{{short description|State highway in Iowa, United States}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=IA |type=IA |route=17 |map={{maplink-road|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Iowa Highway 17}}}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=Iowa 17 highlighted in red |length_mi=102.789 |length_ref=<ref name=IowaDOT>{{IowaDOT|2011-01-16|year=2009}}</ref> |established=January 1, 1969<ref name=DOT1969>{{cite IowaDOT map|year=1969|accessdate=July 2, 2011}}</ref> |history=Iowa 60: 1919<ref name=DOT1919>{{cite IowaDOT map|year=1919|accessdate=July 2, 2011}}</ref> – December 31, 1968<ref name=DOT1968>{{cite IowaDOT map|year=1968|accessdate=July 2, 2011}}</ref> |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{Jct|state=IA|IA|141}} near Granger |junction={{plainlist| *{{jct|state=IA|US|30}} near Boone *{{Jct|state=IA|US|20}} at Webster City *{{Jct|state=IA|IA|3}} at Goldfield }} |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{Jct|state=IA|US|18}} near Wesley |counties={{flatlist| *Polk *Boone *Hamilton *Wright *Kossuth }} |previous_type=IA |previous_route=16 |next_type=US |next_route=18 }} '''Iowa Highway 17''' ('''Iowa 17''') is a {{convert|103|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} north–south state highway that traverses primarily rural areas in central and north-central Iowa. Iowa 17's southern end is near Granger in Dallas County at a freeway interchange with Iowa Highway 141, and its northern terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Highway 18 at the Kossuth-Hancock county line near Wesley.
==Route description== [[File:IA 17 near Wesley, IA.jpg|thumb|left|Iowa 17 near Wesley]] Iowa Highway 17 begins at a trumpet interchange with Iowa Highway 141 near Granger. It goes north to Madrid, where it intersects Iowa Highway 210. It continues north through Luther and then intersects U.S. Highway 30 east of Boone. It proceeds north from U.S. 30 and has a one-mile (1.6 km) overlap with Iowa Highway 175 in Stanhope. It goes north, then turns northwest to go towards Webster City, and intersects U.S. Highway 20 there. They overlap going west from Webster City, then Iowa 17 turns north to go through Eagle Grove. It continues north to Goldfield, where it intersects Iowa Highway 3. Iowa 17 and Iowa 3 overlap to the border between Wright and Humboldt Counties, then Iowa 17 turns north. It passes through Renwick and Corwith, then ends on the border separating Hancock and Kossuth Counties east of Wesley.
==History== {{see also|Iowa Highway 60 (1920–1968)}} {{Hatnote|For the original Primary Road No. 17, see Iowa Highway 4.}} Although Iowa 17 has only been designated since 1969, most of the route has been a part of the primary highway system since the system's inception in 1919. The route was designated Primary Road No. 60 and connected Des Moines and Goldfield via Webster City. By 1930, the only paved section of what was by then called Iowa 60 was the southernmost {{convert|20|mi}} from Des Moines to south of Madrid.<ref name=DOT1929>{{cite map|publisher=Iowa State Highway Commission|url=http://www.iowadot.gov/maps/msp/historical/pdf/1929-front.pdf|title=Iowa State Highway Map|year=1929|accessdate=July 2, 2011}}</ref> In two years, paving extended to US 30 east of Boone.<ref name=DOT1931>{{cite map|publisher=Iowa State Highway Commission|url=http://www.iowadot.gov/maps/msp/historical/pdf/1931-front.pdf|title=Iowa State Highway Map|year=1931|accessdate=July 2, 2011}}</ref>
1932 saw many changes to Iowa 60. The route was extended {{convert|30|mi}} to the north where it ended at US 18 in Wesley, and extended southward through Des Moines and Knoxville to the Missouri state line, effectively doubling its length.<ref name=DOTOct1932>{{cite map|publisher=Iowa State Highway Commission|url=http://www.iowadot.gov/maps/msp/historical/pdf/1932-oct-front.pdf|title=Iowa State Highway Map|date=October 1932|accessdate=July 2, 2011}}</ref> The section of Iowa 60 south of Des Moines is now known as Iowa 5.
Little changed in the Iowa 60 north of Des Moines over the next twenty years. The only paving that was completed was in Wright County.<ref name=DOT1952>{{cite map|publisher=Iowa State Highway Commission|url=http://www.iowadot.gov/maps/msp/historical/pdf/1952_front.pdf|title=Iowa State Highway Map|year=1952|accessdate=July 2, 2011}}</ref> By 1957, that paving extended to the northern end at US 18.<ref name=DOT1957>{{cite map|publisher=Iowa State Highway Commission|url=http://www.iowadot.gov/maps/msp/historical/pdf/1957_front.pdf|title=Iowa State Highway Map|year=1957|accessdate=July 2, 2011}}</ref>
On January 1, 1969, the Iowa State Highway Commission renumbered several state highways in the state. They sought to create continuous numbers across state lines and remove unnecessary duplicate route numbers where they could.<ref name="TH Jan1969">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LWNFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KbwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7131%2C1694993|title=New Iowa Map Goes on Sale|date=January 14, 1969|work=Telegraph-Herald|accessdate=January 9, 2011|location=Dubuque, Iowa}}</ref> Since it crossed the state line into Missouri, the southern half of the route was renumbered Iowa 5 to match Missouri Route 5. Throughout Des Moines, Iowa 60 overlapped many other routes, so the designation was removed between the I-35/now-Iowa 5 interchange to the intersection with Iowa 141 in Granger. The section of Iowa 60 north of Granger became Iowa 17.<ref name=DOT1969/>
Since becoming Iowa 17, the route has changed little. By 1976, paving was completed and the southern end of the route was converted into an interchange with Iowa 141.<ref name=DOT1976>{{cite map|publisher=Iowa Department of Transportation|url=http://www.iowadot.gov/maps/msp/historical/pdf/1976_front.pdf|title=Iowa State Highway Map|year=1976|accessdate=July 2, 2011}}</ref> By the end of the 1970s, the highway was rerouted around Webster City when US 20 was realigned onto a new freeway.<ref name=DOT1979>{{cite map|publisher=Iowa Department of Transportation|url=http://www.iowadot.gov/maps/msp/historical/pdf/1979_front.pdf|title=Iowa State Highway Map|year=1979|accessdate=July 2, 2011}}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{Jcttop|length_ref=<ref name="IowaDOT" />}} {{IAint |county1=Dallas |county2=Polk |location=Granger |mile=0.000 |road={{Jct|state=IA|IA|141|city1=Grimes|city2=Perry|city3=Des Moines}} }} {{Jctco|state=IA|county=Polk}} {{IAint |county=Boone |cspan=3 |location=Madrid |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=8.764 |road={{Jct|state=IA|IA|210|dir1=west|name1=1st Street|city1=Woodward}} |notes=Southern end of Iowa 210 overlap }} {{IAint |type=concur |mile=8.842 |road={{Jct|state=IA|IA|210|dir1=east|name1=North Street|city1=Slater}} |notes=Northern end of Iowa 210 overlap }} {{IAint |township1=Jackson |township2=Colfax |ctdab=Boone |mile=19.656 |road={{Jct|state=IA|US|30|city1=Boone|city2=Ames}} }} {{IAint |county=Hamilton |cspan=4 |township=Clear Lake |ctdab=Hamilton |type=concur |mile=36.903 |road={{Jct|state=IA|IA|175|dir1=west|city1=Stratford}} |notes=Southern end of Iowa 175 overlap }} {{IAint |location=Stanhope |type=concur |mile=37.898 |road={{Jct|state=IA|IA|175|dir1=east|city1=Jewell}} |notes=Northern end of Iowa 175 overlap }} {{IAint |location=Webster City |type=concur |mile=49.825 |road={{Jct|state=IA|US|20|dir1=east|city1=Waterloo}} |notes=Southern end of US 20 overlap }} {{IAint |township=Freedom |ctdab=Hamilton |type=concur |mile=54.372 |road={{Jct|state=IA|US|20|dir1=west|city1=Fort Dodge}} |notes=Northern end of US 20 overlap }} {{IAint |county=Wright |location=Goldfield |type=concur |mile=74.712 |road={{Jct|state=IA|IA|3|dir1=east|city1=Clarion}} |notes=Southern end of Iowa 3 overlap }} {{IAint |county1=Humboldt |county2=Wright |township1=Lake |ctdab1=Humboldt |township2=Norway |ctdab2=Humboldt |township3=Liberty |ctdab3=Wright |township4=Eagle Grove |ctdab4=Wright |type=concur |mile=77.569 |road={{Jct|state=IA|IA|3|dir1=west|city1=Dakota City}} |notes=Northern end of Iowa 3 overlap }} {{IAint |county1=Kossuth |county2=Hancock |township1=Wesley |ctdab1=Kossuth |township2=Orthel |ctdab2=Hancock |mile=102.789 |road={{Jct|state=IA|US|18|city1=Britt|city2=Algona}} }} {{Jctbtm}}
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