U.S. Route 17

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U.S. Route 17

Length:

1189 mi^[1] (1914 km)

Formed:

1926^[1]

South end:

US 41 in Punta Gorda, FL

Major
junctions:

I-4 at Orlando, FL

I-95 at Jacksonville, FL

I-16 at Savannah, GA

I-26 at Charleston, SC

I-40 at Wilmington, NC

I-64 at Newport News, VA

North end:

US 50 in Winchester, VA

United States Numbered Highways
U.S. Routes - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

United States Highway 17 (also known as the Ocean Highway) is a north-south United States highway. The highway spans the southeastern United States and is close to the Atlantic Coast for much of its length.

1 Termini
2 States traversed
3 Major cities
4 Bridges
5 Bannered routes
6 Intersections by state
7 Related US Routes
8 Miscellaneous
9 See also
10 References

[edit] Termini

The highway's southern terminus is at Punta Gorda, Florida at an intersection with U.S. Highway 41.
Traveling north, US 17 joins up with US 50 in Paris, Virginia, and the northern terminus of US 17 is in downtown Winchester, Virginia. This is also the point at which the portion of US 50 called the Northwestern Turnpike begins.

[edit] States traversed

The highway passes through the following states (south to north):

[edit] Major cities

Major cities along the route include (south to north):

[edit] Bridges

Bridges along Highway 17 (south to north):

A bridge crosses the St. Johns River at Sanford, Florida.
The Memorial Bridge crosses the St. Johns River at Palatka, Florida.
The J. Edwin Godley bridge crosses the Satilla River in Woodbine, Georgia.
The Sidney Lanier Bridge crosses the South Brunswick River in Brunswick, Georgia.
A bridge crosses the Altamaha River between Glynn County, Georgia and McIntosh County, Georgia.
The Eugene Talmadge Bridge crosses the Savannah River on the Georgia/South Carolina line.
The Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge crosses over the Cooper River and the Ashley River drawbridges in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Northeast Cape Fear River between New Hanover County and Brunswick County at Wilmington, North Carolina on the Dan Cameron Bridge while duplexed with Interstate 140.
The Freedom Memorial Bridge crosses the Trent River between New Bern, North Carolina and James City, North Carolina as it is

multiplexed with US 70 and NC 55.

The Neuse River Bridge crosses the Neuse River between James City, North Carolina and Bridgeton, North Carolina as it is

duplexed with NC 55.

The Rappahannock River between Stafford County and Spotsylvania County at Fredericksburg, Virginia as it is duplexed with Interstate 95.
The York River between Gloucester County and York County at Yorktown, Virginia on the George P. Coleman Bridge, a drawbridge which is also a toll bridge.
The James River between Newport News and Isle of Wight County, Virginia on the James River Bridge, a drawbridge which was formerly a toll bridge but is now toll-free.

[edit] Bannered routes

Italicized routes have been decommisioned or are planned.

ALT US 17 - Georgetown, South Carolina to Pocotaligo, South Carolina
ALT US 17 - Jacksonville, Florida
ALT US 17 - Jacksonville, Florida
ALT US 17 - Savannah, Georgia
BUS US 17 - Fredericksburg, Virginia
BUS US 17 - Near Elizabeth City, North Carolina
BUS US 17 - Jacksonville, North Carolina
BUS US 17 - Wilmington, North Carolina
BUS US 17 - Near Bolivia, North Carolina
BUS US 17 - Shallotte, North Carolina
BUS US 17 - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
TRUCK US 17 - Kissimmee, Florida
TRUCK US 17 - Winter Park, Florida

[edit] Intersections by state

US 17 intersects with the following Interstate Highways and selected U. S. Highways in the following states:

[edit] Related US Routes

[edit] Miscellaneous

In Seminole County, Florida, the redevelopment of the 17-92 Community Redevelopment Area is handled by the US 17-92 Community Redevelopment Agency, a component unit of the County government.
On August 13, 2004, Hurricane Charley made landfall just before 4:00 p.m. local time near the southern terminus of US 17. Incredibly, Charley would either hit or threaten to hit the entire route of US 17, devastating almost the entire route in Florida, at least from Punta Gorda to well north of Orlando (when Charley followed the route of Interstate 4 out to sea). The Georgia stretch of US 17 was not hit, but was under a hurricane warning. When Charley made landfall again in South Carolina, its trail all the way through Virginia was close to the route of US 17.
From 1956 until 1993, US 17 signs in Florida featured black numbering on a yellow shield^[2]. The "color-coding" of United States Routes by the Florida Department of Transportation was stopped when the state could no longer use Federal funds to replace the signs with anything but the black-and-white version used by the other states. A few yellow US 17 signs remain standing.
The section of US 17 known as the "Gateway to Historic Brunswick and The Golden Isles" was included in The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation's 2006 list of Places in Peril.
The stretch of US 17 in Charleston, South Carolina is infamous among the locals for its horrible traffic congestion, especially on weekday mornings.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b US Highways from US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz
^ Florida in Kodachrome

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