Utah State Route 53

State Route 53 (SR-53) is a 1.949-mile-long (3.137 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting Interstate 15 (I-15) and I-84 with U.S. Route 89 (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.

State Route 53
24th Street
SR-53 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-111
Maintained by UDOT
Length1.949 mi[1] (3.137 km)
Existed1969–present
Major junctions
West end I-15 / I-84 in Ogden
East end US-89 in Ogden
Highway system
  • State highways in Utah
← SR-52→ SR-54

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.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000–
0.095		0.000–
0.153		 I-15 south / I-84 east – Salt Lake
I-15 north / I-84 west – Pocatello (Idaho)		Western terminus; interchange (I‑15/I‑84 Exit 342); southbound entrance, northbound exit
1.6252.615 SR-204 (Wall Avenue)Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
1.9493.137 US-89 (Washington Boulevard)Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

KML is from Wikidata
  1. Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Reference Information: "SR-53". (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 38". (8.82 MB), updated October 2007, accessed May 2008
  5. Utah State Legislature (1927). "Chapter 21: Designation of State Roads". Session Laws of Utah. 37. From Ogden southwesterly to Hooper.
  6. Utah State Legislature (1931). "Chapter 55: Designation of State Roads". Session Laws of Utah. (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 37". (711 KB), updated October 2007, accessed May 2008
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