Alabama State Route 17

State Route 17 marker

State Route 17

Route information

Maintained by ALDOT

Length:

346.562 mi^[1] (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

Future I‑22 / US-78 / SR-4 / SR-138 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

←

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
	Chatom	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
	York	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
	Aliceville	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
	Carrollton	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
	Reform	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 / US-78	Exit 11 along I-22 / US 78
	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
	Hamilton	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
Franklin	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
Colbert	Muscle Shoals	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