It travels north through Buxton and Hollis, running concurrently with U.S. Route 202 (US 202) and SR 4 for 2 miles (3.2 km).

It turns off and continues through the towns of Hollis, Limington, and Waterboro.

SR 117 continues on into Bridgton where it eventually intersects US 302.

It then runs concurrently with SR 26 for 1 mile (1.6 km) into Paris.

From there, it continues into Buckfield and then Turner, where it reaches it northern terminus at SR 219.