The A17 road, more commonly known as La Route du Fort, is a road in

Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...

, Channel Islands. The road connects Weighbridge Place in

St Helier St Helier (; Jèrriais: ; french: Saint-Hélier) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. St Helier has a population of 35,822 – over one-third of the total population of Jersey – ...

to Georgetown in St Saviour. It includes a tunnel under Mont de la Ville (Fort Regent) and part of the former

Jersey Eastern Railway The Jersey Eastern Railway was a standard gauge railway that began operations on 6 August 1873 in Jersey. The line closed on 21 June 1929. History The ''Loi pour l'établissement d'un Chemin de Fer entre la Ville de St.-Hélier et Gorey'' w ...

. It is a key link between the east of the island and the west of the island as it connects the main roads in the east to Victoria Avenue. The most well known part of the road is the single-bore tunnel under Fort Regent. It opened on 25 February 1970 after seven years of construction. The cost was £441,550, including £110,000 land acquisition. Since construction there have been a number of improvements to the tunnel, including being resurfaced in 2012. The remainder of the road (opened in 1967) linked Green Street and Roseville Street for the first time and replaced older roads known as Peel Street and Plaisance Road.

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