Route 153 is a

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state highway in the

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valley running from

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in Westbrook center to Route 154 in

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in the town of

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Route description

Route 153 begins as Essex Road in downtown Westbrook, at an intersection with

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. It heads north, passing by the Westbrook railroad station and the access road to the

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, before intersecting with

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at Exit 65 about half a mile north of US 1. Route 153 continues northeast through the eastern part of the town of Westbrook for another before entering the town of

. In Essex, the road becomes ''Westbrook Road'', traveling through southwestern Essex for about , at which point the road splits into two. Route 153 continues northeast towards

along ''Plains Road''; Westbrook Road continues north as an unsigned state highway (designated as State Road 604) towards the village of

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. Route 153 intersects with Route 9 (at Exit 3) about beyond the split and soon ends at an intersection with Route 154 just each of the interchange.

History

The Westbrook to Centerbrook route was designated as a secondary state highway in the 1920s and was known as Highway 332. Route 153 was established as a renumbering of old Highway 332 in the 1932 state highway renumbering. When first created, the northern end of Route 153 ran along Westbrook Road like the old highway. In January 1967, the northern end was rerouted to its current location to accommodate an interchange with the Route 9 freeway.

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Transportation in Middlesex County, Connecticut