Oklahoma State Highway 17

State Highway 17
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	20.9 mi (33.6 km)
Major junctions
West end:	US-277 in Elgin
East end:	BUS US-81 in Rush Springs
Highway system
Oklahoma State Highways Oklahoma turnpike system ← SH-16 SH-17A →

State Highway 17, abbreviated as SH-17 or OK-17, is an east–west highway in Oklahoma. It is a relatively short highway, extending for only 20.9 miles^[1] (33.6 km) from US-277 to Business US-81 in Rush Springs. It has no lettered spur routes.

Route description

SH-17 begins at U.S. Highway 277 in Elgin, Oklahoma. Heading southeast from there, it intersects State Highway 65 in Sterling. It then runs for 13 more miles (20.9 km) to US-81 before ending at US-81's Rush Springs business loop.

History

The present-day State Highway 17 was commissioned between May 1936 and April 1937. Originally, the all-dirt highway began in Sterling and ran to Rush Springs; the Sterling–Elgin portion of the highway was at that time part of SH-65.^[2] However, at some point between April 1937 and April 1938, SH-65 was truncated to the south, and SH-17 was extended west to Elgin along the former route of SH-65.^[3] No further changes have been made to SH-17's route since.

Junction list

County	Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Comanche	Elgin	0.0	US-277	Western terminus
	Sterling	7.4	SH-65
Grady	Rush Springs	20.3	US-81
		20.9	US-81 BUS	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Stuve, Eric. "OK-17". OKHighways. http://www.okhighways.com/ok17.html. Retrieved 2006-08-12. 
2. ^ Oklahoma Department of Highways. Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (Map) (April 1937 ed.). http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1937.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-07. 
3. ^ Oklahoma Department of Highways. Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (Map) (April 1938 ed.). http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1938.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-07. 

External links

• SH-17 at Roadklahoma