Route 17

New Jersey Route 17 extends 26.81 miles south from Interstate 287 near the New York State line to Route 7 / County Route 506 (Belleville Turnpike) between Kearny and North Arlington. Route 17 forms a multi state highway with NY 17 west from Suffern.

Commencing along Ridge Road, Route 17 runs north through the borough of North Arlington to Rutherford Avenue in Lyndhurst Township. Paralleling Route 3, Route 17 turns east along the Rutherford borough line to a directional cloverleaf interchange with the freeway along Route 3. Route 17 heads north through the exchange onto a six to eight lane boulevard into East Rutherford.

Following the Pascack Valley Line railroad to the west, Route 17 continues through Carlstadt, Wood-Ridge, Hasbrouck Heights to U.S. 46. With some access control, a barrier median separates the roadways along Route 17.

Entering the city of Hackensack, Route 17 separates into a couplet running along the outside of Interstate 80. The two diverge north at Lodi, with Route 17 resuming along an expressway into Maywood and Rochelle Park Township. The are no signalized intersections along the remainder of the state route north to I-287 at Mahwah Township.

North

A left exit joins Route 17 northbound with the Local lanes of Interstate 80 west beyond the Summit Avenue (CR 57) overpass in Hackensack.
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Route 17 north enters the borough of Lodi ahead of the exit for Essex Street (CR 7) and Maywood Avenue (CR 59).
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Essex Street (CR 56) runs along the Lodi brough line west to Saddle Brook Township. Maywood Avenue (CR 59) extends north from the ramps with Route 17 into the borough of Maywood.
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Route 17 reassurance marker posted north of Essex Street by the Maywood borough and Rochelle Park Township line.
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Woodland Avenue ties into Route 17 northbound beyond the Central Avenue (CR 44) underpass in Rochelle Park.
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A half diamond interchange joins Route 17 with Passaic Street (CR 62).
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Passaic Street (CR 62) runs southeast across Maywood to Hackensack and west to Paramus Road at the Garden State Parkway at the Paramus borough line.
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The overpass taking Route 17 across Passaic Street was built in 1931.
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A loop ramps joins Route 17 north with the service road along Route 4 west ahead of IKEA Drive and the entrance ramp for the Garden State Parkway south.
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Route 17 and the Garden State Parkway converge in Paramus at overlapping wye interchanges.
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Ramps join Route 17 north with the Garden State Parkway north and from the parkway north onto Route 17.
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Midland Avenue meets Route 17 at a six-ramp parclo interchange.
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A trailblazer for the Garden State Parkway references upcoming Ridgewood Avenue (CR 80) east from Route 17 in Paramus.
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Firehouse Lane links Route 17 with Ridgewood Avenue (CR 80) east as part of the cloverleaf interchange between the two routes.
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Ridgewood Avenue (CR 80) continues west from Route 17 to Broad Street in Downtown Ridgewood.
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Van Emburgh Avenue (CR 71) stems north from Route 17 between ramps to Linwood Avenue (CR 110) along the Ridgewood village line.
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The exit from Route 17 north to Paramus Road (CR 62) south and Saddle River Road (CR 75) north ties into Glen Avenue (CR 82) just to the east.
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RIRO Ramps connect Route 17 northbound with W Saddle River Road in Ridgewood.
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Discontinuous across Route 17, Racetrack Road (CR 112) leads east onto W Saddle Rover nearby. West from Route 17, Racetrack Road follows the Ho-Ho-Kus borough and Ridgewood Village line to Franklin Turnpike (CR 62).
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A RIRO joins Route 17 north with Hollywood Avenue (CR 502) in Ho-Ho-Kus.
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Route 17 reassurance marker posted north of Airmount Avenue (CR 83) in the borough of Ramsey.
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Route 17 north combines with Interstate 287 at a wye interchange just beyond Mountainside Avenue in Mahwah Township.
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A slip ramp from Route 17 north joins a distributor roadway along I-287 to Jaquar Land Rover Way east and a loop ramp onto the freeway southbound.
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Route 17 combines with Interstate 287 north to become NY 17 in the village of Hillburn. NY 17 follows I-87 (New York State Thruway) to NY 59 (Orange Turnpike).
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South

RIRO ramps join Route 17 south with adjacent Garden State Plaza Boulevard and Garden State Plaza mall.
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A parclo interchange connects Route 17 with Fairview Avenue (CR 81) in Paramus. Fairview Avenue south becomes Rochelle Avenue at the nearby Rochelle Park Township line.
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A loop ramp connects with Fairview Avenue (CR 61) north.
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Reassurance marker for Route 17 posted south of the half diamond interchange with Passaic Street (CR 62) in Rochelle Park.
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RIRO ramps with Essex Street (CR 56) precede Interstate 80 along Route 17 south at Lodi. There is no direct access to I-80 west from Route 17, instead motorists are routed to the entrance ramp from Riverview Avenue off Essex Street.
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Essex Street (CR 56) follows the Rochelle Park Township and Lodi borough line west to the Saddle River and Saddle Brook Township.
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Essex Street (CR 56) spans Route 17 along the Maywood and Lodi borough line beyond this shield assembly.
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Gregg Street stems southwest from RIRO turn lanes along Route 17 below Interstate 80.
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Route 17 southbound runs alongside the Local lanes of Interstate 80 east to Summit Avenue (CR 57) in Hackensack.
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An exit for Summit Avenue (CR 57) south departs from Route 17 south ahead of the left exit for Interstate 80 east. Summit Avenue becomes Boulevard ahead of U.S. 46 in Hasbrouck Heights .
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Interstate 80 curves east away from Route 17 in Hackensack to I-95 at Ridgefield Park Village and Teaneck Township. I-80 ends where I-95 turns east to Fort Lee and the George Washington Bridge into New York City.
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Photo Credits:

Alex Nitzman: 04/24/26, 04/26/26

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Page Updated Wednesday May 13, 2026.