Interstate 17
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| Interstate 17 Main route of the Interstate Highway System |
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| Length: | 145.76 mi[1] (234.58 km) | ||||
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| South end: |  I-10 in Phoenix, AZ |
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| North end: |  I-40 in Flagstaff, AZ |
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Interstate 17 (abbreviated I-17) is an intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of Arizona, United States. It goes from Phoenix, Arizona at Interstate 10 to Flagstaff, Arizona at Interstate 40. The southern part of the highway was built along State Route 69, while the northern part was built along State Route 79. Interstate 17 is one of the more scenic interstate highways as it gains more than a mile in altitude between Phoenix (1,117 feet) and Flagstaff (7,000 feet). The highway has several scenic view exits along its route that overlook the mountains and valleys of the northern part of the state.
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[edit] Major cities along the route
Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.
[edit] Intersections with other interstates
[edit] Exit list
| County | Location | # Mile |
Destinations | Notes |
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| Maricopa | Phoenix | 194 |  Interstate 10/US 60 East ("Split Interchange") |
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| 195A | 16th Street (southbound only) | |||
| 195B | 7th Street/Central Avenue (northbound) | |||
| 196 | 7th Avenue/Central Avenue (southbound) | |||
| 197 | 19th Avenue/Durango Street | |||
| 198 | Buckeye Road | |||
| 199A | Grant Street | |||
| 199B | Adams Street (northbound)/Jefferson Street (southbound) | |||
| 200A-B | Interstate 10 ("Stack Interchange") |
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| 200C | McDowell Road | |||
| 201 | Grand Avenue (US 60 West)/Thomas Road |
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| 202 | Indian School Road | |||
| 203 | Camelback Road | |||
| 204 | Bethany Home Road | |||
| 205 | Glendale Avenue | |||
| 206 | Northern Avenue | |||
| 207 | Dunlap Avenue | |||
| 208 | Peoria Avenue | |||
| 209 | Cactus Road | |||
| 210 | Thunderbird Road | |||
| 211 | Greenway Road | |||
| 212 | Bell Road | |||
| 214 | Union Hills Drive/Yorkshire Drive | |||
| 215 |  Agua Fria Freeway (State Route 101) |
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| 217A | Rose Garden Lane | |||
| 217B | Deer Valley Road | |||
| 217C | Pinnacle Peak Road | |||
| 218 | Happy Valley Road | |||
| 223 |  Carefree Highway (State Route 74) |
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| 225 | Pioneer Road | |||
| 227 | Daisy Mountain Road | |||
| 229 | Anthem Way | |||
| 233 | New River Road | |||
| 236 | Table Mesa Road | |||
| Yavapai | 242 |  I-17 Business/Rock Springs Road |
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| 244 | I-17 Business/Coldwater Canyon Road |
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| 248 | Bumble Bee Road/Crown King Road | |||
| 252 | Sunset Point Rest Area | |||
| 256 | Badger Springs Road | |||
| 259 | Bloody Basin Road/Crown King Road | |||
| 262 |  State Route 69/Cordes Lakes Road |
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| 268 | Orme Road/Dugas Road | |||
| 278 |  State Route 169/Cherry Road |
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| Camp Verde | 285 | General Crook Trail | ||
| 287 |   Finley Flats Road (State Route 260/279) |
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| 289 | Montezuma Castle Highway/Middle Verde Road | |||
| 293 | Beaver Creek Road/Cornville Road | |||
| 298 |  State Route 179 |
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| 306 | Stoneman Lake Road | |||
| Coconino | 315 | Rocky Park Road | ||
| 317 | Fox Ranch Road | |||
| 320 | Schnebly Hill Road | |||
| 322 | Pinewood Boulevard/Mormon Lake Road | |||
| 324 | Christensen Rest Area/Service Road | |||
| 326 | Willard Springs Road | |||
| 328 | Newman Park Road | |||
| 331 | Kelly Canyon Road | |||
| 333 | Kachina Boulevard/Mountainaire Road | |||
| Flagstaff | 337 |  State Route 89A/John Wesley Powell Boulevard |
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| 339 | Lake Mary Road (northbound only) | |||
| 340 | Interstate 40 |
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| 341 | McConnell Drive (northbound only) |
[edit] Freeway Designations
I-17 is called the Black Canyon Freeway leading from the north end of Phoenix Metro to Downtown Phoenix. At the curve southwest of Downtown between the 19th Avenue and Buckeye Road interchanges it picks up the designation Maricopa Freeway all the way to the southern terminus with I-10 which picks up that designation the rest of the way.
[edit] Notes
- I-17 has the unusual distinction of starting at approximately milepost 194 instead of at milepost zero. This is a holdover from Arizona's old system of marking mileposts, where a branching route would continue the milepost numbering instead of starting over at zero. I-17 inherited its milepost locations from AZ 69, which I-17 replaced between Phoenix and Cordes Junction. AZ 69's mileposting was such that it coincided with US 89's mileposting (201.6) where the two routes intersected. When I-17 was constructed, the existing mileposting for AZ 69 was retained.
- I-17 is referenced in Batman Begins during the chase scene with the Batmobile, despite the fact that Gotham City is obviously not in Arizona.
[edit] References
- ^ Route Log - Main Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 1
[edit] External links
- I-17 at ArizonaRoads.com
- Western Exit Guide - Interstate 17 Arizona
- Interstate 17 at Larry's Phat Page
| Main Interstate Highways (multiples of 5 in pink) |  |
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| 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 30 |
| 35 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 49 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 66 (W) | 68 | |
| 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 (W) | 76 (E) | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | ||
| 83 | 84 (W) | 84 (E) | 85 | 86 (W) | 86 (E) | 87 | 88 (W) | 88 (E) | 89 | 90 | ||||||
| 91 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 99 | (238) | H-1 | H-2 | H-3 | ||||||
| Unsigned | A-1 | A-2 | A-3 | A-4 | PRI-1 | PRI-2 | PRI-3 | |||||||||
| Lists | Main - Auxiliary - Suffixed - Business - Proposed - Unsigned Gaps - Intrastate - Interstate standards - Replaced |
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