Idaho State Highway 53

State Highway 53
Route information
Maintained by ITD
Length: 14.240 mi[2] (22.917 km)
Existed: 1953[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: SR 290 at Washington state border
  SH-41 in Rathdrum
East end: US-95 near Hayden
Location
Counties: Kootenai
Highway system

State Highways in Idaho

← SH-52 SH-54 →

State Highway 53 (SH-53) is a 14.240-mile (22.917 km) long state highway serving Kootenai County in the U.S. state of Idaho. SH-53 travels northeast from Washington State Route 290 at the Washington state border near Hauser to a short concurrency with SH-41 in Rathdrum. From Rathdrum, the highway continues east to end at U.S. Route 95 (US-95) north of Hayden. The Hauser to Rathdrum segment first appeared on a map in 1926, while the continuation of the route to the Hayden area appeared in 1937, completing an unnumbered state highway. SH-53 was designated in 1953 after all unnumbered state highways were assigned numbers.

Contents

Route description

SH-53 begins at the Washington state border southwest of Hauser at the eastern terminus of Washington State Route 290, which serves Spokane, Washington. Trent Road travels northeast, paralleling the Spokane International branch of the Union Pacific Railroad,[3] through farmland and several small suburban communities towards Rathdrum. The highway serves the northern area of the city, passing strip malls and businesses, to an intersection with SH-41. At the intersection, SH-53 turns southeast and begins a short concurrency with SH-41 to cross the railroad via an overpass. The highway splits from SH-41 near Lakeland High School and travels due east through a commercial district.[4] From the commercial district, the roadway travels towards farmland and sharply turns north before cutting back southeast over a BNSF Railway line.[5] After the overpass, SH-53 ends at an intersection with US-95 north of Hayden.[6]

History

SH-53 first appeared as a roadway from Hauser to Rathdrum in a 1926 map of Idaho.[7] By 1937, the road was extended east to US-95 north of Hayden and became an unnumbered state highway.[8] The highway was officially designated as SH-53 after a meeting of the Idaho Board of Highway Directors on July 25, 1953 that approved a number for all unnumbered state highways.[1][9]

Major intersections

The entire route is located in Kootenai County.

Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
0.000 SR 290 west (Trent Avenue) – Spokane Washington state border
Rathdrum 9.460 SH-41 north – Oldtown West end of SH-41 overlap
9.660 SH-41 south – Post Falls East end of SH-41 overlap
14.240 US-95 – Lewiston, Coeur D'Alene, Sandpoint
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Idaho Transportation Department (1953). "Minutes of the Idaho Board of Highway Directors and the Idaho Transportation Board" (PDF). p. 63. http://www.itd.idaho.gov/Board/minutes/51-96/1953.pdf. Retrieved December 26, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Idaho Transportation Department (December 18, 2006). "Milepost Log: State Highway 53". http://itd.idaho.gov/planning/reports/milepostlog/mplog/StateHighway53.html. Retrieved December 26, 2010. 
  3. ^ Union Pacific Railroad (PDF). UPRR Common Line Names (Map). http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/maps/attachments/upcomnam.pdf. Retrieved December 26, 2010. 
  4. ^ Lakeland High School (2010). "About Our School". http://lhsweb.lakeland272.org/about_our_school. Retrieved December 26, 2010. 
  5. ^ BNSF Railway Company (2009) (PDF). BNSF Railway Company Northwest Operating Division (Map). http://www.bnsf.com/customers/pdf/maps/div_nw.pdf. Retrieved December 26, 2010. 
  6. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – State Highway 53 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=ID-53+E%2FW+Trent+Rd&daddr=US-95+N&hl=en&geocode=FUNk2AIdvxUG-Q%3BFSGn2QIdJ_UJ-Q&mra=me&mrcr=0&mrsp=1,0&sz=18&sll=47.818853,-116.788155&sspn=0.001372,0.003449&ie=UTF8&ll=47.778915,-116.91483&spn=0.1758,0.441513&z=11. Retrieved December 26, 2010. 
  7. ^ Rand McNally and Company (1926). Junior Road Map of Idaho (Map). http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NorthernRockies/Idaho/unitedstates1926ra_070.html. Retrieved December 26, 2010. 
  8. ^ Rand McNally and Company, Texaco (1937). Texaco Road Map: Idaho, Montana, Wyoming (Map). 1:1,774,080. http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps920003-23818.html. Retrieved December 26, 2010. 
  9. ^ United States Geological Survey (1955). Spokane, 1955 (Map). 1:250,000. Cartography by United States Army Corps of Engineers. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-spokane-1955.jpg. Retrieved December 26, 2010. 

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