Highway 17 (Alberta–Saskatchewan)

{{Short description|Highway in Western Canada}} {{Attached KML|display=title}} {{Use Canadian English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox road |country = CAN |type = ABSK |route = 17 |map = Alberta Highway 17 Map.png |map_notes = Highway 17, highlighted in red, straddles the Alberta–Saskatchewan border |image= |photo_notes= |photo_width=250 |length_km = 158.7 |length_ref = <ref name=length>{{cite web|title=Length of Highway 17|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/52.3471654,-109.9598913/53.717486,-110.005672/@53.0524816,-111.594224,7z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-110.0054958!2d53.2806763!3s0x5309b290b3f2606f:0x98c55fdc143e30db!1m0!3e0|website=Google Maps|access-date=August 22, 2017|format=Map}}</ref> |direction_a = South |direction_b = North |terminus_a = 22px|link= SK 14 near Macklin, SK |junction = {{plainlist| *22px|link= AB 14 near Roros, AB *22px|link=20px|link= AB 16 / SK 16 in Lloydminster *22px|link=22px|link= AB 45 / SK 3 near Alcurve, AB}} |terminus_b = 22px|link= AB 641 near Onion Lake, SK |provinces=Alberta, Saskatchewan |rural_municipalities = Vermilion River County, Wainwright No. 61 M.D. |cities = Lloydminster |established = |system1={{infobox road/browselinks/CAN|province=AB}} |system2={{infobox road/browselinks/CAN|province=SK}} |browse={{AB browse|previous_type=Hwy|previous_route =16A|next_type=Hwy|route=22px|link=|next_route=18}}{{SK browse|previous_type=Hwy|previous_route=16B|route=22px|link=|next_type=Hwy|next_route=18}} }}

'''Highway 17''' is a highway in Canada that straddles and criss-crosses the Alberta–Saskatchewan provincial border. The portion from the provincial border at Dillberry Lake Provincial Park to the provincial border {{convert|800|m}} north of the North Saskatchewan River is designated as Alberta Provincial Highway No. 17 by Alberta Transportation, commonly referred to as Highway 17.

Highway 17 is considered a part of both provincial highway systems. The entire length of the highway is maintained jointly by the respective provincial governments.{{citation needed|date=June 2011}}

== Route description == [[File:Lloydminster City Hall.jpg|thumb|left|Alberta-Saskatchewan border markers and city hall along Highway 17 (50 Avenue) in Lloydminster ]] In the south, Highway 17 begins in Saskatchewan at Saskatchewan Highway 14 near Macklin, {{cvt|3.6|km}} east of Alberta. Saskatchewan Highway 14 is the continuation of Alberta Highway 13.<ref name="map">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@52.9169764,-110.3247484,8.21z|title=Highway 17 in Alberta and Saskatchewan|access-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref>

The highway first enters Alberta before reaching Dillberry Lake Provincial Park.<ref name=progress>{{Cite web|url=http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2016_PROVINCIAL_HWY_1-216_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112123232/http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2016_PROVINCIAL_HWY_1-216_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf |archive-date=November 12, 2016 |access-date=2016-11-12 |date=March 2016 |title=2016 Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart |publisher=Alberta Transportation |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="map"/> A short distance later, it intersects with Alberta Highway 610 and Saskatchewan Highway 680 before reaching Alberta Highway 14, which becomes Saskatchewan Highway 40. For {{cvt|2.5|km}}, Highway 17 runs east concurrently with Alberta Highway 14. The concurrency ends {{cvt|0.8|km}} shy of the provincial border.<ref name="map"/>

From Alberta Highway 14 to Lloydminster, Highway 17 crosses the Battle River, passes by the Hamlet of Rivercourse, intersects Saskatchewan Highway 688, and intersects Alberta Highway 619. Its alignment runs concurrently with the provincial border from north of Saskatchewan Highway 688 to north of Saskatchewan Highway 798, crossing the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) within Lloydminster.<ref name=map/>

North of Saskatchewan Highway 798, prior to its intersection with Alberta Highway 45 and Saskatchewan Highway 3, Highway 17 briefly weaves into Saskatchewan and then Alberta before returning to the provincial boundary alignment. Further to the north, prior to crossing the North Saskatchewan River, it weaves back and forth between the two provinces again.<ref name=map/> After crossing the river, the highway again returns to the provincial boundary alignment and then ends at Onion Lake where it intersects with Alberta Highway 641.<ref>''Alberta Official Road Map'' (Map) (2015 ed.). Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation. § I–8, J–8, and K–8.</ref><ref>''Saskatchewan Official Road Map'' (Map) (2015/2016 ed.). Saskatchewan Government. § A–4 and A–5.</ref>

In Lloydminster, Highway 17 runs along the Alberta–Saskatchewan border. It is named 50 Avenue and is historically called Meridian Avenue. Despite Lloydminster's size and 50 Avenue functioning as one of the primary north–south routes in the city, the highway is an undivided two-lane road for most of its course through the city.<ref name=map/>

==History== Highway 17 was originally part of Saskatchewan Highway 21, which ran parallel to the Alberta border between Onion Lake and the South Saskatchewan River west of Empress, Alberta, then turning east to Leader, Saskatchewan, and following its present alignment to Saskatchewan Highway 13 near Robsart.<ref name=1926_map>{{cite map|author=Province of Saskatchewan|title=Highway Map|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canmaps/1926/sask-highway-map.html|publisher=Department of Highways|date=1926}}</ref> In the 1930s, the section north of Empress was renumbered to Saskatchewan Highway 17;<ref name=1940_map>{{cite map|title=Road map of Western and Central Canada|url=http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~281161~5515481:Road-map-of-Western-and-Central-Can?sort=pub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_date%2Cpub_date|author=Rand McNally|date=1940|publisher=Rand McNally and Company}}</ref> however, the section south of Macklin was decommissioned in the 1940s.<ref name=1951_map>{{cite map|author = The H.M. Gousha Company|publisher = The Shell Oil Company|year = 1951|title = Shell Highway Map of Western United States|url = http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~212014~5500182:Shell-Highway-Map-of-Western-United?qvq=w4s:/who%2FShell%2BOil%2BCompany%2Fwhen%2F1951%2F;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=0&trs=16|map=Saskatchewan & Manitoba}}</ref>

The original alignment of Alberta Highway 17 ran from Highway 16 west of Edmonton to Onoway,<ref name=1940_map/> but was renumbered to Alberta Highway 43 so the Alberta designation could coincide with Saskatchewan Highway 17.<ref name=1942ABRoadMap>{{Cite map | publisher=Department of Public Works | title=Province of Alberta Official Road Map | edition=1942}}</ref><ref name=1946ABRoadMap>{{Cite map | publisher=Department of Public Works | title=Province of Alberta Official Road Map | edition=1946}}</ref>

==Future== {{Section update|date=February 2025}} In 2011, the city of Lloydminster commenced a project to add lanes to Highway 17. Under the project, 50 Avenue will be widened in the southern part of the city. Through downtown, where widening is not feasible, the northbound lanes of Highway 17 will run along 49 Avenue within Saskatchewan, resulting in a couplet or one-way pair of streets.<ref name=NSCor>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lloydminster.ca/en/your-city-hall/engineering.aspx|title=North-South Corridor Project|website=City of Lloydminster|access-date=2019-07-16 | df=mdy-all}}</ref> {{Clear}}

== Major intersections == {{Jcttop|state_col=Province|unit=km|county_col=Rural Municipality|length_ref=<ref name="map"/>}} {{Jctint |state=SK |sspan=2 |county_special=Eye Hill No. 382 |location=Macklin |km=0.0 |road={{jct|state=SK|SK|14|city1=Unity|city2=Saskatoon|location3=Provost|location4=Camrose}} |notes=Signed as 22px|alt=|link= SK 17; AB 13 begins {{convert|3.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the west {{coord|52.347170|N|109.960104|W|name=17 km 0|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |km=16.2 |county_special=Senlac No. 411 |location=none |road=Township Road 410 – Senlac |notes={{coord|52.492855|N|109.959187|W|name=17 km 16|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |km=25.2 |state_special=↑ / ↓ |sspan=1 |county_special=↑ / ↓ |type=trans |location=none |road=Alberta – Saskatchewan border |notes=Cosigned as 22px|alt=|link=22px|alt=|link= AB 17 / SK 17 {{coord|52.568480|N|110.004989|W|name=17 km 25|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |state=AB |sspan=7 |county_special=M.D. of Wainwright No. 61 |cspan=4 |location=none |km=27.0 |road=Passes Dillberry Lake Provincial Park |notes={{coord|52.579096|N|110.024356|W|name=17 km 27|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |location=Butze |km=40.8 |road={{jct|state=AB|Hwy|610|dir1=west|city1=Chauvin|city2=Edgerton}} {{jct|state=SK|road|Township Road 432|Mun|680|to2=yes|dir1=east|location1=Suffern Lake Regional Park}} |notes=SK Hwy 680 begins {{convert|3.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the east {{coord|52.696694|N|110.053234|W|name=17 km 41|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |location=none |type=concur |km=57.0 |road={{jct|state=AB|Hwy|14|name1=Poundmaker Trail|dir1=west|city1=Wainwright|city2=Edmonton}} |notes=Hwy 17 branches east; south end of AB 14 concurrency {{coord|52.842132|N|110.053327|W|name=17 km 57|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |location=none |type=concur |km=59.4 |road={{jct|state=SK|AB|14|SK|40|to2=yes|name1=Poundmaker Trail|dir1=east|city1=Cut Knife|city2=The Battlefords}} |notes=Hwy 17 branches north; north end of AB 14 concurrency SK 40 begins {{cvt|800|m}} to the east {{coord|52.841669|N|110.017930|W|name=17 km 59|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |km=61.2 |county_special=↑ / ↓ |location=none |road=Crosses the Battle River |notes={{coord|52.856817|N|110.019003|W|name=17 km 61|format=dec}} }} {{ABint |county_special=Vermilion River County |cspan=2 |location=Rivercourse |km=79.1 |road=Township Road 470 – Paradise Valley |notes={{coord|53.016172|N|110.029431|W|name=17 km 79|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |location=none |km=82.9 |road={{jct|state=SK|Mun|688|dir1=east|city1=Lone Rock}} |notes={{coord|53.045953|N|110.008781|W|name=17 km 82|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |state_special=↑ / ↓ |sspan=1 |km=83.2 |county_special=↑ / ↓ |location=none |road=Alberta – Saskatchewan border |notes={{coord|53.048741|N|110.006469|W|name=17 km 83|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |km=95.8 |state_special=Saskatchewan |sspan=6 |county_special=Wilton No. 472 |cspan=1 |location=none |road={{jct|state=AB|Hwy|619|dir1=west|city1=Viking}} |notes={{coord|53.161632|N|110.005301|W|name=17 km 96|format=dec}} }} {{SKint |indep_city=Lloydminster |lspan=3 |km=106.7 |road=25 Street |notes=Functions as Hwy 17 bypass {{coord|53.259597|N|110.005404|W|name=17 km 107|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |km=108.8 |road={{Jctname|state=SK|YH|16|name1=Ray Nelson Drive|location1=Edmonton|city2=The Battlefords|city3=Saskatoon|nolink1=yes}} |notes=AB 16 west / SK 16 east {{coord|53.2780888|N|110.005441|W|name=17 km 109|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |km=112.0 |road=67 Street |notes=Functions as Hwy 17 bypass {{coord|53.307165|N|110.005423|W|name=17 km 112|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |km=115.3 |county_special=Britannia No. 502 |cspan=2 |location=none |lspan=2 |road={{jct|state=SK|Mun|774|dir1=east}} |notes={{coord|53.336199|N|110.004879|W|name=17 km 115|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |km=125.0 |road={{jct|state=SK|Mun|798|dir1=east}} |notes={{coord|53.424479|N|110.004867|W|name=17 km 125|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |km=129.0 |state_special=↑ / ↓ |sspan=1 |county_special=↑ / ↓ |location=none |road=Alberta – Saskatchewan border |notes={{coord|53.458747|N|110.005575|W|name=17 km 129|format=dec}} }} {{Jctco |state_special=Alberta |sspan=1 |county_special=Vermilion River County }} {{Jctint |km=132.3 |state_special=↑ / ↓ |sspan=1 |county_special=↑ / ↓ |location=none |road=Alberta – Saskatchewan border |notes={{coord|53.487562|N|110.005828|W|name=17 km 132|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |state_special=Saskatchewan |sspan=1 |county_special=Britannia No. 502 |km=135.0 |location=none |road={{jct|state=SK|AB|45|SK|3|dir1=west|dir2=east|location1=Marwayne|city2=Prince Albert}} |notes={{coord|53.511713|N|110.005403|W|name=17 km 135|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |km=142.8 |state_special=↑ / ↓ |sspan=1 |county_special=↑ / ↓ |location=none |road=Alberta – Saskatchewan border |notes={{coord|53.580185|N|110.005644|W|name=17 km 143|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |state_special=Alberta |sspan=1 |county_special=Vermilion River County |location=none |km=145.9 |road=Crosses the North Saskatchewan River |notes={{coord|53.603661|N|110.010952|W|name=17 km 147|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |km=146.6 |state_special=↑ / ↓ |sspan=1 |county_special=↑ / ↓ |location=none |road=Alberta – Saskatchewan border |notes={{coord|53.609537|N|110.005723|W|name=17 km 147|format=dec}} }} {{Jctint |state_special=Saskatchewan |sspan=2 |county_special=Frenchman Butte No. 501 |location=none |km=148.1 |road={{jct|state=SK|Mun|797|dir1=east|city1=Frenchman Butte}} |notes={{coord|53.623020|N|110.005026|W|name=17 km 148|format=dec}} }} {{SKint |county_special=Makaoo I.R. 120 Seekaskootch I.R. 119 |location=Onion Lake |km=158.7 |road={{jct|state=AB|Hwy|641|dir1=west|city1=Tulliby Lake}} |notes={{coord|53.717493|N|110.005746|W|name=17 km 159|format=dec}} }} {{Jctbtm|exit|keys=concur,trans}} {{geoGroup}}

== See also == {{Portal|Roads|Canada}} *Route 54 (Delaware–Maryland), a highway that similarly straddles a state line border in the United States *State Line Avenue in Texarkana, Texas and Arkansas {{Clear}} == References == {{Reflist}}

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