ALABAMA STATE ROUTE 17

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'Alabama State Route 17', or 'S.R. 17', is a 340-mile long state route that runs the virtual length of the state. Between Mobile and Deer Park in Washington County, S.R. 17 is the unsigned partner route assigned to U.S. Route 45, and from Hamilton to Florence, it serves as the signed partner route assigned to U.S. Route 43.

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Route Description

Counties traversed

Cities and towns along the route

Trivia

See Also

Route Description

The southern terminus of S.R. 17 and U.S. 45 is at their junction with U.S. Route 98 and unsigned State Route 42 in Mobile. U.S. 45 and S.R. 17 assume a northwestwardly trajectory as they leave Mobile heading towards the Mississippi state line. Approximately five miles north of an interchange with Interstate 65 northwest of downtown Mobile, the routes quickly enter rural areas of Mobile County via a two-lane highway. Near the small community of Deer Park in southern Washington County, S.R. 17 diverts from U.S. 45 and becomes a signed route.
After the split from U.S. 45, S.R. 17 assumes a general northerly orientation as it passes through rural areas and small towns in western Alabama. The route passes through the Black Belt, historically one of the poorer areas of the state. After leaving Mobile, the route does not pass through any towns whose population exceeds 5,000 until it approaches Hamilton in Marion County. At Hamilton, S.R. 17 once again becomes an unsigned route upon the second junction it has with U.S. Route 43; U.S. 45 and S.R. 17 are the southern terminus of U.S. 43 in Mobile.
Between Hamilton and Muscle Shoals, S.R. 17 is a signed route. At Muscle Shoals, U.S. 43, S.R. 17 and S.R. 13 junction with U.S. Route 72 and several other state routes. At this point, S.R. 17 once again becomes a signed route as it leads through Muscle Shoals and Florence as it heads towards its northern terminus at the Tennessee state line, where it becomes Tennessee State Route 13.

Counties traversed

★ Mobile County

★ Washington County

★ Choctaw County

★ Sumter County

★ Pickens County

★ Lamar County

★ Marion County

★ Franklin County

★ Colbert County

★ Lauderdale County

Cities and towns along the route

★ Mobile

★ Chatom

★ Butler

★ York

★ Aliceville

★ Reform

★ Vernon

★ Hamilton

★ Hackleburg

★ Russellville

★ Muscle Shoals

★ Florence
==Junctions with Interstate highways, U.S. routes, and major state highways==

★ U.S. Route 98 and unsigned State Route 42 at Mobile

★ U.S. Route 43 and unsigned State Route 13 at Mobile

★ State Route 56 at Chatom

★ U.S. Route 84 and unsigned State Route 12 at Silas

★ State Route 10 at Butler

★ U.S. Route 80 and unsigned State Route 8 south of York

★ U.S. Route 11 and unsigned State Route 7 at York

★ Interstate 20/59 at York

★ State Route 28 at Emelle

★ State Route 116 near Geiger

★ State Route 32 at Cochrane

★ State Route 14 at Aliceville

★ State Route 86 at Carrollton

★ U.S. Route 82 and unsigned State Route 6 at Reform

★ State Route 96 at Kennedy, beginning a concurrency that continues until the routes split at Millport

★ State Route 18 at Vernon

★ U.S. Route 278 and unsigned State Route 118 at Sulligent

★ State Route 19 at Detroit

★ Future Interstate 22/U.S. Route 78 at Hamilton

★ U.S. Route 43 and State Route 74 at Hamilton

★ State Route 13 south of Russellville. U.S. 43 and State Routes 13 and 17 are co-routed as they lead north from this junction towards Muscle Shoals

★ U.S. Route 72 and unsigned State Route 2, Alternate U.S. Route 72, State Route 20 and State Route 157 at Muscle Shoals. U.S. 72 and State Routes 2 and 20 join the concurrency with U.S. 43 and S.R. 13 and 17 as they lead across the Tennessee River into Florence

Trivia

Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump states that he lives on Route 17 in Forrest Gump.

See Also

★ List of Alabama State Routes