Utah State Route 53

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=53
section=111
maint=UDOT


length_mi=1.949
length_round=3
length_ref=Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:2814615533739116:::1:T,V:814, Highway Reference Information] : PDFlink|1= [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=6999724270225805 SR-53] |2=83.1 KB, updated 2008-05-01, accessed July 2008]
established=1969
direction_a=West
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|I|15|I|84 in Ogden
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|US|89 in Ogden
previous_type=SR
previous_route=52
next_type=SR
next_route=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 [Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory database, 2007] 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.Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed July 2008 via [http://mapper.acme.com/ ACME Mapper] ]

History

24th Street west of SR-1 (US-91, now US-89) was added to the state highway system in 1915,Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:5285268476414239680:::1:T,V:1348, Highway Resolutions] : PDFlink|1= [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609140944151 Route 38] |2=8.82 MB, updated October 2007, accessed May 2008] becoming part of SR-37 in 1927 [cite UTSR law|year=1927|quote=37. From Ogden southwesterly to Hooper.] and SR-38 in 1931, [cite UTSR law|year=1931|quote=(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.] 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.Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:5285268476414239680:::1:T,V:1348, Highway Resolutions] : PDFlink|1= [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609140943201 Route 37] |2=711 KB, updated October 2007, accessed May 2008]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Ogden, Weber County.

References