from Montée Guay to the Canada–US border, connecting with Meridian Road at Champlain, New York. However, this port of entry closed around 1950, with the Canada border station later dismantled and the US border station converted into offices for the United States Department of Agriculture.[2] [3] This 1.20NaN0 segment remained part of Route 217 (and its pre-1970s predecessor, Route 9A) as recent as 2005,[1] but in recent years has been truncated at Montée Guay.[4]

Municipalities along Route 217

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Notes and References

  1. Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 82, Les Publications du Québec, 2005
  2. Maisel, Albert Q. Aliens Are Swarming Over Our Unguarded Northern Border, Look Magazine, New York, November 17, 1953, p. 75.
  3. Web site: Former Agricultural Inspection Border Station . 193 Meridian Road, Champlain, NY, 12919 - Agricultural Property - Off-Market on . Loopnet.com . 2011-03-02.
  4. Per the French Wikipedia article and Google Maps.