Idaho State Highway 53
SH-53 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by ITD | ||||
| Length | 14.240 mi (22.917 km) | |||
| Existed | 1953–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | SR 290 at Washington state border | |||
| SH-41 in Rathdrum | ||||
| East end | US 95 near Hayden | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Idaho | |||
| Counties | Kootenai | |||
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State Highway 53 (SH-53) is a 14.240-mile-long (22.917 km) state highway serving Kootenai County in the U.S. state of Idaho. SH-53 travels northeast from Washington State Route 290 (SR 290) at the Washington state border near Hauser to a short concurrency with SH-41 in Rathdrum. From Rathdrum, the highway continues east to end at U.S. Route 95 (US-95) north of Hayden. The Hauser to Rathdrum segment first appeared on a map in 1926, while the continuation of the route to the Hayden area appeared in 1937, completing an unnumbered state highway. SH-53 was designated in 1953 after all unnumbered state highways were assigned numbers.