State Highway 53 is an highway in southern
Oklahoma. It connects
Walters in
Cotton County to
Gene Autry in
Carter County. It has one lettered spur route, SH-53A, a spur route to Gene Autry.
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, crossing East Cache Creek.
At Fivemile Corner,
the road intersects
SH-65, five miles (8 km) east of Walters.
SH-53 continues due east into the
Waurika Wildlife Management Area, where it crosses Beaver Creek and Little Beaver Creek (which at their confluence downstream of SH-53 are dammed to create
Waurika Lake
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). After leaving the wildlife management area, SH-53 crosses into Stephens County.
About east of the Cottn–Stephens county line, SH-53 passes through
Corum. The highway continues due east to the western outskirts of
Comanche, where it curves northeast to pass through the city's downtown. There, it intersects
US-81. SH-53 continues due east out of town as it approaches Comanche Lake, where it cuts away to the southeast before resuming its due east course. The highway then goes through a series of curves gradually sending it more southeast, passing through
Loco
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. The route serves as the northern terminus for
SH-89 just before crossing into
Carter County.
The first highway junction that SH-53 encounters in Carter County begins a three-mile (5 km)
concurrency with
State Highway 76 north of
Healdton.
South of
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, SH-53 splits off to the east. The highway passes through
Clemscott,
Graham
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,
Milo
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, and
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before coming to an interchange with
I-35. SH-53 joins southbound I-35, splitting off after two miles (3 km).
It meets
US-77 in
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before passing through
Gene Autry and ending at
US-177.
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.
Former SH-53A
Another State Highway 53A was once a spur route to Comanche Lake. The highway was long. It was officially removed from the state highway system by action of the Transportation Commission on February 2, 2004.
Junction list
References
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External links
SH-53 at OKHighways
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Transportation in Cotton County, Oklahoma
Transportation in Stephens County, Oklahoma
Transportation in Carter County, Oklahoma