{{short description|State highway in Texas}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=TX |type=SH |route=53 |map={{maplink-road|from=Texas State Highway 53.map}} |map_custom=yes |length_mi=26.837 |length_ref=<ref name="State Highway 53">{{TxDOT|SH|53|accessdate=December 17, 2016}}</ref> |length_round=3 |established=by 1933 |direction_a=West |direction_b=East |terminus_a={{jct|state=TX|SH|36|Loop|363}} in Temple |junction={{jct|state=TX|I|35}} in Temple<br>{{jct|state=TX|SH|320}} near Zabcikville |terminus_b={{jct|state=TX|US|77}} near Rosebud |previous_type=SH |previous_route=52 |next_type=US |next_route=54 }}
'''State Highway 53''' ('''SH 53''') is a Texas state highway that runs from Temple to Rosebud.
==History== 50px|Historic SH 53|left '''SH 53''' was designated on August 21, 1923, as a route from Dickens to Brownfield, replacing a portion of SH 18.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=October 26, 2017 |date=August 21, 1923 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026054040/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676878.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=2 May 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676878.pdf}}</ref> This route was cancelled on March 19, 1930, when SH 24 extended west, replacing the route from Dickens to Lubbock, while the rest of the route was renumbered as part of SH 137.
'''SH 53''' was designated again on March 19, 1930, replacing SH 108A from Lampasas to Temple. On May 20, 1930, the road was corrected to continue east to Rosebud.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=January 26, 2018 |date= May 19, 1930 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126070916/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673794.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=2 May 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673794.pdf}}</ref> It was shortened to its current route on September 26, 1939, when the stretch from Lampasas to Temple was transferred to U.S. Route 190 (which this section was cosigned with since 1935). On January 24, 1978, SH 53 was rerouted over part of SH 36 to SH 36. {{Clear}}
==Major intersections== {{jcttop}} {{TXint |county=Bell |cspan=10 |location=Temple |lspan=5 |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|36|name1=Airport Road|Loop|363|name2=H. K. Dodgen Loop|city1=Gatesville|city2=Cameron}} |notes=Interchange}} {{TXint |road={{jct|state=TX|I|35|name1=General Bruce Drive|city1=Waco|city2=Austin}} |notes=I-35 exit 301}} {{TXint |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1741|dir1=south|name1=31st Street}} |notes=}} {{TXint |road={{jct|state=TX|Spur|290|name1=3rd Street}} |notes=}} {{TXint |road={{jct|state=TX|Loop|363|name1=H. K. Dodgen Loop}} |notes=Interchange}} {{TXint |location=none |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|3117|dir1=west}} |notes=}} {{TXint |location=Seaton |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2086|dir1=west}} |notes=}} {{TXint |location=Zabcikville |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|437|dir1=south|city1=Rogers}} |notes=}} {{TXint |location=none |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|485|dir1=east|city1=Hearne}} |notes=}} {{TXint |location=none |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|320|dir1=north|city1=Lott}} |notes=}} {{TXint |county=Falls |cspan=3 |location=Barclay |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1772|dir1=south}} |notes=}} {{TXint |location=none |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1963|dir1=south|city1=Burlington}} |notes=}} {{TXint |location=none |road={{jct|state=TX|US|77|city1=Waco|city2=Cameron}} |notes=}} {{jctbtm}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline|Texas State Highway 53}}
053 Category:Transportation in Bell County, Texas Category:Transportation in Falls County, Texas