# Iowa Highway 17
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{{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=[{{IowaDOT|2011-01-16|year=2009}}]
|established=January 1, 1969[{{cite IowaDOT map|year=1969|accessdate=July 2, 2011}}]
|history=Iowa 60: 1919[{{cite IowaDOT map|year=1919|accessdate=July 2, 2011}}] – December 31, 1968[{{cite IowaDOT map|year=1968|accessdate=July 2, 2011}}]
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=IA|IA|141}} near [Granger](/source/Granger%2C_Iowa)
|junction={{plainlist|
*{{jct|state=IA|US|30}} near [Boone](/source/Boone%2C_Iowa)
*{{Jct|state=IA|US|20}} at [Webster City](/source/Webster_City%2C_Iowa)
*{{Jct|state=IA|IA|3}} at [Goldfield](/source/Goldfield%2C_Iowa)
}}
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=IA|US|18}} near [Wesley](/source/Wesley%2C_Iowa)
|counties={{flatlist|
*[Polk](/source/Polk_County%2C_Iowa)
*[Boone](/source/Boone_County%2C_Iowa)
*[Hamilton](/source/Hamilton_County%2C_Iowa)
*[Wright](/source/Wright_County%2C_Iowa)
*[Kossuth](/source/Kossuth_County%2C_Iowa)
}}
|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](/source/Iowa). Iowa 17's southern end is near [Granger](/source/Granger%2C_Iowa) in [Dallas County](/source/Dallas_County%2C_Iowa) at a freeway interchange with [Iowa Highway 141](/source/Iowa_Highway_141), and its northern terminus is at an intersection with [U.S. Highway 18](/source/U.S._Highway_18) at the [Kossuth](/source/Kossuth_County%2C_Iowa)-[Hancock county](/source/Hancock_County%2C_Iowa) line near [Wesley](/source/Wesley%2C_Iowa).
==Route description==
[[File:IA 17 near Wesley, IA.jpg|thumb|left|Iowa 17 near [Wesley](/source/Wesley%2C_Iowa)]]
Iowa Highway 17 begins at a [trumpet interchange](/source/trumpet_interchange) with [Iowa Highway 141](/source/Iowa_Highway_141) near Granger. It goes north to [Madrid](/source/Madrid%2C_Iowa), where it intersects [Iowa Highway 210](/source/Iowa_Highway_210). It continues north through [Luther](/source/Luther%2C_Iowa) and then intersects [U.S. Highway 30](/source/U.S._Highway_30) east of [Boone](/source/Boone%2C_Iowa). It proceeds north from U.S. 30 and has a one-mile (1.6 km) overlap with [Iowa Highway 175](/source/Iowa_Highway_175) in [Stanhope](/source/Stanhope%2C_Iowa). It goes north, then turns northwest to go towards [Webster City](/source/Webster_City%2C_Iowa), and intersects [U.S. Highway 20](/source/U.S._Route_20_in_Iowa) there. They overlap going west from Webster City, then Iowa 17 turns north to go through [Eagle Grove](/source/Eagle_Grove%2C_Iowa). It continues north to [Goldfield](/source/Goldfield%2C_Iowa), where it intersects [Iowa Highway 3](/source/Iowa_Highway_3). Iowa 17 and Iowa 3 overlap to the border between [Wright](/source/Wright_County%2C_Iowa) and [Humboldt](/source/Humboldt_County%2C_Iowa) Counties, then Iowa 17 turns north. It passes through [Renwick](/source/Renwick%2C_Iowa) and [Corwith](/source/Corwith%2C_Iowa), then ends on the border separating Hancock and Kossuth Counties east of [Wesley](/source/Wesley%2C_Iowa).
==History==
{{see also|Iowa Highway 60 (1920–1968)}}
{{Hatnote|For the original Primary Road No. 17, see [Iowa Highway 4](/source/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](/source/Des_Moines%2C_Iowa) and [Goldfield](/source/Goldfield%2C_Iowa) via [Webster City](/source/Webster_City%2C_Iowa). 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](/source/Madrid%2C_Iowa).[{{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}}] In two years, paving extended to [US 30](/source/US%26nbsp%3B30_(IA)) east of [Boone](/source/Boone%2C_Iowa).[{{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}}]
1932 saw many changes to Iowa 60. The route was extended {{convert|30|mi}} to the north where it ended at [US 18](/source/US%26nbsp%3B18_(IA)) in [Wesley](/source/Wesley%2C_Iowa), and extended southward through Des Moines and [Knoxville](/source/Knoxville%2C_Iowa) to the [Missouri](/source/Missouri) state line, effectively doubling its length.[{{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}}] The section of Iowa 60 south of Des Moines is now known as [Iowa 5](/source/Iowa%26nbsp%3B5).
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](/source/Wright_County%2C_Iowa).[{{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}}] By 1957, that paving extended to the northern end at US 18.[{{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}}]
On January 1, 1969, the Iowa State Highway Commission [renumbered](/source/1969_Iowa_highway_renumbering) several [state highway](/source/state_highway_(Iowa))s in the state. They sought to create continuous numbers across state lines and remove unnecessary duplicate route numbers where they could.[{{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](/source/Telegraph-Herald)|accessdate=January 9, 2011|location=Dubuque, Iowa}}] Since it crossed the state line into Missouri, the southern half of the route was renumbered Iowa 5 to match [Missouri Route 5](/source/Missouri_Route_5). Throughout Des Moines, Iowa 60 [overlap](/source/overlap_(road))ped many other routes, so the designation was removed between the I-35/now-Iowa 5 interchange to the intersection with [Iowa 141](/source/Iowa%26nbsp%3B141) in [Granger](/source/Granger%2C_Iowa). The section of Iowa 60 north of Granger became Iowa 17.[
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.][{{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}}] By the end of the 1970s, the highway was rerouted around Webster City when US 20 was realigned onto a new freeway.[{{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}}]
==Major intersections==
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