Route 217 is a
provincial highway
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located in the
Montérégie
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...
region of
Quebec
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south of
Montreal
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. 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
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. 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
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. This segment remained part of Route 217 (and its pre-1970s predecessor, Route 9A) as recent as 2005,
[ but in recent years has been truncated at Montée Guay.][Per the French Wikipedia article an]
Google Maps
Municipalities along Route 217
* Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle
* Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville
Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville () is a municipality in Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 1,735. It comple ...
* Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur
* Saint-Philippe
Saint-Philippe () is a commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located in the southeast of the island.
Geography
Saint-Philippe is on the highest point on the island. It borders the municipalities of Saint-Joseph and Sa ...
* La Prairie
Major intersections
See also
* List of Quebec provincial highways
This is a list of highways maintained by the government of Quebec.
Autoroutes
The Autoroute system in Quebec is a network of expressways which operate under the same principle of controlled access as the Interstate Highway System in the United ...
References
External links
Map of Transports Quebec
Route 217
on Google Maps
217
Year 217 ( CCXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Praesens and Extricatus (or, less frequently, year 970 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 217 for ...
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