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{{Short description|Former highway in Kansas}}
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{{Infobox road
|state=KS
|type=KS
|route=17
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=320|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/K-17 (Kansas highway)}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=K-17 highlighted in red
|established=1932<ref name=1932map/>
|decommissioned=2012<ref name=2013-14map/>
|history=Redesignated as [[K-14 (Kansas highway)|K-14]]
|length_mi=21.138
|length_round=3
|length_ref=<ref name=PMIS>{{cite web|url = http://www.ksdot.org/matreslab/pmis/cgi-bin/cnty-nos.cgi|title = 2012 Condition Survey Report|publisher = [[Kansas Department of Transportation]]|access-date = January 15, 2013}}</ref>
|counties=[[Kingman County, Kansas|Kingman]], [[Reno County, Kansas|Reno]]
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=KS|US|54|US|400}} south of [[Waterloo, Kansas|Waterloo]]
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=KS|KS|96}} south of [[South Hutchinson, Kansas|South Hutchinson]]
|previous_type=KS
|previous_route=16
|next_type=KS
|next_route=18
}}
'''K-17''' was a {{convert|21.138|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[state highway]] in [[Kansas]] that served [[Kingman County, Kansas|Kingman]] and [[Reno County, Kansas|Reno]] counties. The route originated at an intersection with [[U.S. Route 54 in Kansas|U.S. Route 54]] (US-54) and [[U.S. Route 400 in Kansas|US-400]] south of the unincorporated community of [[Waterloo, Kansas|Waterloo]] and ended at [[K-96 (Kansas highway)|K-96]] south of [[South Hutchinson, Kansas|South Hutchinson]]. The road was maintained by the [[Kansas Department of Transportation]] (KDOT), and was a two-lane road for its entire length. The entirety of this portion of the route is now designated as a part of [[K-14 (Kansas highway)|K-14]].
The route was designated in 1932. When originally designated, K-17 ran north to an intersection with [[U.S. Route 81 in Kansas|US-81]] near [[McPherson, Kansas|McPherson]]. Between 1957 and 1962, a series of changes to the route shortened it and brought its northern terminus to an intersection with K-96 near South Hutchinson. The route was decommissioned in 2012.
==Route description==
K-17 began at a [[diamond interchange]] with [[U.S. Route 54 in Kansas|US-54]] and [[U.S. Route 400 in Kansas|US-400]] near [[Waterloo, Kansas|Waterloo]] in [[Kingman County, Kansas|Kingman County]] and ran north on a two-lane road. The route passed a cemetery just north of its southern terminus and continued north through level farmland, entering [[Reno County, Kansas|Reno County]] and passing a few miles east of the community of [[Pretty Prairie, Kansas|Pretty Prairie]], which was accessible by a county road. North of here, K-17 crossed the north fork of the [[Ninnescah River]] and curved slightly to the northwest. The route bent back to the north and continued in that direction for approximately {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} before twisting to the east and reaching its northern terminus at an intersection with [[K-96 (Kansas highway)|K-96]].<ref name=GMaps>{{google maps|url = https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=KS-17+N%2FNE+100+Ave&daddr=KS-17+N&hl=en&ll=37.974041,-97.940905&spn=0.011823,0.026157&sll=37.978371,-97.954273&sspn=0.047291,0.104628&geocode=FVTEPgIddZ0p-g%3BFRZwQwId7JQp-g&oq=South+Hutch&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=14&t=m&z=16|access-date = January 15, 2013}}</ref>
K-17 was maintained by [[Kansas Department of Transportation|KDOT]]. In 2012, KDOT calculated the route's [[average annual daily traffic]] to be about 1000 vehicles near its southern terminus, and approximately 1600 vehicles near the northern terminus.<ref name=TrafficCount>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/CountMaps/Districts/countmap2011.PDF|title = 2012 Traffic Flow Map of the Kansas State Highway System|publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation|access-date = January 15, 2013}}</ref> K-17 was not included in the [[National Highway System (United States)|National Highway System]],<ref name=NHSKansas>{{cite map|url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/kansas/ks_kansas.pdf|title = National Highway System: Kansas|publisher = [[Federal Highway Administration]]|access-date = January 15, 2013}}</ref> a system of highways important to the nation's defense, economy, and mobility.<ref>{{cite web|first1 = Stefan|last1 = Natzke|first2 = Mike|last2 = Neathery|first3 = Kevin|last3 = Adderly|url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/|work = National Highway System|title = What is the National Highway System?|publisher = Federal Highway Administration|date = September 26, 2012 |access-date = January 15, 2013}}</ref>
==History==
K-17 was commissioned by 1932.<ref name=1932map>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1932Mapside.pdf|title = Kansas State Highway System|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|edition = 1932|access-date = January 15, 2013}}</ref> Originally, the route went through Hutchinson and ended at [[U.S. Route 81 in Kansas|US-81]] south of [[McPherson, Kansas|McPherson]]. Only the portion from just south of Hutchinson to the city of [[Medora, Kansas|Medora]] was paved. The remainder of the route was gravel. Within a year, the segment from Medora to the route's northern terminus had been paved with a bituminous surface.<ref name=1932map/><ref name=1933map>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1933Mapside.pdf|title = Kansas State Highway System|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|edition = 1933|access-date = January 16, 2013}}</ref> Between 1933 and 1936, a stretch of the route in Reno County was also given a bituminous surface.<ref name=1933map/><ref name=1936map>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1936Mapside.pdf|title = Kansas State Highway System|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|date = April 1936|access-date = January 16, 2013}}</ref> In 1940, the route was extended north from its northern terminus along the route of US-81 to an intersection with [[K-4 (Kansas highway)|K-4]] in [[Saline County, Kansas|Saline County]]. By this time, all segments of the route had been paved. The majority of the route had a bituminous surface, but some segments had a hard surface.<ref name=1938JulyMap>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1938JulyMapside.pdf|title = Kansas State Highway System|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|date = July 1938|access-date = January 16, 2012}}</ref><ref name=1940map>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1940Mapside.pdf|title = Kansas State Highway System|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|edition = 1940|access-date = January 16, 2013}}</ref> Between 1941 and 1945, the whole route was paved with a hard surface.<ref name=1941map>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1941Mapside.pdf|title = Kansas State Highway System|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|edition = 1941|access-date = January 16, 2013}}</ref><ref name=1945map>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1945Mapside.pdf|title = Kansas State Highway System|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|edition = 1945|access-date = January 16, 2013}}</ref>
In 1957, the portion of K-17 from its intersection with [[K-61 (Kansas highway)|K-61]] to its northern terminus was redesignated as an extension of K-61.<ref name=1956map>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1956Mapside.pdf|title = Official 1956 Kansas State Highway Map|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|access-date = January 16, 2013}}</ref><ref name=1957-58map>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1957-58Mapside.pdf|title = Official 1957-58 Kansas Highway Map|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|access-date = January 15, 2013}}</ref> This realignment removed K-17 from McPherson and Saline counties. In 1962, K-96 was realigned through Hutchinson and replaced a portion of K-17 south of the city. This shortened K-17 yet again to its final northern terminus at an intersection with K-96.<ref name=1961map>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1961Mapside.pdf|title = Official 1961 Kansas Highway Map|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|access-date = January 16, 2013}}</ref><ref name=1962map>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1962Mapside.pdf|title = Official 1962 Kansas Highway Map|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|access-date = January 15, 2013}}</ref> In 1977, the southern terminus was upgraded to an interchange as US-54 was upgraded to a freeway in much of eastern Kingman County.<ref name=1975-76map>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1975-76Mapside.pdf|title = 1975-76 Kansas Official Highway Map|publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation|access-date = January 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name=1977map>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1977Mapside.pdf|title = 1977 Kansas Transportation Map|publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation|access-date = January 22, 2013}}</ref> In 2012, K-17 was decommissioned when KDOT realigned a number of state highways in Reno and Kingman counties. The former alignment of K-17 was re-designated as a segment of [[K-14 (Kansas highway)|K-14]].
<ref name=2013-14map>{{cite web|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/2013-14Mapside.pdf|title = Kansas Official State Transportation Map|publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation|edition = 2013-14|access-date = February 12, 2013}}</ref><ref name=2011-12map>{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/2011-12Mapside.pdf|title = Kansas Official Transportation Map|publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation|access-date = January 15, 2013}}</ref><ref name=kwch>{{cite web|url = http://articles.kwch.com/2013-02-07/k-96_36978685|title = Changes to state highways cause confusion|publisher = KWCH 12 Eyewitness News|author = Sia Nyorkor|date = February 7, 2013|access-date = February 12, 2013|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130411064037/http://articles.kwch.com/2013-02-07/k-96_36978685|archive-date = April 11, 2013}}</ref>
== Major intersections ==
{{Jcttop|state=KS|length_ref=<ref name=PMIS/>}}
{{KSint
|county=Kingman
|location=Waterloo
|mile=0.000
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US|54|US|400|city1=Kingman|city2=Wichita}}
|notes=Southern terminus}}
{{KSint
|county=Reno
|location=Hutchinson
|mile=21.138
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|96|city1=Hutchinson|city2=Wichita}}
|notes=Northern terminus}}
{{Jctbtm}}
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.route56.com/highways/highways.php?hwy=17 Kansas Highways Routelog&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;K-17]
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