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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|National Highway in India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}<br />
{{infobox road<br />
| country = IND<br />
| type = NH<br />
| route = 717<br />
| length_km = 98<br />
| length_notes = <br />
| ahn = {{Jct|country=IND|AH|48}}<br />
| image = National Highway 31, Lataguri.jpg<br />
| image_notes = NH 717 passing through [[Gorumara National Park]]<br />
| map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|frame-width=290|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=line|stroke-width=3<br />
| id= Q25352209|title=National Highway 717|text= Map of National Highway '''717''' in red }}<br />
| map_custom = yes<br />
| direction_a = South<br />
| direction_b = North<br />
| terminus_a = [[Chalsa, India|Chalsa]]<br />
| terminus_b = India/Bangladesh border near Tin Bigha, Kuchlibari.<br />
| destinations = [[Mainaguri]], [[Changrabandha]], [[Mekliganj]], Tin Bigha, Kuchlibari. <br />
| junction =<br />
| states = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| spur_type = NH<br />
| spur_of = 17<br />
| previous_type = NH<br />
| next_type = NH<br />
| previous_route = 17 <!-- Route start junction --><br />
| next_route = 27 <!-- Route end junction --><br />
}}<br />
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'''National Highway 717''' ('''NH 717''') is a [[National Highway (India)|national highway]] in [[India]]. This highway runs entirely in the state of West Bengal.<ref name="renumber">{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways|publisher=[[Department of Road Transport and Highways]]|access-date=3 April 2012|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204094735/https://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|archive-date=4 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is a [[Spur route|secondary]] route of [[National Highway 17 (India)|National Highway 17]]. Prior to renumbering of national highways in 2010, the stretch between Chalsa and Mainaguri was part of old national highway 31.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2011/E_574_2012_016.pdf|title=New Numbering of National Highways notification - Government of India|website=[[The Gazette of India]]|access-date=19 April 2019|archive-date=4 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504155047/http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2011/E_574_2012_016.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> By a gazette notification on 27 December 2013, NH-717 route was extended from Mainaguri to land border crossing of India/Bangladesh border near [[Changrabandha]] & further to Tin Bigha & Kuchlibari.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2013/157719.pdf|title=Route substitution (amendment) for national highways 10 and 717|website=[[The Gazette of India]]|access-date=19 April 2019|archive-date=11 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511215331/http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2013/157719.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Mainaguri to Changrabandha stretch of this route is part of [[AH48|Asian Highway 48]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unescap.org/our-work/transport/asian-highway/database|title=Asian Highway Database - Country wise|website=[[UNESCAP]]|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006131543/https://www.unescap.org/our-work/transport/asian-highway/database|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==Route==<br />
[[File:Renumbered National Highways map of India (Schematic).jpg|thumb|Schematic map of National Highways in India]]<br />
NH717 connects [[Chalsa, India|Chalsa]] north of {{rws|Baradighi}}, [[Mainaguri]], Changrabandha, Mekliganj, Tin Bigha and terminates at Indo/Bangladesh Border in Kuchlibari.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://morth.nic.in/showfile.asp?lid=2924|title=State-wise length of National Highways (NH) in India|website=[[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]]|access-date=19 April 2019|archive-date=4 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604032801/https://morth.nic.in/showfile.asp?lid=2924|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Junctions == <br />
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: {{jct|NH|17|country=IND}} Terminal near Chalsa.<br />
: {{jct|NH|27|country=IND}} near Mainaguri.<br />
: Junction with NH617 (Ex [[West Bengal]] State Highway 16) near Changrabandha.<br />
: {{jct|N|509|country=BGD}} Bangladesh highway at Indo/Bangladesh Border near Changrabandha<br />
: {{jct|Z|5903|country=BGD}} Bangladesh highway at Indo/Bangladesh Border near Tin Bigha.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of national highways in India]]<br />
* [[List of national highways in India by state]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3259562 NH 717 on OpenStreetMap]<br />
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