As soon as it was possible after acquiring the property the Ellsworths dug a yacht basin on the adjacent Intracoastal Waterway, on the land side of US Highway 17.
1954 – Chamber pushes for U.S. Route 17 improvements to make it a major north-south route and names off-street parking the number one community need.
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US Bus 1 & 17 continues to run northwest until they reach US 1 where US BUS 1 terminates, but US BUS 17 joins and cross the Rappahannock River, and enters Falmouth.
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The Business US 17 in Wilmington was the old routing of US 17 through the port city before the partial completion of the Wilmington Bypass, which in part is also designated as Interstate 140.
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Business US 17 darts northeast through Ogden and Kirkland before returning to its parent route near the New Hanover/Pender county line.
It was formerly an island until a land bridge was constructed on the southern end; this now carries U.S. Route 17, or Roosevelt Boulevard.