The entire length of the highway is maintained jointly by the respective provincial governments.

[2] The highway first enters Alberta before reaching Dillberry Lake Provincial Park.

The concurrency ends 0.8 km (0.50 mi) shy of the provincial border.

[9][10] In 2011, the City of Lloydminster commenced a project to add lanes to Highway 17.

Through downtown, where widening is not feasible, the northbound lanes of Highway 17 will run along 49 Avenue within Saskatchewan, resulting in a couplet or one-way pair of streets.