Since there are other sites covering the entire route of the future I-86, this page will focus on the 130-mile-long 'Quickway' section of NY 17 between I-81 in Binghamton and I-87 in Harriman. Through many towns and cities, the speed was set at 25 miles per hour, a limit that was enforced by ticket-minded officers. The route continued west through the cities of the Southern Tier - Binghamton, Elmira, Corning, Olean and Jamestown - before veering northwest to the Lake Erie town of Westfield. then veered northwest through the Catskill Mountain region of Orange, Sullivan and Delaware counties. Beginning at the New York-New Jersey border in Suffern, Rockland County, the original Route 17 ran north to Harriman. The original Route 17 was completed in the late 1920's. Over the years, the 381-mile-long road has been rated among the most beautiful in the United States.

THE BEGINNINGS OF ROUTE 17: The principal route through the Southern Tier region of New York State, Route 17 has been a familiar route for generations of motorists traveling to upstate colleges and mountain resorts.

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