U.S. Route 17
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United States Highway 17 (also known as the Ocean Highway) is a north-south United States highway. The highway spans across the southeastern United States and is close the the Atlantic Coast for much of its length.
Termini
- The highway's southern terminus is at Punta Gorda, Florida at an intersection with U.S. Highway 41.
- Traveling north, US 17 joins up with US 50 in Paris, Virginia, and the northern terminus of US 17 is in downtownWinchester, Virginia. This is also the point at which the portion of US 50 called the Northwestern Turnpike begins.
States traversed
The highway passes through the following states:Major cities
Major cities along the route include:- Orlando, Florida
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Savannah, Georgia
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Wilmington, North Carolina
- Norfolk, Virginia
Bridges
The Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge over the Cooper River and the Ashley River Drawbridges in Charleston, South Carolina.U.S. Highway 17 crosses the Rappahannock River between Stafford County and Spotsylvania County at Fredericksburg, Virginia as it is duplexed with Interstate 95.
U.S. Highway 17 crosses the York River between Gloucester County and York County at Yorktown, Virginia on the George P. Coleman Bridge, a drawbridge which is also a toll bridge.
U.S. Highway 17 crosses the James River between Newport News and Isle of Wight County, Virginia on the James River Bridge, a drawbridge which was formerly a toll bridge but is now toll-free.
The Sidney Lanier Bridge crosses the South Brunswick River in Brunswick, Georgia.
The Eugene Talmadge Bridge crosses the Savannah River on the Georgia-South Carolina line.
U.S. Highway 17 crosses the Cape Fear River between New Hanover County, North Carolina and Brunswick County, North Carolina at Wilmington, North Carolina on the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, a horizontal span bridge, which is toll-free.
Bannered routes
- ALT US 17 - Georgetown, South Carolina to Pocotaligo, South Carolina
- ALT US 17 - Jacksonville, Florida
- ALT US 17 - Jacksonville, Florida
- Former ALT US 17 - Savannah, Georgia
- BUS US 17 - Fredericksburg, Virginia
- BUS US 17 - Near Elizabeth City, North Carolina
- BUS US 17 - Wilmington, North Carolina
- BUS US 17 - Near Bolivia, North Carolina
- BUS US 17 - Shallote, North Carolina
- BUS US 17 - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- TRUCK US 17 - Kissimmee, Florida
- TRUCK US 17 - Winter Park, Florida
Intersections by State
US 17 Intersects with the following Interstate Highways and selected U. S. Highways in the following states:Virginia
- Interstate 81 in Winchester, Virginia
- U.S. Route 50 in Virginia (share miles from Winchester to Paris)
- Interstate 66 in Marshall, Virginia (share a few miles)
- US 211 in Warrenton, Virginia
- US 15/29 between Warrenton, Virginia and Opal, Virginia
- Interstate 95 in Falmouth, Virginia (multiplexed with I-95 for several miles)
- US 301 in Port Royal, Virginia
- Interstate 64 in Newport News, Virginia
- US 60 in Newport News, Virginia
- US 258 (shares crossing of James River Bridge}
- Interstate 664 in Suffolk, Virginia
- U.S. Highways 13, 58, and 460 in Chesapeake, Virginia
North Carolina
- US 158 between Morgans Corner, North Carolina and west of Elizabeth City, North Carolina (shared route)
- US 13 in Windsor, North Carolina begin US 13 concurrency
- US 13, and US 64 in Williamston, North Carolina end US 13 concurrency
- US 264 in Washington, North Carolina
- US 70 in New Bern, North Carolina
- US 74 , US 76, US 117 , and US 421 in Wilmington, North Carolina
Georgia
- Interstate 516 in Savannah, Georgia
- Interstate 16 in Savannah, Georgia
- Interstate 95 in Richmond Hill, Georgia
- Interstate 95 in South Newport, Georgia
- Interstate 95, US 25, and US 341 in Brunswick, Georgia
Florida
- Interstate 95 in Becker, Florida
- Interstates 95 and 10 in Jacksonville, Florida
- US 92 in DeLand begin US 92 concurrency
- Interstate 4 northwest of Sanford
- Interstate 4 in Orlando
- US 441 between Orlando, Florida and Kissimmee, Florida (shared route)
- US 92 south of Lake Alfred end US 92 concurrency
- US 98 in Bartow, Florida begin US 98 concurrency.
- US 98 in Fort Meade, Florida end US 98 concurrency.
- Interstate 75 in Solana, Florida
Related US Routes
Miscellaneous
- In Seminole County, Florida, the redevelopment of the 17-92 Community Redevelopment Area is handled by the US 17-92 Community Redevelopment Agency, a component unit of the County government.
- On August 13, 2004, Hurricane Charley made landfall just before 4:00 p.m. local time near the southern terminus of US 17. Incredibly, Charley would either hit or threaten to hit the entire route of US 17, devastating almost the entire route in Florida, at least from Punta Gorda to well north of Orlando (when Charley followed the route of Interstate 4 out to sea). The Georgia stretch of US 17 was not hit, but was under a hurricane warning. When Charley made landfall again in South Carolina, its trail all the way through Virginia was close to the route of US 17.
- From 1956 until 1993, US 17 signs in Florida featured black numbering on a yellow shield[Florida in Kodachrome]. The "color-coding" of United States Routes by the Florida Department of Transportation was stopped when the state could no longer use Federal funds to replace the signs with anything but the black-and-white version used by the other states. A few yellow US 17 signs remain standing.
- The section of US 17 known as the "Gateway to Historic Brunswick and The Golden Isles" was included in The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation's 2006 list of Places in Peril.
See also
References
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