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 Oquossoc to an intersection with U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 1A in Rockland.
 State Route 17 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MaineDOT | ||||
| Length | 131.21 mi[1] (211.16 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SR 4 in Oquossoc | |||
| East end |   US 1 / US 1A in Rockland | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Maine | |||
| Counties | Franklin, Oxford, Androscoggin, Kennebec, Lincoln, Knox | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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SR 17 travels through parts of Franklin, Oxford, Androscoggin, Kennebec, Lincoln and Knox counties.
Route description
editSR 17 begins in Franklin County at a T-intersection with SR 4 (Carry Road) in Oquossoc village (part of Rangeley town.)
From there it heads south along the western shore of Rangeley Lake, passing South Shore Drive on the east, and continues on through Rangeley Plantation. It then enters Oxford County at Byron, and continues south through Roxbury and into Mexico where it intersects US 2.
It then runs westerly concurrent with US 2 through Mexico and Dixfield 16.79 miles (27.02 km) until it leaves US 2 near the border of Oxford County and re-enters Franklin County, where it runs westerly until it connects with SR 4 in Jay.
It then runs southerly concurrent with SR 4 through Jay and into Androscoggin County at Livermore Falls where it switches to run concurrent with SR 133 for a short way before leaving SR 133 and heading east into Kennebec County through the town of Fayette and into the town of Readfield where it concurs with SR 41 for 2.37 miles (3.81 km.)
It then leaves SR 41 and continues southeasterly into Manchester where it concurs with US 202, SR 11 and SR 100 into Augusta, passing over Interstate 95 and on into Augusta center, then concurrently with several other major routes (US 201 and US 202) over the bridge at Augusta on the Kennebec River. Once over the river it then turns south leaving all other routes except concurrent with SR 9 for a short distance before turning east and continuing into Windsor where it concurs with SR 32. It then continues southeasterly into Lincoln County at Whitefield and Jefferson where it leaves SR 32 and continues easterly through Somerville entering Knox County and intersecting first with SR 206 and then SR 220 at Washington.
Continuing easterly through Union where it concurs with SR 131 for a short distance before concurring with SR 235 for 2.78 miles (4.47 km) and then continuing on through Rockport intersecting SR 90 there. And finally on into Rockland, where it terminates at US 1 and 1A close to the waterfront port and the Atlantic Ocean.
Junction list
edit| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Franklin | Oquossoc | 0.0 | 0.0 | SR 4 (Carry Road) – Rangeley, Haines Landing | Western terminus of SR 17 | |||
| Oxford | Mexico | 35.4 | 57.0 |     US 2 west (Main Street) to SR 120 – Newry, Bethel | Western terminus of US 2 / SR 17 concurrency | |||
| Dixfield | 40.4 | 65.0 |   SR 142 north (Weld Street) – Weld, Phillips | Southern terminus of SR 142 | ||||
| Franklin | Wilton | 52.3 | 84.2 |  US 2 east – Wilton, Farmington | Eastern terminus of US 2 / SR 17 concurrency | |||
| Oxford |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Franklin | Jay | 55.9 | 90.0 | SR 4 north (Main Street) – Wilton, Farmington | Northern terminus of SR 4 / SR 17 concurrency | |||
| 56.1 | 90.3 |   SR 140 south (Intervale Road) – Canton, Hartford | Northern terminus of SR 140 | |||||
| Androscoggin | Livermore Falls | 58.7 | 94.5 | SR 4 south (Bridge Street) – Livermore, Turner | Southern terminus of SR 4 / SR 17 concurrency | |||
| 59.0 | 95.0 |  SR 133 north (Pleasant Street) – Jay, Farmington | Northern terminus of SR 4 / SR 133 concurrency | |||||
| 59.8 | 96.2 | SR 133 south (Park Street) – Leeds, Winthrop | Southern terminus of SR 4 / SR 133 concurrency | |||||
| Kennebec | Readfield | 71.7 | 115.4 |  SR 41 north (Chimney Road) – Mount Vernon | Western terminus of SR 17 / SR 41 concurrency | |||
| 73.8 | 118.8 | SR 41 south (Winthrop Road) – Winthrop | Western terminus of SR 17 / SR 41 concurrency | |||||
| 77.2 | 124.2 |  SR 135 south (Stanley Road) – Monmouth | Western terminus of SR 17 / SR 135 concurrency | |||||
| 78.1 | 125.7 | SR 135 north (Gorden Road) – Belgrade | Eastern terminus of SR 17 / SR 135 concurrency | |||||
| Manchester | 82.3 | 132.4 |    US 202 west / SR 11 / SR 100 south (Western Avenue) – Winthrop, Lewiston | Western terminus of US 202 / SR 11 / SR 17 / SR 100 concurrency | ||||
| Augusta | 85.0 | 136.8 |   I-95 / Maine Turnpike – Lewiston, Bangor | I-95 exits 109A-B; northern terminus of Maine Turnpike | ||||
| 86.5 | 139.2 |    US 201 south / SR 8 / SR 11 north / SR 27 (State Street) – Hallowell, Belgrade | Eastern terminus of SR 11 / SR 17 concurrency Western terminus of US 201 / US 202 / SR 17 / SR 100 concurrency | |||||
| 87.2 | 140.3 |   US 201 north / US 202 / SR 9 east / SR 100 north / SR 105 east (Bangor / Cony Streets) – Vassalboro, China | 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 | SR 9 west (Hospital Street) – Randolph | Eastern terminus of SR 9 / SR 17 concurrency | |||||
| Chelsea | 92.3 | 148.5 |  SR 226 south (Togus Road) – Randolph | Northern terminus of SR 226 | ||||
| Lincoln |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Kennebec | Windsor | 96.7 | 155.6 |  SR 32 north (Ridge Road) – Windsor | Western terminus of SR 17 / SR 32 concurrency | |||
| Lincoln | Whitefield | 99.9 | 160.8 |  SR 218 south (Mills Road) – Whitefield | Northern terminus of SR 218 | |||
| Jefferson | 100.3 | 161.4 | SR 32 south (Augusta Road) – Jefferson | Eastern terminus of SR 17 / SR 32 concurrency | ||||
| Knox | Washington | 105.3 | 169.5 |  SR 206 north to SR 105 – Washington | Southern terminus of SR 206 | |||
| 108.7 | 174.9 |  SR 220 (Waldoboro Road) – Waldoboro, Washington | ||||||
| Union | 114.2 | 183.8 |  SR 131 north (Appleton Road) – Appleton | Western terminus of SR 17 / SR 131 concurrency | ||||
| 114.6 | 184.4 |  SR 235 south (Depot Road) – Union | Western terminus of SR 17 / SR 131 / SR 235 concurrency | |||||
| 115.3 | 185.6 | SR 131 south (South Union Road) – Warren | Eastern terminus of SR 17 / SR 131 concurrency | |||||
| 117.4 | 188.9 | SR 235 north (Buzzell Hill Road) – Hope | Eastern terminus of SR 17 / SR 235 concurrency | |||||
| Rockport | 122.9 | 197.8 |  SR 90 (West Street) – Warren, Rockport | |||||
| Rockland | 128.0 | 206.0 | US 1A south (Broadway) | Western terminus of US 1A / SR 17 concurrency | ||||
| 128.3 | 206.5 | US 1 (Camden Street) – Rockland, Rockport US 1A | 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
edit- 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