End of historic US highway 117 [i] |
US 117 measured approx. 150 miles in total length.
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The original US 117 was commissioned in 1926 to run from Virginia Beach to US 1 at Norlina. This was illustrated on AASHO's Nov. 1926 inaugural map:
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Contemporary government and commercial maps illustrated the route correctly:
In 1931 the east end of US 117 was truncated to Franklin, and one year later the designation was completely decommissioned (when it was replaced by US 158). That same year, a second US 117 was designated in North Carolina; that is the same US 117 that still exists today.
Research and/or photo credits: Mike Roberson; Dale Sanderson; Michael Summa
Page originally created 2002;
last updated Dec. 8, 2023.
last updated Dec. 8, 2023.