Tennessee State Route 17
State Route 17 (SR 17) is a secondary state highway entirely within Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
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| Maintained by TDOT | ||||
| Length | 12.6 mi (20.3 km) | |||
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| Counties | Hamilton | |||
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Route description
SR 17 begins at Georgia State Route 193 (SR 193) at the Tennessee-Georgia State line in the city of Chattanooga's historic Saint Elmo neighborhood. It meets, and briefly merges with SR 58. It then continues north to US 11/US 41/US 64/US 72 where in begins a 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) concurrency with US 11/US 64 and a 3.9-mile-long (6.3 km) concurrency with US 41.
Just past the US 11/US 41/US 64/US 72 junction, SR 17 intersects with Interstate 24 (I-24). It then continues northward to where US 11 and US 64 turn west onto East 20th Street and US 41/US 72/SR 17 continue north along Broad Street. At intersection US 72 continues northward while US 41/SR 17 and US 76 turn eastward onto West Main Street. Here SR 17 begins a concurrency with US 76.
The three routes continue eastward along West Main Street to South Willow Street where SR 17 turns north on the aforementioned street and US 41/US 76 continues eastward. It then proceeds northward through the neighborhoods of west-central and north-west Chattanooga before coming to an end at SR 58/SR 153/SR 317.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Chattanooga, Hamilton County.
| mi | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | | Southern terminus of SR 17; continuation south into Georgia | ||
 | Southern end of SR 58 overlap | ||||
| Northern end of SR 58 overlap | ||||
   | Southern end of US 11/US 41/US 64/US 72/SR 2 overlap | ||||
 | Ramp to US 27 North | ||||
| Northern end of US 11/US 64/SR 2 overlap | ||||
 | End US 72; End US 76; Southern end of US 76/SR 8 overlap | ||||
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| Northern end of US 41 wrong-way concurrency; Northern end of US 76 concurrency | ||||
| Western terminus of SR 317 | ||||
| Northern terminus; SR 153 exit 5 A/B; Interchange with SR 153 North & South/SR 58 South; Road continues Eastward as SR 58 North | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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