State Route 53 is a state highway

State highway

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 in the U.S. state

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 of Utah

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, 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

Viaduct

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 built in about 1970 takes the road over the Weber River

Weber River

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, the Union Pacific Railroad

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's Ogden Yard at the old Union Station

Union Station (Ogden)

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, 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.

History

24th Street west of SR-1 (US-91, now US-89) was added to the state highway system in 1915, 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.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Ogden, Weber County.

Mile	Destinations	Notes
0.000		Interchange
1.625	Wall Avenue (SR-204)	Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
1.949	Washington Boulevard (US-89)