European route E17

Not to be confused with European route E017.

European route E17 passes through the following cities:

•  Belgium
  • A14: Antwerp → Sint-Niklaas → Ghent → Kortrijk
•  France
  • A 22: Tourcoing → Lille
  • A 1: Lille → Arras
  • A 26: Arras → Cambrai → Saint-Quentin → Laon → Reims
  • A 4: Reims → Châlons-en-Champagne
  • A 26: Châlons-en-Champagne → Troyes
  • A 5: Troyes → Langres
  • A 5 / A 31: Langres → Beaune

Belgian-French border crossing in Rekkem, demolished in 2014

E17
Major junctions
North end	Antwerp, Belgium
South end	Beaune, France
Location
Countries	Belgium  France
Highway system
International E-road network A Class B Class

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]