- K-17 (Kansas highway)
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type=KS
article_route=17
yrcom=1932cite web|last=Kennedy|first=Richie|work=Kansas Highways 7.0|title=Kansas Highways Routelog|url=http://www.route56.com/highways/highways.cgi?hwy1=89&fulldesc=1&hist=1&I=1&photos=1]
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length_mi=21
length_round=1
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counties=RN, KM
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=KS|US|54|US|400 near Waterloo
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=KS|KS|96 south of South Hutchinson
previous_type=KS
previous_route=16
next_type=KS
next_route=18|K-17 is a
Kansas state highway originating at US-54 and US-400 between Kingman and Cheney near the unincorporated community of Waterloo. It ends at K-96 nearSouth Hutchinson, Kansas .K-17 is 21 miles long. It passes to the east of Pretty Prairie, which is accessible by a county road (West Pretty Prairie Road).
After its southern terminus at US-54/US-400, the road continues as Kingman County route 430 (SE 100 Ave), going through Murdock before ending at K-42
History
K-17 was commissioned by 1932. It appears on the 1932 state highway map. [Cite map | publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation | title = Official State Transportation Map | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1932Mapside.pdf| edition = 1932 | accessdate = 2008-05-05] K-17 originally went through Hutchinson and ended at US-81 south of McPherson. Sometime between 1956 and 1962, the segment of K-17 between South Hutchinson and McPherson was switched with K-61 [Cite map | publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation | title = Official State Transportation Map | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1932Mapside.pdf| edition = 1932 | accessdate = 2008-05-05]
References
External links
* [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/MapsState.asp KDOT State Map]
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