Oklahoma State Highway 53
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| State Highway 53 |
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| Length: | 86.7 mi (140 km) | ||||||||
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| West end: |  State Highway 5 in Walters |
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| East end: |  US-177 near Gene Autry |
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State Highway 53 is a 87 mile[1] (139 km) highway in southern Oklahoma. It connects Walters in Cotton Co. to Gene Autry in Carter Co.. It has one lettered spur route, SH-53A.
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[edit] Route description
SH-53 begins at a T intersection in Walters, where State Highway 5 makes up the western and southern legs of the T. SH-53 runs eastward from here, meeting SH-65 five miles later and in Comanche it intersects US-81. It then serves as the northern terminus for SH-89, and has a three-mile concurrency with State Highway 76.
After splitting from SH-76 it runs eastward to Interstate 35, which it overlaps for two miles. It meets US-77 in Springer before passing through Gene Autry and ending at US-177.
[edit] SH-53A
State Highway 53A is a one mile (1.6 km) spur to Gene Autry. It begins at SH-53 near the entrance to the Ardmore Air Park, in northeastern Carter County. It is a narrow, two-lane state highway with no shoulders throughout its length in and around the town of Gene Autry. The road has an at-grade crossing with the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe railroad at the north end of Gene Autry, and the road continues through the town until it reaches its terminus at the southern grade crossing of the same railway.
Another State Highway 53A was once a spur route to Comanche Lake. It was decommissioned in 2004.[1]
