Alabama State Route 53

For most of its length, SR 53 is the unsigned partner route of U.S. Route 231. This article is about the standalone sections of SR 53.
State Route 53 marker
State Route 53
Map
Standalone sections of SR 53 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ALDOT
Length345.287 mi[1] (555.686 km)
Most of length signed as US 231
Southern standalone section
Length20.137 mi[1] (32.407 km)
South end SR 71 towards Marianna, Fla.
North end

 US 231 Bus. / US 431 Bus. at Dothan
Northern standalone section
Length28.423 mi (45.742 km)
South end US 231 / US 431 in Huntsville
Major intersections I-565 in Huntsville
North end I-65 / US 31 near Ardmore
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountiesHouston, Dale, Coffee, Pike, Montgomery, Elmore, Coosa, Talladega, Shelby, St. Clair, Blount, Cullman, Marshall, Morgan, Madison, Limestone
Highway system
  • Alabama State Highway System
← SR 52→ SR 54

State Route 53 (SR 53) is a 345.287-mile (555.686 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Alabama. The majority, between Dothan and Huntsville, is signed as U.S. Route 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 SR 1, sharing the route with US 431 north of Huntsville, where it is referred to as Memorial Parkway.

An 18-mile-long (29 km) stretch of SR 53, from Research Park Boulevard in Huntsville to just south of Ardmore, is designated as the "Paul Luther Bolden Memorial Highway" in honor of Paul L. Bolden, a Medal of Honor recipient and Madison County's most-decorated World War II veteran.[2]

  1. ^ a b Alabama Department of Transportation. "Milepost Maps". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference hsvt130821 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).