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U.S. Route 17 in Georgia

U.S. Highway 17 marker

U.S. Highway 17
Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Length: 124.20 mi (199.88 km)
Existed: 1926 – present
Major junctions
South end: US 17 at the Florida state line south of Kingsland
 
North end: US 17 at the South Carolina state line in Savannah
Highway system
  • Georgia State Routes
← SR 16 SR 17 →
← US 25 SR 25 SR 26 →

State Route 25
Location: Kingsland–Port Wentworth
Length: 129.07 mi (207.72 km)

State Route 25 Alternate
Location: Savannah

State Route 25 Connector
Location: Brunswick
Length: 1.08 mi (1.74 km)

State Route 25 Connector
Location: Savannah
Length: 3.11 mi (5.01 km)

State Route 25 Spur
Location: Brunswick
Length: 7.5 mi (12.1 km)

 

State Route 25 Spur E
Location: Brunswick–St. Simons Island
Length: 4.13 mi (6.65 km)

State Route 25 Spur
Location: Woodbine
Length: 2.79 mi (4.49 km)

U.S. Highway 17 marker

U.S. Route 17 (US 17) is a 124.20-mile-long (199.88 km) U.S. Highway in the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels south-to-north near the Atlantic Ocean, serving the Brunswick and Savannah metropolitan areas on its path from Florida at the St. Marys River to South Carolina at the Savannah River. Except for part of the highway in Savannah, which is concurrent with Interstate 16 (I-16; internally designated as SR 404) and SR 404 Spur to the Talmadge Memorial Bridge to Hutchinson Island, US 17 is concurrent with State Route 25. SR 25 uses an older western alignment of US 17 into South Carolina.

All of US 17 in Georgia that does not have a local street name is known as Ocean Highway (alternatively spelled "Ocean Hiway"), which was the name of an auto trail established in 1935 connecting Jacksonville, Florida with New York, New York. The Georgia General Assembly made the Ocean Hiway designation official in a 1958 resolution that recognized the concerted advertising effort of the Ocean Hiway Association, its impact on tourism, and the signage of the highway in the coastal states to the north. US 17 travels concurrently with SR 25 for almost its entire length in the state. The highways split at the I-16/I-516 interchange in Savannah; US 17 follows I-16 and its unsigned companion SR 404 and then signed SR 404 Spur to the South Carolina state line at the Savannah River, while SR 25 heads northwest along the old route of US 17 to Port Wentworth to cross the river upstream from the city. US 17 is a part of the National Highway System from I-95 west of Brunswick to SR 25 Spur in Brunswick, and from a point about halfway between Midway and Richmond Hill to the South Carolina state line.


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