Route 53 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut, connecting the cities of Norwalk and Danbury. Most of the route has been made redundant by U.S. Route 7, except for the last section from Bethel to Danbury, which is part of a direct route (Route 58) from the Bridgeport area to Danbury.
Route 53
Map of Fairfield County in southwestern Connecticut with Route 53 highlighted in red
Route 53 begins at US 1 in Norwalk and travels through the towns of Norwalk, Wilton, Weston, Redding, and Bethel. Route 53 ends in Downtown Danbury at a quadruple junction with Routes 37, 39, and a secondary state road leading to Interstate 84.
A 2.03-mile (3.27 km) section in Redding, running from the Weston town line to the beginning of a brief concurrency with Route 107, is a designated state scenic road.[2]
The main road connecting the city of Norwalk to the borough of Newtown was organized as a private turnpike in May 1829. Known as the Norwalk and Newtown Turnpike, or more commonly as just the Newtown Turnpike, the road mostly used modern Route 53 from Norwalk to the Saugatuck Reservoir in Redding. Northeast of the reservoir, the old Newtown Turnpike continued the straight route using what are now town roads (Newtown Turnpike, Hopewell Woods Road, Poverty Hollow Road, and Key Rock Road) to Route 302 in the Dodgingtown section of Newtown, then Route 302 into Newtown borough. The portion of modern Route 53 between the West Redding section of Redding and Bethel center was the northern half of the Norwalk and Danbury Turnpike. This turnpike was chartered in 1795 and used part of modern US 7, modern Route 107, and Umpawaug Road to West Redding, then continued on modern Route 53. Between Redding Center and West Redding, modern Route 53 was the northern half of the Northfield Turnpike, which was chartered in 1826. The southern half is now Valley Forge Road and Lyons Plains Road.
In 1922, part of the Norwalk and Danbury Turnpike between West Redding and Bethel was given the designation State Highway 180 while part of the Newtown Turnpike between Redding Ridge and Newtown was assigned as State Highway 158. Route 53 was first defined in the 1932 state highway renumbering between Weston center to Georgetown along Georgetown Road (modern Route 57), then along Redding Road (Routes 107 and 53) to West Redding, then along former Highway 180 to Bethel. In 1954, the southern end was relocated and now ended at US 7 in Wilton. Route 57 took over the former Georgetown Road segment and the Newtown Turnpike became unsigned SR 725. In 1963, the southern part was relocated onto the Newtown Turnpike (former SR 725) to Weston Center, then shifted to the alignment of former Route 103 (Chestnut Hill Road/East Avenue) via Cedar Road/Norfield Road (former SR 741).[3] In 1973, Route 53 took over former US 202 to Downtown Danbury when US 202 was relocated to a new alignment.[4]
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Route 53 is a state highway in the U S state of Connecticut connecting the cities of Norwalk and Danbury Most of the route has been made redundant by U S Route 7 except for the last section from Bethel to Danbury which is part of a direct route Route 58 from the Bridgeport area to Danbury Route 53Map of Fairfield County in southwestern Connecticut with Route 53 highlighted in redRoute informationMaintained by CTDOTLength23 57 mi 1 37 93 km Existed1932 presentMajor junctionsSouth endUS 1 in NorwalkMajor intersectionsRoute 57 in Weston Route 107 in ReddingNorth endRoute 37 Route 39 in DanburyLocationCountryUnited StatesStateConnecticutCountiesFairfieldHighway systemConnecticut State Highway SystemInterstate US State SSR SR Route 52 Route 55 Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Major intersections 4 References 5 External linksRoute description Edit Intersection of Routes 33 and 53 Route 53 begins at US 1 in Norwalk and travels through the towns of Norwalk Wilton Weston Redding and Bethel Route 53 ends in Downtown Danbury at a quadruple junction with Routes 37 39 and a secondary state road leading to Interstate 84 A 2 03 mile 3 27 km section in Redding running from the Weston town line to the beginning of a brief concurrency with Route 107 is a designated state scenic road 2 History Edit Danbury s historic Main Street near the northern end of 53 The main road connecting the city of Norwalk to the borough of Newtown was organized as a private turnpike in May 1829 Known as the Norwalk and Newtown Turnpike or more commonly as just the Newtown Turnpike the road mostly used modern Route 53 from Norwalk to the Saugatuck Reservoir in Redding Northeast of the reservoir the old Newtown Turnpike continued the straight route using what are now town roads Newtown Turnpike Hopewell Woods Road Poverty Hollow Road and Key Rock Road to Route 302 in the Dodgingtown section of Newtown then Route 302 into Newtown borough The portion of modern Route 53 between the West Redding section of Redding and Bethel center was the northern half of the Norwalk and Danbury Turnpike This turnpike was chartered in 1795 and used part of modern US 7 modern Route 107 and Umpawaug Road to West Redding then continued on modern Route 53 Between Redding Center and West Redding modern Route 53 was the northern half of the Northfield Turnpike which was chartered in 1826 The southern half is now Valley Forge Road and Lyons Plains Road In 1922 part of the Norwalk and Danbury Turnpike between West Redding and Bethel was given the designation State Highway 180 while part of the Newtown Turnpike between Redding Ridge and Newtown was assigned as State Highway 158 Route 53 was first defined in the 1932 state highway renumbering between Weston center to Georgetown along Georgetown Road modern Route 57 then along Redding Road Routes 107 and 53 to West Redding then along former Highway 180 to Bethel In 1954 the southern end was relocated and now ended at US 7 in Wilton Route 57 took over the former Georgetown Road segment and the Newtown Turnpike became unsigned SR 725 In 1963 the southern part was relocated onto the Newtown Turnpike former SR 725 to Weston Center then shifted to the alignment of former Route 103 Chestnut Hill Road East Avenue via Cedar Road Norfield Road former SR 741 3 In 1973 Route 53 took over former US 202 to Downtown Danbury when US 202 was relocated to a new alignment 4 Major intersections EditThe entire route is in Fairfield County Locationmi 1 kmDestinationsNotesNorwalk0 000 00 US 1 North Avenue East Avenue to I 95 Westport DarienContinues south without designationWilton3 916 29 Route 33 Westport5 188 34 Route 106 west Chestnut Hill Road Eastern terminus of Route 106Weston6 4710 41 Route 57 south WestportSouthern terminus of Route 57 concurrency7 2911 73 Route 57 north GeorgetownNorthern terminus of Route 57 concurrencyRedding13 7422 11 Route 107 south GeorgetownSouthern terminus of Route 107 concurrency13 8522 29 Route 107 north ReddingNorthern terminus of Route 107 concurrencyBethel20 2932 65 Route 302 east Bethel Railroad StationWestern terminus of Route 302Danbury23 5737 93 Route 37 north Route 39 north to I 84 New FairfieldSouthern termini of Routes 37 and 391 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 mi Concurrency terminusReferences Edit a b Connecticut State Highway Log PDF Archived from the original PDF on September 27 2011 Retrieved October 4 2007 Connecticut Scenic Roads Roads to Get New Numbers The Bridgeport Post February 28 1963 pp 1 4 Retrieved April 18 2019 via Newspapers com Connecticut Roads Route 53External links EditRoute map KML file edit help Template Attached KML Connecticut Route 53KML is from Wikidata Connecticut portal Media related to Connecticut Route 53 at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Connecticut Route 53 amp oldid 1121168804, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
