SR 17 travels west on the Jimmy DeLoach Parkway, briefly entering the Savannah city limits, where it crosses over I-95 at exit 106.

Afterwards, the divided highway ends, and SR 17 continues on its way through rural Stephens County before reaching the city of Toccoa.

Sometime after entering Habersham County, the highway departs northwest, with US 123 ending soon after and SR 365 heading southwest towards the cities of Gainesville and Atlanta.

At this time, an unnumbered road was built from Canon to Toccoa, on the current path of SR 17.

At this time, the previously unnumbered road north of Hiawassee was designated as SR 69, with a completed semi hard surface.

[9][10] The next month, SR 17 was extended south-southwest along US 1/SR 4 to Louisville, then southwest to Midville, and east-southeast to Millen.

[17][18] A year later, SR 69 was shifted westward to begin northwest of Hiawassee; its new path was under construction.

The entire Thomson–Washington segment, as well as a small portion northwest of Elberton, had a completed hard surface.

[19][20] Before the year ended, US 76 was designated on the segment of SR 2 from east-southeast of Hiawassee to west-northwest of the city.

[36][37] Before the year ended, a small portion of SR 75 north-northwest of Nacoochee had a completed hard surface.

[37][38] In 1942, SR 167 was extended westward to travel concurrently with US 80/SR 26 from a point west of Savannah to just west-northwest of the Chatham–Effingham county line, and then solely north-northwest to end at the Effingham–Screven county line, with the portion concurrent with US 80/SR 26, and the solo portion north-northwest to Guyton, having a completed hard surface.

The portion of SR 17 west-northwest of Millen had a sand clay or top soil surface.

[41][42] A few years later, SR 75 was extended on US 76/SR 2 northwest to Hiawassee and then solely north-northeast to the North Carolina state line.

[66][67] The at-grade intersection at Jimmy DeLoach Parkway's current southern terminus is to be converted into a full diamond interchange.

In 2017, it was planned to extend Jimmy DeLoach Parkway from its current southern terminus at US 80/SR 17/SR 26 to I-16/SR 404, partially along the path of Bloomingdale Road.

is a 7.4-mile-long (11.9 km) bypass route that exists entirely within the central part of McDuffie County.

travel to the northeast and curve to the north-northwest before intersecting SR 223 (White Oak Road).

After curving to a due-west orientation, the concurrency bends to the northwest and briefly enters town.

A few thousand feet farther to the north-northwest, they curve to the west-northwest and intersect the SR 17 mainline (Washington Road).

is a 2.7-mile-long (4.3 km) business route of SR 17 that exists entirely within the south-central part of Wilkes County.

It begins at an intersection with US 78/SR 10/SR 17 (Sam McGill Parkway) on the southeastern edge of the city limits of Washington.

US 78 Bus./SR 10 Bus./SR 17 Bus./SR 47 travel northwest into the main part of town on East Robert Toombs Avenue.

Just after passing the Robert Toombs House State Historic Site, SR 17 Bus.

is a 2.2-mile-long (3.5 km) business route that exists within portions of Hart and Franklin counties in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia.

It travels northwest, enters the city limits, and passes Rose Hill Cemetery.

The highway curves to the north and meets the northern terminus of SR 281 (Wildcat Bridge Road).

The highway slightly bends to the north-northwest and meets its northern terminus, a second intersection with the SR 17 mainline.

is a 19.4-mile-long (31.2 km) alternate route that exists within portions of Stephens and Habersham counties in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia.

It curves to the west onto Tugalo Street and intersects SR 184 (Prather Bridge Road).

Then, it leaves town, travels through Toccoa Falls, and enters the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest.