Utah State Route 53

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

State Route 53 marker

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
← SR-52SR-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.

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
0.0000.000 I-15 south / I-84 east – Salt LakeInterchange
1.6252.615 SR-204 (Wall Avenue)Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
1.9493.137 US-89 (Washington Boulevard)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 1 2 Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Reference Information: SR-53 PDF (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 PDF (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 PDF (711 KB), updated October 2007, accessed May 2008
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