Iowa Highway 17

Infobox road
state=IA
type=IA
route=17
alternate_name=


length_mi=103
length_round=0
length_ref=Iowahighwaysref|lowrg=10|hirng=19|num=17|access_date=May 22, 2007]
established=January 1, 1969
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=Jct|state=IA|IA|141 near Granger
junction=jct|state=IA|US|30 near Boone
Jct|state=IA|US|20 at Webster City
direction_b=North
ending_terminus=Jct|state=IA|US|18 near Wesley
counties=Polk, Dallas, Boone, Hamilton, Wright, Humboldt, Kossuth, Hancock
cities=Madrid, Luther, Stanhope, Webster City, Eagle Grove, Goldfield, Renwick, Corwith
previous_type=IA
previous_route=16
next_type=US
next_route=18

Iowa Highway 17 is a 103-mile north-south state highway that traverses primarily rural areas in central and north-central Iowa.

Termini

Iowa Highway 17's south end is near Granger in Dallas County at a freeway interchange with Iowa Highway 141, and its northern terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Highway 18 at the Kossuth-Hancock county line near Wesley.

Route description

Iowa Highway 17 begins at a freeway interchange with Iowa Highway 141 near Granger. It goes north to Madrid, where it intersects Iowa Highway 210. It continues north through Luther and then intersects U.S. Highway 30 east of Boone. It proceeds north from U.S. 30 and has a one-mile overlap with Iowa Highway 175 in Stanhope. It goes north, then turns northwest to go towards Webster City, and intersects U.S. Highway 20 there. They overlap going west from Webster City, then Iowa 17 turns north to go through Eagle Grove. It continues north to Goldfield, where it intersects Iowa Highway 3. Iowa 17 and Iowa 3 overlap to the border between Wright and Humboldt Counties, then Iowa 17 turns north. It passes through Renwick and Corwith, then ends on the border separating Hancock and Kossuth Counties east of Wesley.

History

Iowa Highway 17 had been known as Iowa Highway 60 until January 1, 1969, when it was given its current desigation.

Major intersections

Jctint
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county=Polk
cspan=2
location=Granger
lspan=
type=
mile=
road=Jct|state=IA|IA|141
notes=Southern terminus. At Dallas/Polk county line.Jctint
state=IA
location=Madrid
lspan=3
type=decomd
mile=
road=Madrid Drive
notes=Former Jct|state=IA|IA|415 Jctint
state=IA
county=Boone
cspan=3
type=mplex
mile=
road=Jct|state=IA|IA|210|dir1=West|name1=1st Street
notes=Jctint
state=IA
type=mplex
mile=
road=Jct|state=IA|IA|210|dir1=East|name1=North Street
notes=Jctint
state=IA
location=Boone
lspan=
type=
mile=
road=Jct|state=IA|US|30
notes=Jctint
state=IA
county=Hamilton
cspan=5
location=Stanhope
lspan=2
type=mplex
mile=
road=Jct|state=IA|IA|175|dir1=West
notes=Jctint
state=IA
type=mplex
mile=
road=Jct|state=IA|IA|175|dir1=East
notes=Jctint
state=IA
location=Webster City
lspan=
type=mplex
mile=
road=Jct|state=IA|US|20|dir1=East
notes=Jctint
state=IA
location=Duncombe
lspan=2
type=mplex
mile=
road=Jct|state=IA|US|20|dir1=West
notes=Jctint
state=IA
type=decomd
mile=
road=Jct|state=IA|CR|D20|nolink1=D20
notes=Former Jct|state=IA|IA|928 Jctint
state=IA
county=Wright
cspan=2
location=Goldfield
lspan=2
type=mplex
mile=
road=Jct|state=IA|IA|3|dir1=East
notes=Jctint
state=IA
type=mplex
mile=
road=Jct|state=IA|IA|3|dir1=West
notes=At Humboldt/Wright county line.Jctint
state=IA
county=Kossuth
cspan=
location=Wesley
lspan=
type=
mile=
road=Jct|state=IA|US|18
notes=Northern terminus. At Kossuth/Hancock county line.

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