Tennessee State Route 153
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by TDOT | |
| Major junctions | |
| South end: |
 I-75 in Chattanooga |
 SR 58 in Chattanooga  SR 319 / SR 58 in Chattanooga | |
| North end: |
  US 27 / SR 29 in Chattanooga |
| Location | |
| Counties: | Hamilton |
| Highway system | |
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Tennessee State Route 153 (also called "Highway 153") is a state highway in Chattanooga. It runs from Interstate 75 a few miles east of the I-75/I-24 interchange, to US 27 just south of Soddy-Daisy. The route serves as a bypass around downtown Chattanooga for I-75 travelers heading towards US 27 North. It is also an important route for drivers from Soddy-Daisy, Hixson, and other parts of northwestern Hamilton County who are heading for I-75 and the eastern half of the county. It is also an important link to the TVA Chickamauga Dam, which the highway crosses on the Wilkes T. Thrasher Bridge.
Beginning at I-75, the route is a limited-access freeway to just north of the Chickamauga Dam. It then transitions to a mostly six-lane surface route that is the major commercial center of the Hixson community. Northgate Mall, Chattanooga's second and oldest continuously-operating, is located on Highway 153 in Hixson. In recent years other major retailers, such as Target, Wal-Mart, and Academy Sports, have built along the highway.
Junction list
The entire route is in Hamilton County.
| Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Chattanooga | 0 | I-75 – Knoxville, East Ridge, Atlanta | Southern terminus | |||
| 1 |    US 11 / US 64 / SR 2 (Lee Highway) | |||||
| 1 | Shepard Road – Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport | |||||
| 2 | Shallowford Road | |||||
| 3 | Jersey Pike | |||||
| 4 |  SR 317 (Bonny Oaks Drive) | |||||
| 5A | SR 58 north – Harrison, Decatur | Also exit to Booker T. Washington and Harrison Bay State Parks | ||||
| 5B |  SR 17 south | |||||
| Tennessee River | Wilkes T. Thrasher Bridge | |||||
| 6 | SR 319 north / SR 58 south – Downtown Chattanooga | |||||
| – | Access Road; Lake Resort Drive | Interchange | ||||
| – | SR 319 south | Begin 0.7 mile long concurrency with SR-319 | ||||
| – | SR 319 north (Hixson Pike) – Hixson, Middle Valley, Lakesite | End concurrency with SR-319; Interchange | ||||
| – | South Hixson Pike | Interchange | ||||
| – | Dayton Blvd – Red Bank | Interchange; no access for Northbound SR-153 | ||||
| – |  US 27 / SR 29 to SR 111 – Soddy-Daisy, Dayton | Northern Terminus; Road continues north as Dayton Pike To Soddy-Daisy | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||