New England Interstate Route 17
Route 17 was a 117-mile (188 km) east–west New England Interstate Highway known as the Westerly Route. It ran from the New York-Massachusetts state line (with the road continuing towards Hudson, New York via modern New York State Route 23 and 23B) through Great Barrington, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut to Westerly, Rhode Island.
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