Illinois Route 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 to State Road 2 west of Lowell, Indiana. It is 209.40 miles (337.00 km) long.
IL 1 and IL 17 at their concurrency in Grant Park
IL 17 at junction with IL 47 in Dwight
New Boston is a city in Mercer County, Illinois, United States on the Mississippi River. The population was 613 at the 2020 census, down from 683 in 2010.
New Boston along IL 17 in April 2017