State Highway 17, abbreviated as SH-17 or OK-17, is an east–west highway in Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

. It is a relatively short highway, extending for only 20.9 miles (33.6 km) from US-277 to Business US-81 in Rush Springs

Rush Springs, Oklahoma

Rush Springs is a town in Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,278 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rush Springs is located at ....

. It has no lettered spur routes.

Route description

SH-17 begins at U.S. Highway 277 in Elgin, Oklahoma

Elgin, Oklahoma

Elgin is a city in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,156 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Lawton, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Elgin is located at ....

. Heading southeast from there, it intersects State Highway 65 in Sterling

Sterling, Oklahoma

Sterling is a town in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 793 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lawton Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Sterling is located at ....

. It then runs for 13 more miles (20.9 km) to US-81 before ending at US-81's Rush Springs business loop.

History

The present-day State Highway 17 was commissioned between May 1936 and April 1937. Originally, the all-dirt highway began in Sterling and ran to Rush Springs; the Sterling–Elgin portion of the highway was at that time part of SH-65. However, at some point between April 1937 and April 1938, SH-65 was truncated to the south, and SH-17 was extended west to Elgin along the former route of SH-65. No further changes have been made to SH-17's route since.

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