State Route 17 (SR 17) is a 293-mile-long (472 km) state highway that runs south-to-north through portions of Chatham, Effingham, Screven, Jenkins, Burke, Jefferson, Warren, McDuffie, Wilkes, Elbert, Hart, Franklin, Stephens, Habersham, White, and Towns counties in the east-central and northeastern parts of the U.S. state of Georgia. The route connects Interstate 16 south of Bloomingdale to the North Carolina state line, northwest of Hiawassee, via Thomson and Washington.