State Highway 53 (SH 53) is a Texas state highway that runs from Temple to Rosebud.
 State Highway 53 | ||||
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| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 26.837 mi[1] (43.190 km) | |||
| Existed | by 1933–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   SH 36 / Loop 363 in Temple | |||
 I-35 in Temple | ||||
| East end |  US 77 near Rosebud | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
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History
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SH 53 was designated on August 21, 1923 as a route from Dickens to Brownfield, replacing a portion of SH 18.[2] This route was cancelled on March 19, 1930 when SH 24 extended west, replacing the route from Dickens to Lubbock, while the rest of the route was renumbered as part of SH 137.
SH 53 was designated again on March 19, 1930 replacing SH 108A from Lampasas to Temple. On May 20, 1930, the road was corrected to continue east to Rosebud.[3] It was shortened to its current route on September 26, 1939, when the stretch from Lampasas to Temple was transferred to U.S. Route 190 (which this section was cosigned with since 1935). On January 24, 1978, SH 53 was rerouted over part of SH 36 to SH 36.
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Bell | Temple | SH 36 (Airport Road) / Loop 363 (H. K. Dodgen Loop) – Gatesville, Cameron | Interchange | ||
| I-35 (General Bruce Drive) – Waco, Austin | I-35 exit 301 | ||||
  FM 1741 south (31st Street) | |||||
 Spur 290 (3rd Street) | |||||
| Loop 363 (H. K. Dodgen Loop) | Interchange | ||||
| |   FM 3117 west | ||||
| Seaton |  FM 2086 west | ||||
| Zabcikville |  FM 437 south – Rogers | ||||
| |   FM 485 east – Hearne | ||||
| |   SH 320 north – Lott | ||||
| Falls | Barclay |  FM 1772 south | |||
| |  FM 1963 south – Burlington | ||||
| | US 77 – Waco, Cameron | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 53". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. August 21, 1923. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. May 19, 1930. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 26, 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
External links
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Media related to Texas State Highway 53 at Wikimedia Commons