 State Highway 53 | ||||
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 SH-53 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by ITD | ||||
| Length | 14.240 mi[1] (22.917 km) | |||
| Existed | 1953[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SR 290 at Washington state border | |||
 SH-41 in Rathdrum | ||||
| East end |  US 95 near Hayden | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Idaho | |||
| Counties | Kootenai | |||
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State Highway 53 (SH-53) is a 14.240-mile-long (22.917 km) state highway serving Kootenai County in the U.S. state of Idaho. SH-53 travels northeast from Washington State Route 290 (SR 290) at the Washington state border near Hauser to a short concurrency with SH-41 in Rathdrum. From Rathdrum, the highway continues east to end at U.S. Route 95 (US-95) north of Hayden. The Hauser to Rathdrum segment first appeared on a map in 1926, while the continuation of the route to the Hayden area appeared in 1937, completing an unnumbered state highway. SH-53 was designated in 1953 after all unnumbered state highways were assigned numbers.
- ^ Idaho Transportation Department (December 18, 2006). "Milepost Log: State Highway 53". Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
- ^ Idaho Transportation Department (1953). "Minutes of the Idaho Board of Highway Directors and the Idaho Transportation Board" (PDF). p. 63. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2010.