Maine State Route 17
State Route 17 (abbreviated SR 17) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, located in the south central part of the state. It is a major regional route running for 131.21 miles (211.16 km) from an intersection with State Route 4 in Rangeley to an intersection with U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 1A in Rockland.
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| Maintained by MaineDOT | ||||
| Length | 131.21 mi[1] (211.16 km) | |||
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| Counties | Franklin, Oxford, Androscoggin, Kennebec, Lincoln, Knox | |||
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SR 17 travels through parts of Franklin, Oxford, Androscoggin, Kennebec, Lincoln and Knox counties.
Route description
SR 17 begins at US Routes 1 and 1A in Rockland. It heads northwest into the town of Rockport and intersects SR 90. It curves to the west into the town of Union. From here it has a 2.78-mile-long (4.47 km) concurrency with SR 235. It soon intersects SR 220 and crosses through Lincoln County into Kennebec County. Very soon, it heads into Augusta. It crosses the Kennebec River with US 201 and US 202. US 201 leaves once the routes cross the river, but US 202 stays with SR 17. Still in Augusta, the routes cross Interstate 95 (I-95) with an interchange. In Manchester, SR 17 leaves US 202. Soon, SR 17 enters Readfield and has a 2.37-mile-long (3.81 km) concurrency with SR 41. It enters the town of Livermore Falls and has a concurrency with SR 133. SR 133 ends at SR 4 and SR 17 turns northward with SR 4. It next has a concurrency with US 2. The concurrency is 16.79 miles (27.02 km) long and is located in the towns of Dixfield and Mexico. SR 17 then stays close to but never runs concurrent with SR 120. It does that from US 2 in Mexico to Roxbury. From the connector to SR 120 through Weld and to South Shore Drive in Rangeley, SR 17 intersects no major town roads. After South Shore Drive, SR 17 is by the coast of Rangeley Lake. Soon, it has its western terminus at SR 4.
Junction list
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Franklin | Rangeley | 0.0 | 0.0 | | Western terminus of SR 17 | |||
| Oxford | Mexico | 35.4 | 57.0 |  | Western terminus of US 2 / SR 17 concurrency | |||
| Dixfield | 40.4 | 65.0 |  | Southern terminus of SR 142 | ||||
| Franklin | Wilton | 52.3 | 84.2 | | Eastern terminus of US 2 / SR 17 concurrency | |||
| Oxford |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Franklin | Jay | 55.9 | 90.0 | | Northern terminus of SR 4 / SR 17 concurrency | |||
| 56.1 | 90.3 |  | Northern terminus of SR 140 | |||||
| Androscoggin | Livermore Falls | 58.7 | 94.5 | | Southern terminus of SR 4 / SR 17 concurrency | |||
| 59.0 | 95.0 |  | Northern terminus of SR 4 / SR 133 concurrency | |||||
| 59.8 | 96.2 | | Southern terminus of SR 4 / SR 133 concurrency | |||||
| Kennebec | Readfield | 71.7 | 115.4 |  | Western terminus of SR 17 / SR 41 concurrency | |||
| 73.8 | 118.8 | | Western terminus of SR 17 / SR 41 concurrency | |||||
| 77.2 | 124.2 |  | Western terminus of SR 17 / SR 135 concurrency | |||||
| 78.1 | 125.7 | | Eastern terminus of SR 17 / SR 135 concurrency | |||||
| Manchester | 82.3 | 132.4 |    | Western terminus of US 202 / SR 11 / SR 17 / SR 100 concurrency | ||||
| Augusta | 85.0 | 136.8 |   | I-95 exits 109A-B; northern terminus of Maine Turnpike | ||||
| 86.5 | 139.2 |  | Eastern terminus of SR 11 / SR 17 concurrency Western terminus of US 201 / US 202 / SR 17 / SR 100 concurrency | |||||
| 87.2 | 140.3 |   | Eastern terminus of US 201 / US 202 / SR 17 / SR 100 concurrency Western terminus of SR 9 / SR 17 concurrency Western terminus of SR 105 | |||||
| 87.7 | 141.1 | | Eastern terminus of SR 9 / SR 17 concurrency | |||||
| Chelsea | 92.3 | 148.5 |  | Northern terminus of SR 226 | ||||
| Lincoln |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Kennebec | Windsor | 96.7 | 155.6 |  | Western terminus of SR 17 / SR 32 concurrency | |||
| Lincoln | Whitefield | 99.9 | 160.8 |  | Northern terminus of SR 218 | |||
| Jefferson | 100.3 | 161.4 | | Eastern terminus of SR 17 / SR 32 concurrency | ||||
| Knox | Washington | 105.3 | 169.5 |  | Southern terminus of SR 206 | |||
| 108.7 | 174.9 |  | ||||||
| Union | 114.2 | 183.8 |  | Western terminus of SR 17 / SR 131 concurrency | ||||
| 114.6 | 184.4 |  | Western terminus of SR 17 / SR 131 / SR 235 concurrency | |||||
| 115.3 | 185.6 | | Eastern terminus of SR 17 / SR 131 concurrency | |||||
| 117.4 | 188.9 | | Eastern terminus of SR 17 / SR 235 concurrency | |||||
| Rockport | 122.9 | 197.8 |  | |||||
| Rockland | 128.0 | 206.0 | | Western terminus of US 1A / SR 17 concurrency | ||||
| 128.3 | 206.5 | | Eastern terminus of SR 17; northern terminus of US 1A | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Concurrent routes
- U.S. Route 2: 16.9 miles (27.2 km), Mexico to Wilton
- State Route 4: 2.8 miles (4.5 km), Jay to Livermore Falls
- State Route 133: 0.8 miles (1.3 km), Livermore Falls
- State Route 41: 2.1 miles (3.4 km), Readfield
- State Route 135: 0.9 miles (1.4 km), Readfield
- U.S. Route 202 / State Route 100: 4.9 miles (7.9 km), Manchester to Augusta
- State Route 11: 4.2 miles (6.8 km), Manchester to Augusta
- U.S. Route 201: 0.7 miles (1.1 km), Augusta
- State Route 9: 0.5 miles (0.80 km), Augusta
- State Route 32: 3.6 miles (5.8 km), Windsor to Jefferson
- State Route 131: 1.1 miles (1.8 km), Union
- State Route 235: 0.8 miles (1.3 km), Union
- U.S. Route 1A: 1.1 miles (1.8 km), Rockland