A steering apparatus comprising: an outer column being provided with a guide groove portion extended in a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle; an inner column being provided with a stopper guided by said guide groove portion and fitted in the outer column to be movable in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle; a steering shaft supported rotatably in said outer column and said inner column, on which a steering wheel is to be attached; and an adjustable range of a telescopic position of the steering wheel being restricted by the stopper being in contact with a portion, at a rear side end of the vehicle, of said guide groove portion, wherein said stopper comprises a stopper body made of a metal or a resin and a fastening and connecting means for fixing said stopper body to said inner column, wherein said stopper body and said inner column are formed, respectively, with through-holes (331c, 11a) communicated with each other, through which said fastening and connecting means is inserted, wherein said stopper body is provided with a fitting portion that is fitted in a fitting hole formed through in said inner column, characterized in that: said stopper further comprises an electric conductive member for securing an electrifying path for performing a body earth, wherein said electric conductive member is formed with a through-hole communicated with said through-hole of said stopper body and said through-hole of said inner column, through which said fastening and connecting means is inserted, wherein a cover member made of a resin is provided to be attached to a portion, at the rear end of the vehicle, of said stopper body, wherein said stopper body is formed with a hole portion for attaching said cover member, wherein said electric conductive member is further formed with a through-hole for said cover member, that is communicated with said hole portion of said stopper body, and wherein said cover member is provided with a projected portion that is fitted in said through-hole for the cover member of said electric conductive member and said hole portion of said stopper body, said cover member includes a horizontal portion that pinches said electric conductive member with the stopper body, a latch portion that is to be latched to said stopper body and a vertical portion extended over the side surface of said stopper body. an outer column being provided with a guide groove portion extended in a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle; an inner column being provided with a stopper guided by said guide groove portion and fitted in the outer column to be movable in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle; a steering shaft supported rotatably in said outer column and said inner column, on which a steering wheel is to be attached; and an adjustable range of a telescopic position of the steering wheel being restricted by the stopper being in contact with a portion, at a rear side end of the vehicle, of said guide groove portion, wherein said stopper comprises a stopper body made of a metal or a resin and a fastening and connecting means for fixing said stopper body to said inner column, wherein said stopper body and said inner column are formed, respectively, with through-holes (331c, 11a) communicated with each other, through which said fastening and connecting means is inserted, wherein said stopper body is provided with a fitting portion that is fitted in a fitting hole formed through in said inner column, said stopper further comprises an electric conductive member for securing an electrifying path for performing a body earth, wherein said electric conductive member is formed with a through-hole communicated with said through-hole of said stopper body and said through-hole of said inner column, through which said fastening and connecting means is inserted, wherein a cover member made of a resin is provided to be attached to a portion, at the rear end of the vehicle, of said stopper body, wherein said stopper body is formed with a hole portion for attaching said cover member, wherein said electric conductive member is further formed with a through-hole for said cover member, that is communicated with said hole portion of said stopper body, and wherein said cover member is provided with a projected portion that is fitted in said through-hole for the cover member of said electric conductive member and said hole portion of said stopper body, said cover member includes a horizontal portion that pinches said electric conductive member with the stopper body, a latch portion that is to be latched to said stopper body and a vertical portion extended over the side surface of said stopper body.