State Highway 53 (SH 53) is a Texas state highway that runs from Temple to Rosebud.

[2] This route was cancelled on March 19, 1930 when SH 24 extended west, replacing the route from Dickens to Lubbock, while the rest of the route was renumbered as part of SH 137.

On May 20, 1930, the road was corrected to continue east to Rosebud.

[3] It was shortened to its current route on September 26, 1939, when the stretch from Lampasas to Temple was transferred to U.S. Route 190 (which this section was cosigned with since 1935).

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