Texas State Highway 153

State Highway 153
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	70.89 mi[1] (114.09 km)
Existed	1988–present
Major junctions
South end	US 84 / US 283 in Coleman
	US 83 in Winters US 277
North end	SH 70 south of Sweetwater
Location
Counties	Coleman, Runnels, Taylor, Nolan
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← SH 152 SH 154 →

State Highway 153 or SH 153 is a highway in the U.S. State of Texas that runs from Coleman northwest to a junction south of Sweetwater.

History

SH 153 was originally designated on March 19, 1930 along a route from Valley Mills to Temple as a renumbering of SH 36A. By 1938, the route was routed to go only from Belton to Moody. This route was cancelled on June 15, 1935.^[2] On October 22, 1935, it was restored, but going from Belton to Valley Mills.^[3] On January 18, 1937, SH 153 was cancelled.^[4]

The current route was designated on May 16, 1988, replacing FM 53.^[1][5]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Coleman	Coleman			US 84 / US 283	Southern terminus
				SH 206 south (Commercial Avenue)	South end of SH 206 overlap
				SH 206 north (Neches Street)	North end of SH 206 overlap
	​			FM 503 – Valera, Voss
	Glen Cove			FM 2805 south / County Road 448
Runnels	​			FM 2132 south – Talpa
	​			FM 382 – Lawn, Ballinger
	​			FM 2647 – Ballinger
	​			Loop 438 west
	Winters			US 83 – Ballinger, Abilene
	​			Loop 438 east
	​			FM 1677 north – Pumphrey
	​			FM 384 west / FM 2111 south – Bronte, Ballinger
	​			FM 383 south – Wilmeth
	​			FM 2595 east – Drasco
Taylor	​			US 277 – Abilene, San Angelo	Interchange
Nolan	​			FM 1170 west – Hylton, Blackwell
	​			FM 126 north – Nolan, Merkel
	​			SH 70 – San Angelo, Sweetwater	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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