Highway in California This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Route 17 CS&HC Sec. 317 Length: 27 mi (43 km) Major cities/towns: San Jose, CA Los Gatos, CA Scotts Valley, CA Santa Cruz, CA Direction: North-South JUNCTION POSTMILE I-880 SCL 13.94 I-280 SCL 13.94 SR-85 SCL 9.50 SR-9 SCL 7.07 SR-35 SCL 0.35 SR-9 SCR 0.00 SR-1 SCR 0.00 Legend   deleted (no longer in system)   unconstructed   closed   crossing with no access   begin/end concurrency, bold route is carried through   a bold route on white background indicates termini. Prev Next < Route 16 Route 18 > California State Highways Current - Unconstructed - Deleted - Scenic

Highway 17, legislatively deemed California State Route 17, is a freeway and expressway that runs between San Jose, California and Santa Cruz, California, USA. Much of its length goes through the Santa Cruz Mountains, where the four-lane expressway twists and turns from the Santa Clara Valley up to a summit at 1,800 feet (545m) and then back to sea level in Santa Cruz. A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: http://www. ... Downtown Los Gatos, looking down Santa Cruz Avenue towards Los Gatos-Saratoga Road. ... Scotts Valley is a city located in Santa Cruz County, California. ... Location of Santa Cruz, California Downtown Santa Cruz, California Santa Cruz is the county seat of Santa Cruz County, California, United States. ... Interstate 880 is a regional bypass interstate highway in the Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Location of Santa Clara County within California. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE US-101 SCL 0. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE US-101 SCL 0. ... California State Route 85 This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... JUNCTION MILE POST SR-17   SR-35   SR-1   Legend < Route 4 Route 12 > The California State Highways SR-9 California State Highway 9 is mainly a rural and mountainous route that travels 35 mi. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE SR-17 ?? SR-9 ?? SR-92 ?? I-280 ?? SR-1 Legend Prev Next < Route 33 Route 36 > California State Highways Current - Unconstructed - Deleted - Scenic California State Route 35, generally known as Skyline Boulevard, is a 2-lane road running along the western ridge of Silicon Valley in California. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... JUNCTION MILE POST SR-17   SR-35   SR-1   Legend < Route 4 Route 12 > The California State Highways SR-9 California State Highway 9 is mainly a rural and mountainous route that travels 35 mi. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Location in the state of California Formed 1850 Seat Santa Cruz Area  - Total  - Water 1,573 km² (607 mi²) 419 km² (162 mi²) 26. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE I-5 ORA 0. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... A multiplex or concurrency on a road network occurs where a single physical road carries two or more different highway, motorway or other road numbers. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... JUNCTION MILE POST SR-20 COL 0. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE (signed ) SR-210 SBD T06. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Example signage of the Califonia State Route System. ... For a list of currently routed California State Routes, please see List of California State Routes. ... Below contains a list and summary of the deleted California State Routes (i. ... The following highways are designated, in whole or part, by the State of California as California State Scenic Highways: California State Highway 1 California State Highway 2 - From 2. ... High-capacity freeway interchange in Los Angeles, California. ... An expressway is a divided highway, usually 4 lanes or wider in size, where direct access to adjacent properties has been eliminated. ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: http://www. ... Location of Santa Cruz, California Downtown Santa Cruz, California Santa Cruz is the county seat of Santa Cruz County, California, United States. ... The Santa Cruz Mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are a mountain range in central California. ... The Santa Clara Valley is a valley just south of the San Francisco Bay in northern California in the United States. ...

From Los Gatos to the northern terminus in San Jose, Highway 17 is a freeway with as many as eight lanes at some points. The southern portion from Scotts Valley to Santa Cruz is a four-lane freeway. Downtown Los Gatos, looking down Santa Cruz Avenue towards Los Gatos-Saratoga Road. ... Scotts Valley is a city located in Santa Cruz County, California. ...

Highway 17 carries substantial commuter and vacation traffic between San Jose and Santa Cruz. Its combination of narrow shoulders, dense and high-speed traffic (despite a lower speed limit of 50 mph (80 km/h) in most sections), sharp turns, and sudden changes in traffic speeds makes it one of the most dangerous highways in California. The cost of improving the treacherous expressway segment to modern freeway standards has been estimated to be at least $200 million. State nickname: The Golden State Official languages English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 4. ... High-capacity freeway interchange in Los Angeles, California. ...

History

Looking downhill from the Summit Road overpass; brake lights can be seen as cars slow down in anticipation of the tight curves ahead.

Until the mid-1980s, Highway 17 extended from its current southern terminus at California State Route 1 in Santa Cruz through Oakland and across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to San Rafael. The roadway still exists (apart from the mile-long Cypress section in Oakland, destroyed in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake) but parts have been redesignated. The section between Interstate 80 and US 101 in San Rafael was renumbered as an extension of Interstate 580. Prior to the redesignation, this part of 17 followed Richmond streets, including an expressway called Hoffman Boulevard, to the bridge; a freeway built to Interstate standards was completed in 1990 after the corridor became 580's northwestern leg. Additionally, Highway 17 between Interstate 280 in San Jose and the freeway's new northern terminus in Oakland was re-designated as Interstate 880 later that year. Before the Freeway was built in Milpitas, Fremont, Hayward,and Oakland 17 Followed Old Oakland Roadup up through Warm Springs onto Fremont Blvd (in Irvington). From Fremont Blvd would then take a routing onto possibly Hesparian Blvd in Hayward joining with E 14th Street into Oakland in which 17 would follow U.S 40 (Now Interstate 80) San Pablo Avenue up to it's split in Albany. Route 17 then followed what is now Interstate 580 over the San Rafael Bridge (Before the late 50's it was a ferry crossing) Terminating at U.S 101 in San Rafael. Photo of curves on California Highway 17, taken March 2004 by User:Stan Shebs. ... Photo of curves on California Highway 17, taken March 2004 by User:Stan Shebs. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE I-5 ORA 0. ... View of downtown Oakland looking west across Lake Merritt. ... The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge is the northernmost of the east-west crossings of the San Francisco Bay, connecting Richmond on the east to San Rafael on the west end. ... San Rafael (pronounced san ruh-FELL in English; original Spanish pronunciation is sahn rah-fai-EL) is the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. ... The Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on October 17, 1989 in the greater San Francisco Bay Area in California at 5:04 pm local time and measured 7. ... INTERSTATE JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # US-101 CA 1 I-5 CA 86 I-15 UT 120 UT 124 I-84 UT 168 I-25 WY 359 I-76 NE 102 I-29 IA 1A IA 4 I-35 IA 123 IA 137 I-74 IA 298 I-88 IL 4B... U.S. Highway 101, or U.S. Route 101 (U.S. 101), is a north-south highway that is aligned along the Pacific West Coast of the United States. ... Another Interstate 580 exists in Reno, Nevada, but is signed only as US 395. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE US-101 SCL 0. ... Interstate 880 is a regional bypass interstate highway in the Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ...

Exits

Highway 17 has Cal-NExUS numbered exits on its freeway portion. The non-freeway portion has exits and turnoffs which are not numbered. The exits are listed below. As of 2005, only one exit (23) has numbered signs, which is only numbered in the northbound direction. Cal-NExUS, the California Numbered Exit Uniform System is the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)s program for numbering the exits of Californias freeways. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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State Law

Legal Definition of Route 17: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 317

Route 17 is part of the Freeway and Expressway System, as stated by section 253.2 of the California State Highway Code.

Route 17 is part of the Scenic Highway System, as stated by section 263.3 of the California State Highway Code.

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References

• CalNEXUS report for 17N and 17S
• Richard Beal: Highway 17: The Road to Santa Cruz. Aptos, California: Pacific Group, 1990. ISBN 0-962-99740-4

See also

• List of California State Routes

Example signage of the Califonia State Route System. ...

External links

• hiway17.com
• WestCoastRoads - California 17
• California Highways: CA-17
• The Big Highways Page: California Route 17
• Western Exit Guide - California 17
• Cal-NExUS: Route 17 North
• Cal-NExUS: Route 17 South