Route information | ||||
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Maintained by IDOT | ||||
Length | 209.40 mi[1] (337.00 km) | |||
Existed | November 5, 1918[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | 1st Street in New Boston | |||
US 67 in Viola US 150 in Alpha I-74 / IL 110 (CKC) in Woodhull US 34 in Bishop Hill US 34 in Galva I-39 / US 51 in Wenona I-55 in Dwight US 45 / US 52 in Kankakee I-57 in Kankakee | ||||
East end | SR 2 in Grant Park | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Illinois | |||
Counties | Mercer, Henry, Knox, Stark, Marshall, LaSalle, Livingston, Grundy, Kankakee | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Illinois Route 17 (IL 17) is a rural, arterial east–west state highway that runs east from a former ferry crossing in New Boston along the banks of the Mississippi River[3] to State Road 2 west of Lowell, Indiana. It is 209.40 miles (337.00 km) long.[1]