End of historic US highway 117 [i] |
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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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However, AASHO's description of US 117 was one of the few errors in their inaugural route log of Apr. 1927. There, US 117 was described as heading south from VA Beach to Wilmington, even though that was actually the route of US 17:
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Contemporary government and commercial maps illustrated the route correctly:
c. 1928 (linked to source)
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c. 1927 (linked to source)
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c. 1931, Gousha
In 1931 the east end of US 117 was truncated to Franklin, and in 1933 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 Aug. 16, 2023.
last updated Aug. 16, 2023.
