| State: | UT |
| Type: | SR |
| Route: | 17 |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Map Notes: | SR-17 highlighted in red |
| Section: | 107 |
| Length Mi: | 6.060 |
| Length Round: | 3 |
| Established: | 1969 |
| Direction A: | South |
| Terminus A: | in La Verkin |
| Direction B: | North |
| Terminus B: | at Anderson Junction |
| Previous Type: | SR |
| Previous Route: | 16 |
| Next Type: | SR |
| Next Route: | 18 |
State Route 17 (SR-17) is a state highway in southern Utah, running for 6.06miles in Washington County from La Verkin to Anderson Junction near Toquerville. It serves as a shortcut from I-15 to Zion National Park.
The route begins at the junction of State Street and 500 North in the center of La Verkin and heads north on the latter, a two-lane undivided highway. After exiting La Verkin, the road turns northwest. South of Toquerville, the route curves between a north-northeast and north-northwest direction before steadying to a north-northeast direction. The route turns north-northwest and enters Toquerville as Toquer Boulevard. Exiting the town, the highway turns to the southwest briefly before turning north-northwest. The route turns west-northwest one final time before reverting to its original direction and terminating at exit 27 on I-15 at Anderson Junction, a diamond interchange.[1]
Until 1969, SR-17 and SR-9 (then SR-15) were swapped, with SR-15 following current SR-17 and SR-17 connecting US-91 at Harrisburg Junction with SR-15 at La Verkin Junction. The present SR-17 was added to the state highway system in 1912 and numbered as part of SR-15 in the 1920s.[2] [3] [4]