 Route 17 is a state highway in Bergen County , New Jersey , United States , that provides a major route from the George Washington Bridge , Lincoln Tunnel and other northeast New Jersey points to the New York State Thruway at Suffern , New York . It runs 27 @.@ 20 mi ( 43 @.@ 77 km ) from Route 7 / County Route 507 in North Arlington north to the New York border along Interstate 287 in Mahwah , where New York State Route 17 continues into New York . Between Route 7 and Route 3 in Rutherford , Route 17 serves as a local road . From Route 3 north to the junction with U.S. Route 46 in Hasbrouck Heights , the road is a suburban arterial with jughandles . The portion of Route 17 , from US 46 to Interstate 287 near the state line in Mahwah , is a limited @-@ access road with all cross traffic handled by interchanges , and many driveways and side streets accessed from right @-@ in / right @-@ out ramps from the right lane . For three miles ( 5 km ) north of Route 4 , well over a hundred retail stores and several large shopping malls line the route in the borough of Paramus . The remainder of this portion of Route 17 features lighter suburban development . The northernmost portion of Route 17 in Mahwah runs concurrent with Interstate 287 to the New York border . 
