Alabama State Route 17

State Route 17
Route information
Maintained by ALDOT
Length:	346.562 mi (557.737 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 45 / US 98 / SR 42 in Mobile
	I‑65 at Mobile I‑20 / I‑59 in York US 82 / SR 6 in Reform I‑22 in Hamilton US 72 / SR 2 in Florence
North end:	SR 13 at Tennessee state line north of Zip City
Location
Counties:	Mobile, Washington, Choctaw, Sumter, Pickens, Lamar, Marion, Franklin, Colbert, Lauderdale
Highway system
Alabama State Routes Interstate US State ← SR 16 SR 18 →

State Route 17, or SR-17, is a 346.6-mile-long (557.8 km) state route that runs the virtual length of the state. Between Mobile and Deer Park in Washington County, SR-17 is the unsigned partner route assigned to U.S. Highway 45, and from Hamilton to Florence, it serves as the signed partner route assigned to U.S. Highway 43.

Route description

The southern terminus of SR-17 and US-45 is at their junction with U.S. Highway 98 and unsigned State Route 42 in Mobile. US-45 and SR-17 assume a northwestwardly trajectory as they leave Mobile heading towards the Mississippi state line. Approximately five miles north of an interchange with Interstate 65 northwest of downtown Mobile, the routes quickly enter rural areas of Mobile County via a two-lane highway. Near the small community of Deer Park in southern Washington County, SR-17 diverts from US-45 and becomes a signed route.

After the split from US-45, SR-17 assumes a general northerly orientation as it passes through rural areas and small towns in western Alabama. The route passes through the Black Belt, historically one of the poorer areas of the state. After leaving Mobile, the route does not pass through any towns whose population exceeds 5,000 until it approaches Hamilton in Marion County. At Hamilton, SR-17 once again becomes an unsigned route upon the second junction it has with U.S. Highway 43; US-45 and SR-17 are the southern terminus of US-43 in Mobile.

Between Hamilton and Muscle Shoals, SR-17 is a signed route. At Muscle Shoals, US-43, SR-17 and SR-13 junction with U.S. Highway 72 and several other state routes. At this point, SR-17 once again becomes a signed route as it leads through Muscle Shoals and Florence as it heads towards its northern terminus at the Tennessee state line, where it becomes Tennessee State Route 13.

History

State Route 17 was designated in 1940 between Kennedy and York. In 1952, the route was extended south to Mobile; from York to Deer Park State Route 29 was renumbered as part of SR-17, and from Deer Park to Mobile the route ran together with U.S. Route 45. SR-17 was extended north to the Tennessee state line in 1956. To accomplish this, SR-17 replaced old State Route 19 up to Hamilton, was co-signed with U.S. Route 43 up to Florence, and replaced old State Route 34 the rest of the way to the Tennessee state line.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Mobile	Mobile	0.000	0.000	US 45 begins / US 98	Southern end of US-45 overlap
	Prichard	4.340	6.985	I‑65	Exit 6 along I-65
		6.297	10.134	SR 213 north
		6.477	10.424	SR 217 north
		9.618	15.479	SR 158	Interchange
Washington	Deer Park	43.054	69.289	US 45 north	Northern end of US-45 overlap
	Chatom	59.848	96.316	SR 56 east	Southern end of SR-56 overlap
		59.897	96.395	SR 56 west	Northern end of SR-56 overlap
Choctaw	Silas	84.206	135.516	US 84
	Butler	108.735	174.992	SR 10
	Jachin	119.536	192.375	SR 156 east
Sumter	​	136.581	219.806	US 80	Interchange
	York	140.392	225.939	US 11
		142.717	229.681	I‑20 / I‑59	Exit 8 along I-20 / I-59
	​	151.013	243.032	SR 28 east
	​	162.215	261.060	SR 116 east – Gainesville
Pickens	​	179.671	289.152	SR 32 west
	Aliceville	189.116	304.353	SR 14 west	Western end of SR-14 overlap
		189.402	304.813	SR 14 east	Eastern end of SR-14 overlap
	Carrollton	199.975	321.829	SR 86 west	Southern end of SR-86 overlap
		200.030	321.917	SR 86 east	Northern end of SR-86 overlap
	Reform	209.739	337.542	US 82 west	Western end of US-82 overlap
		209.881	337.771	US 82 east	Eastern end of US-82 overlap
Lamar	Kennedy	224.585	361.435	SR 96 east	Eastern end of SR-96 overlap
	Millport	228.843	368.287	SR 96 west	Western end of SR-96 overlap
	Vernon	243.195	391.384	SR 18
	Sulligent	254.004	408.780	US 278
	​	266.778	429.338	SR 19 north
Marion	​	274.006	440.970	I‑22	I-22 Exit 11
	Hamilton	277.539	446.656	US 43 south / US 78 Alt. east / US 278 west	Southern end of US-43, US-78 Alternate, and US-278 overlaps
		277.871	447.190	US 78 Alt. west / US 278 east	Northern end of US-78 Alternate and US-278 overlaps
	​	283.176	455.728	SR 187 north
	Hackleburg	291.677	469.409	SR 172 / SR 253 south
Franklin	​	301.661	485.476	SR 13	Southern end of SR-13 overlap
	Russellville	308.255	496.088	SR 24	Interchange
Colbert	Muscle Shoals	325.257	523.450	US 72 west / US 72 Alt. east / SR 20 east – Corinth, Tuscumbia, Decatur	Southern end of US-72 / SR-20 overlap
		328.585	528.806	SR 184 east
Tennessee River		330.265	531.510	O'Neal Bridge
Lauderdale	Florence	331.012	532.712	SR 20 west	Interchange; northern end of SR-20 overlap
		332.850	535.670	US 43 north / US 72 east / SR 13 north SR 157 south	Interchange; northern end of US-43, US-72, and SR-13 overlaps; southern end of SR-157 overlap
		335.030	539.179	SR 133 south	Eastern end of SR-133 overlap
		335.368	539.722	SR 133 north / SR 157 north	Northern end of SR-157 overlap; western end of SR-133 overlap
	​	346.562	557.737	SR 13 north	Continuation into Tennessee
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

• Alabama portal
• U.S. Roads portal

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons