State Route 53 (SR-53) is a 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.
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 1970Federal 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 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, Highway Resolutions : , updated October 2007, accessed May 2008 becoming part of SR-37 in 1927 and SR-38 in 1931, 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, Highway Resolutions : , updated October 2007, accessed May 2008
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