Ohio State Route 53

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US 68 / SR 67 in Kenton
Major intersections	US 23 / US 30 in Upper Sandusky I-80 / I-90 / Ohio Turnpike near Fremont SR 2 in Ottawa County
North end	Catawba Island, near Port Clinton
Location
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Counties	Hardin, Wyandot, Seneca, Sandusky, Ottawa
Highway system
Ohio State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← SR 52 → SR 54

State Route 53 is a north–south

Before the Fremont bypass was certified, State Route 53 was routed along the Sandusky River through Old Fort into Fremont.

In 1929, State Route 53 was routed through the town of

In 1933, State Route 53's southern terminus was moved to Kenton when U.S. Route 68 was certified.

In 1946, State Route 53's northern terminus was extended to Catawba Island. It shared a route with State Route 163 for approximately five miles, then split north to the island. This route was formerly the southern portion of

In 1969, State Route 53 was routed along the State Route 2 bypass with an interchange approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of its split with State Route 163.

Major junctions

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
US 68 (Fontaine Street / South Detroit Street) / SR 67 (Espy Street)
	0.10	0.16		SR 31 south (Main Street) / Espy Street	Southern end of SR 31 concurrency
	0.48	0.77		SR 309 (Franklin Street)
	0.55	0.89		SR 67 (Columbus Street)
	0.63	1.01		SR 31 north (Carroll Street)	Northern end of SR 31 concurrency
	Patterson	10.78	17.35		SR 81 west (Main Street)	Eastern terminus of SR 81
	Forest	12.39	19.94		SR 37 north (Lima Street)	Southern end of SR 37 concurrency
Wyandot	Jackson Township	13.73	22.10		SR 37 south / Township Highway 84 – Marseilles	Northern end of SR 37 concurrency
	Jackson–Mifflin township line	17.30	27.84		SR 293 north / CR 95 – Kirby	Southern terminus of SR 293
	Upper Sandusky	25.36	40.81		SR 67 south (Marseilles Avenue) / Spring Street	Southern end of SR 67 concurrency
		26.01	41.86		SR 199 north (Wyandot Avenue) / 8th Street	Southern end of SR 199 concurrency
		26.17	42.12		SR 199 south (Sandusky Avenue) / Wyandot Avenue	Northern end of SR 199 concurrency
	Upper Sandusky–Crane Township municipal line	28.20– 28.38	45.38– 45.67		US 23 / US 30	Interchange
		28.54	45.93		SR 67 north / CR 47 – Sycamore	Northern end of SR 67 concurrency
	Tymochtee Township	34.04	54.78		SR 103 west – Carey	Southern end of SR 103 concurrency
		34.59	55.67		SR 103 east – Sycamore	Northern end of SR 103 concurrency
		37.63	60.56		SR 587 north / CR 35 (Perry Street) – New Riegel	Southern terminus of SR 587
US 224 – Attica, Findlay, Seneca County Airport
	Tiffin	47.00	75.64		SR 18 east / SR 100 east (West Market Street)	Western terminus of SR 103; southern end of SR 103 westbound concurrency
		47.11	75.82		SR 18 west (West Perry Street) / SR 100 west	Northern end of SR 103 westbound concurrency
		47.96	77.18		SR 100 south (North Washington Street)	Northern terminus of SR 100
Ballville Township	59.55	95.84		SR 12 west / CR 201 (Hurdic Road) – Bettsville, Fostoria	Eastern terminus of SR 12
	Ballville–Sandusky township line	63.05	101.47		US 6 west / CR 6 (Hayes Avenue) – Helena, Bowling Green, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center	Southern end of US 6 concurrency
	Sandusky Township	64.67– 65.12	104.08– 104.80	98	US 20 west / CR 20 (West State Street) – Fremont, Toledo	Interchange; southern end of US 20 concurrency
				Southern end of freeway
	Fremont	66.23– 66.38	106.59– 106.83	94	SR 19 north (Oak Harbor Road) – Oak Harbor	Southern end of SR 19 concurrency
		66.88– 67.92	107.63– 109.31	101	US 6 east / US 20 east / SR 19 south / Rawson Avenue – Norwalk	Northern end of US 6 / US 20 / SR 19 concurrencies
				Northern end of freeway
	Rice Township	70.07– 70.21	112.77– 112.99		I-80 / I-90 / Ohio Turnpike – Cleveland, Toledo	Exit 91 (Ohio Turnpike)
		73.70	118.61		SR 523 west / Marsh Road	Eastern terminus of SR 523
LECT west (Fremont Road) / CR 52 – Toledo	Southern end of SR 2 concurrency
			Southern end of freeway
	Catawba Island
		86.19– 86.69	138.71– 139.51	124	LECT east – Sandusky, Cleveland	Northern end of SR 2 concurrency
				Northern end of freeway
		87.82	141.33		SR 163 – Port Clinton, Lakeside, Marblehead
	Catawba Island Township	92.75	149.27		East Water Street / Miller Boat Line – South Bass Island
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus        Tolled

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