State Road 53 (SR 53) is a 19.170-mile-long (30.851 km) north–south state highway in the panhandle of northern Florida. Its southern terminus is an interchange with Interstate 10 (I-10; which also carries the unsigned designation of SR 8) near Lee and Madison; the northern terminus is at the Georgia state line near Cherry Lake, Florida. Part of SR 53, from Harvey Greene Drive north to SR 14, is also signed SR 14 Truck, a rare special state highway in Florida.
 State Road 53 | ||||
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 SR 53 highlighted in red and CR 53 in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 19.170 mi[1] (30.851 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   I-10 / CR 53 near Madison | |||
 US 90 in Madison | ||||
| North end |  SR 333 towards Quitman, GA | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Madison | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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SR 53 continues northward from the state line as State Route 333 (SR 333). A southbound continuation of SR 53 is County Road 53, which ultimately ends at an intersection with U.S. Route 27 (US 27; which also carries the unsigned designation of SR 20) in Buckville (northwest of Mayo). This is also the western terminus of CR 534.
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1][2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Lafayette | Buckville | 0.000 | 0.000 |   US 27 (SR 20) / CR 534 – Mayo, Perry | |
| | 2.0[3] | 3.2 |  CR 290 | former SR 348A east | |
| | 2.3[3] | 3.7 |   CR 348 west | ||
| Day | 4.5[3] | 7.2 |  CR 270 (Northwest Maine Avenue) | former SR 348B east | |
| | 5.8[3] | 9.3 |  CR 260 | former SR 348C east | |
| | 8.1[3] | 13.0 |   CR 250 east – Advent Christian Village | ||
| Madison | | 9.4[3] | 15.1 |   CR 255 north | |
| | 19.515 | 31.406 | south end of state maintenance | ||
| | 19.84 | 31.93 | I-10 (SR 8) – Tallahassee, Lake City | I-10 exit 258 | |
| | 24.817 | 39.939 |    SR 14 Truck west (Harvey Greene Drive) | south end of SR 14 Truck overlap | |
| Madison | 25.531 | 41.088 | SR 14 west (Southwest Millinor Street) | north end of SR 14 Truck overlap | |
| 26.014 | 41.865 |    US 90 east (Base Street / SR 10) / SR 145 north (Duval Street) – Live Oak, North Florida Community College | south end of US 90 / SR 10 overlap | ||
| 26.306 | 42.335 | US 90 west (Base Street / SR 10) – Tallahassee, Greenville | north end of US 90 / SR 10 overlap | ||
| | 28.091 | 45.208 |  CR 146 west (Northwest Little Cat Road) | ||
| Cherry Lake | 34.3[3] | 55.2 |  CR 150 | ||
| | 36.186 | 58.236 |  CR 253 east (Northeast Cherry Lake Circle) – Camp Cherry Lake 4-H Center | ||
| | 36.266 | 58.364 | CR 253 west | ||
| | 38.685 | 62.257 | SR 333 north (Madison Highway) – Quitman | Georgia state line | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2014
- ^ FDOT GIS data Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 2014
- ^ a b c d e f g Google Maps distance
External links
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