- West Virginia Route 17
Infobox road
state=WV
type=WV
route=17
length_mi= 30.4
length_round= 1
length_ref=Distance calculated usingMicrosoft MapPoint mapping software.]
established=
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=
junction=
direction_b=North
ending_terminus=
counties=Logan, Boone
previous_type=WV
previous_route=16
next_type=WV
next_route=18West Virginia Route 17 is a north-south
state highway located in the southern portion of theU.S. state ofWest Virginia . The southern terminus of the route is atWest Virginia Route 10 in Stollings a short distance east of Logan. The northern terminus is atWest Virginia Route 85 in Madison.Communities along the route
*Logan County
**Stollings
**Sharples*Boone County
**Jeffrey
**MadisonHistory
The current alignment of WV 17 was once part of
U.S. Route 119 . US 119 was moved off of this routing whenCorridor G was complete from Chapmanville to Danville by1976 . Once that section of four-lane highway was completed, US 119 was realigned to follow WV 10 north from Logan to Chapmanville and then the new Corridor G. [1976 Official West Virginia Highway Map, published by West Virginia Department of Highways.]This is the second alignment to carry this number. The original West Virginia Route 17 followed what is now
U.S. Route 35 in Putnam and Mason counties.Truck WV 17
There is a signed Truck WV 17 at Stollings to bypass a low overhead railroad bridge at WV 17's intersection with WV 10. The truck bypass follows WV 10 north to the first at-grade railroad crossing, then immediately back on a paralleling route beside the railroad tracks.
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