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| State Route 53 |
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| U.S. Highway 231 (Dothan to Huntsville) | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 345.287 mi1 (555.686 km) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |  SR 71 towards Marianna, FL |
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| Major junctions: |
 US-431 in Dothan US-80 in Montgomery US-78 in Pell City US-231 / US-431 in Huntsville |
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| North end: |   I-65 / US-31 near Ardmore |
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State Route 53 (SR-53) is a 345-mile state highway in the U.S. state of Alabama. The majority, between Dothan and Huntsville, is signed as U.S. Highway 231 (US-231), but the two ends - south to Florida and north to I-65/US-31 near Tennessee - are independent. In those areas, US-231 uses State Route 1, sharing the route with US-431 north of Huntsville.
The length of SR-53 is due in part to its irregular orientation. Beginning at its southern terminus, SR-53 assumes a slight northwestwardly trajectory as it passes through Dothan heading towards Montgomery. North of Montgomery, SR-53 and US-231 bear northeastwardly towards Sylacauga, where the routes begin a concurrency with U.S. Highway 280 and its unsigned partner route, SR-38. From Sylacauga, the routes head in a northwestwardly direction until they reach Harpersville where SR-53 and US-231 divert from US-280 and SR-38. North of Harpersville, SR-53/US-231 assumes a general north-south orientation until the routes reach Huntsville. At Huntsville, SR-53 diverts from US-231 and once again becomes a signed route until it reaches its terminus just west of Ardmore at Interstate 65/U.S. Highway 31. Alabama 53 actually touches (and Northbound enters) Tennessee before going down old US 31 Southbound to go back to I-65. Tennessee Highway 7 parallels the route on the state line and both Alabama and Tennessee mile markers are present on the highway.
Counties along the route
- Houston County
- Dale County
- Pike County
- Montgomery County
- Elmore County
- Coosa County
- Talladega County
- Shelby County
- St. Clair County
- Blount County
- Marshall County
- Madison County
- Limestone County
Cities along the route
- Dothan
- Ozark
- Troy
- Montgomery
- Wetumpka
- Rockford
- Sylacauga
- Harpersville
- Pell City
- Ashville
- Oneonta
- Blountsville
- Arab
- Huntsville
- Ardmore
References
- ^ Alabama Department of Transportation, County Milepost Maps, accessed September 2007
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