There have been two

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designated Route 17 in

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

: *The first Route 17 extended from Great Barrington to the

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state line in the 1930s, and was renumbered as Route 23 in 1939. *The second Route 17 was a portion of

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in the 1950s. This was due to the

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being moved to a freeway from Danvers to

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at the

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border. The former U.S. Route 1 segment was designated as Route 17 to the state line and

NH 17 National Highway 17 (NH 17) is a National Highway in India running from Sevoke in West Bengal to Guwahati in Assam. Route It starts from its junction with NH-10 at * Sevoke, Darjeeling district and connects * Mongpong, Kalimpong distric ...

for a short distance into

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. The freeway was later designated as

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, and Route 17 and NH 17 were restored to being U.S. Route 1. The Route 17 designation was in use by June 1956 and out of use by July 1959.

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External links

1956 Highway map of Massachusetts
(includes Route 17) via davidrumsey.com
1956 House Bill 13221957 House Bill 04961957 House Bill 28471958 House Bill 2735
via archives.lib.state.ma.us 017 Former numbered highways in the United States U.S. Route 1

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