Utah State Route 53

For the former highway, see Utah State Route 53 (1931-1969).

State Route 53
Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-111
Maintained by UDOT
Length: 1.949 mi[1] (3.137 km)
Existed: 1969 – present
Major junctions
West end: I-15 / I-84 in Ogden
East end: US-89 in Ogden
Highway system

State highways in Utah
Interstate • US • State (Parks) • Scenic

← SR-52 SR-54 →

State Route 53 (SR-53) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting I-15/I-84 with US-89 via Ogden's 24th Street. SR-53 was created in 1969 as a remnant of SR-37, which was truncated to its current length at that time.

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Route description

SR-53 begins at exit 342 of I-15, and heads northeast of Pennsylvania Avenue before curving east into 24th Street. A viaduct built in about 1970[2] takes the road over the Weber River, the Union Pacific Railroad's Ogden Yard at the old Union Station, and SR-204 (Wall Avenue). Two blocks after SR-53 returns to ground level, it ends at US-89. The entire route is in the Weber Valley, which locally slopes down towards the Weber River.[3]

History

24th Street west of SR-1 (US-91, now US-89) was added to the state highway system in 1915,[4] becoming part of SR-37 in 1927[5] and SR-38 in 1931,[6] only to be given back to SR-37 in 1964 (along with former SR-39 on 24th Street east of US-89). The state legislature removed parts of SR-37 from the state highway system in 1969, renumbering the portion between I-15 and US-89 as State Route 53.[7]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Ogden, Weber County.

Mile[1] Destinations Notes
0.000 I-15 south / I-84 east – Salt Lake Interchange
1.625 Wall Avenue (SR-204) Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
1.949 Washington Boulevard (US-89)

References

  1. ^ a b Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Reference Information: SR-53PDF (83.1 KB), updated 2008-05-01, accessed July 2008
  2. ^ Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory database, 2007
  3. ^ Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed July 2008 via ACME Mapper
  4. ^ Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: Route 38PDF (8.82 MB), updated October 2007, accessed May 2008
  5. ^ "Designation of State Roads", Chapter 21, Session Laws of Utah, 1927: "37. From Ogden southwesterly to Hooper."
  6. ^ "Designation of State Roads", Chapter 55, Session Laws of Utah, 1931: "(38) From a point on the Salt Lake-Ogden State road, known as "Death Curve" in Weber county, northerly and easterly via Hooper junction to Ogden."
  7. ^ Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: Route 37PDF (711 KB), updated October 2007, accessed May 2008