# Texas State Highway 53

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{{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](/source/Temple%2C_Texas)
|junction={{jct|state=TX|I|35}} in Temple<br>{{jct|state=TX|SH|320}} near [Zabcikville](/source/Zabcikville)
|terminus_b={{jct|state=TX|US|77}} near [Rosebud](/source/Rosebud%2C_Texas)
|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](/source/Temple%2C_Texas) to [Rosebud](/source/Rosebud%2C_Texas).

==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](/source/Texas_State_Highway_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](/source/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](/source/Texas_State_Highway_24) extended west, replacing the route from Dickens to Lubbock, while the rest of the route was renumbered as part of [SH 137](/source/Texas_State_Highway_137).

'''SH 53''' was designated again on March 19, 1930, replacing [SH 108A](/source/Texas_State_Highway_108) from [Lampasas](/source/Lampasas%2C_Texas) 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](/source/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](/source/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==
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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Texas State Highway 53}}

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Category:Transportation in Bell County, Texas
Category:Transportation in Falls County, Texas

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