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New Brunswick Route 17

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After Saint-Quentin, the highway heads in a southwesterly manner once more and heads through wilderness, with only J.D. Irving's Sawmill in Veneer, in that stretch of woods. Approximately 50 kilometres later, Route 17 hits civilization in Saint-Leonard-Parent, nearing its southern terminus. Roughly
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Over several decades, Route 17 has received several upgrades, and new sections of road built, to improve safety. These upgrades have been designed to meet present-day standards, including flatter grades, creation of more passing lanes, upgrades to guard rail requirements and increased shoulder
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are other towns along the route. With the exception of those towns, the highway runs almost entirely through sparsely populated forest land. It is the only highway connecting northwestern
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widths. Some examples of these, have been the new alignments of the highway north of
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Route 17's northern terminus is at a T intersection with Route 11 in
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The speed limit varies throughout the route, from 50 km/h in
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10 kilometres to the southwest, the highway reaches the town of
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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with the province's north shore. It is named in honour of
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Index

Route 17 marker
New Brunswick Department of Transportation
Route 11
Glencoe
Route 180
Saint-Quentin
Route 2 (TCH)
Saint-Leonard
Canada–US border
Saint-Leonard
Canada
New Brunswick
Kedgwick
Saint-Quentin
Saint-Leonard
Provincial highways in New Brunswick
Former routes
Route 16
Route 95

Canada–US border
Saint-Leonard
Route 11
Glencoe
Campbellton
Saint-Quentin
Kedgwick
New Brunswick
David A. Stewart
Saint-Leonard

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