 (330 km with section 1 included)

The N17 begins in the southern suburbs of Johannesburg, north of Rosettenville, at a t-junction with Wemmer Pan Road (Johannesburg's M11 Road), heading eastwards.It continues eastwards for ten kilometres (with two westbound-only off-ramps at the M19 and M31 Roads), passing under the N12 Highway (Johannesburg Ring Road), to form an interchange with the N3 Highway just south of Rand Airport.As part of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project, there are now two slip roads; one linking the N17 West to the N12 West and one linking the N12 East to the N17 East (previously only possible via the N3 freeway).