 Past the Route 3 interchange , Route 17 continues north as a six @-@ lane divided highway with a 50 mph ( 80 km / h ) speed limit and intersections featuring jughandles . It passes through residential and commercial areas of Rutherford , intersecting County Route 32 ( Meadow Road ) before crossing into East Rutherford , where it intersects County Route <unk> ( Union Avenue ) before interchanging with State Route 120 and County Route 120 ( Paterson Plank Road ) . The route runs through Carlstadt , where it crosses into Wood @-@ Ridge . Route 17 comes to an interchange with County Route 36 ( <unk> Road ) before entering Hasbrouck Heights . With the exception of a short stretch in Rutherford with a median strip , this section of Route 17 is divided by a Jersey barrier . 
