Washington State Route 17

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State Route 17

Defined by RCW 47.17.070, maintained by WSDOT

Length:

136.67 mi^[1] (219.95 km)

South end:

US 395 in Mesa

Major
junctions:

SR 26 in Othello

I-90 in Moses Lake

SR 282 in Ephrata

SR 28 in Soap Lake

US 2 near Coulee City

North end:

US 97 in Brewster

State highways in Washington
< SR 16		SR 18 >
Lists: current - 1937-70 - 1964 renumbering

State Route 17 is a highway in the state of Washington, U.S.A. It extends about 137 miles from U.S. Route 395 in the tiny town of Mesa, in the south central part of the state, to U.S. Route 97 at the confluence of the Okanogan and Columbia Rivers near Brewster.

1 Route description
2 Major intersections
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Route description

State Route 17 begins at an interchange with U.S. Route 395 just southeast of Mesa. It then heads in a northwesterly direction, intersecting State Route 26 as it passes by Othello, and has an interchange with Interstate 90 near the town of Moses Lake.

North of Interstate 90, SR 17 travels through the Grand Coulee for about 20 miles, along the shores of Soap Lake, Lenore Lake, Blue Lake, and Park Lake, all remnants of a major river that flowed through this part of the state about 2 million years ago. SR 17 meets U.S. Route 2 at the southern shore of Banks Lake, then leaves the coulee and extends due north through farmland for about 20 more miles before turning left and following a dry river bed into Bridgeport, where it crosses the Columbia just west of Chief Joseph Dam. The highway follows the east bank of the Columbia for a few more miles inside the Colville Indian Reservation before terminating at US 97 east of Brewster.

Mileposts on SR 17 begin with milepost 8, posted about half a mile north of the highway's origin at US 395. Prior to 1979, SR 17 began at Eltopia, about 7½ miles south of Mesa. That year, US 395 was rerouted from what is now Blanton Road in Franklin County to its current routing, which eliminated the portion of SR 17 that formerly ran between Eltopia and Mesa. SR 17 now originates in Mesa, but new mileposts have not been posted on the route reflecting the highway's new starting point.

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile^[1]	Destinations	Notes
Franklin	Mesa	0.00	US 395 – Pasco, Spokane	Interchange
Franklin		7.20	SR 260 east – Connell, Washtucna
Adams		20.86	SR 26 to SR 24 / US 395 – Othello, Vantage, Yakima, Pullman	Interchange
Grant		32.28	SR 170 east – Warden
		33.29	SR 262 west
	Moses Lake	43.25	I-90 – Seattle, Spokane	South end of I-90 Bus. overlap; interchange
		44.26	I-90 Bus. west – Moses Lake City Center	North end of I-90 Bus. overlap
		46.40	SR 171 south (Broadway Avenue)
		47.22	Stratford Road – Moses Lake	Interchange
		60.13	SR 282 west – Ephrata
	Soap Lake	67.76	SR 28 – Quincy, Davenport
		89.06	US 2 east to SR 155 – Grand Coulee Dam, Davenport	South end of US 2 overlap
Douglas		90.68	US 2 west – Wenatchee	North end of US 2 overlap
		104.60	SR 172 west – Mansfield
		112.24	SR 174 east – Grand Coulee Dam
	Bridgeport	128.22	SR 173 north – Bridgeport, Brewster
Okanogan		136.67	US 97 – Brewster, Wenatchee, Okanogan, Tonasket