Vermont Route 53
Vermont Route 53 | ||||
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| Lake Dunmore Road | ||||
 Map of western Vermont with VT 53 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by the towns of Brandon, Leicester, and Salisbury | ||||
| Length | 9.310 mi[1] (14.983 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  VT 73 in Brandon | |||
| North end |  US 7 in Salisbury | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Vermont | |||
| Counties | Rutland, Addison | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Vermont Route 53 (VT 53) is a state highway in central Vermont, United States. It is a town-maintained highway that extends from VT 73 in the Forest Dale section of Brandon north to U.S. Route 7 in Salisbury. VT 53 is named Lake Dunmore Road and runs around the north and east of Lake Dunmore, passing Branbury State Park.
Route description
Route 53 begins at the junction with Route 73 in Forest Dale. The road continues north as North Street along the western edges of Mount Carmel State Forest, before bending to the northwest and then northeast as Lake Dunmore Road. After passing by Fern Lake to the west, Route 53 continues into the state forest, passing through Dunmore Acres and along the eastern shoreline of Lake Dunmore. At the north end of the lake, Route 53 turns to the west, leaving the forest and the lake shoreline as it ends at US 7.[2]
VT 53 was heavily damaged by storms in 2008, with a bridge destroyed immediately south of Branbury State Park with no detour possible.
Major intersections
| County | Location[1] | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Rutland | Brandon | 0.000 | 0.000 | VT 73 (Forest Dale Road) | |
| Addison | Salisbury | 9.310 | 14.983 | US 7 – Middlebury, Burlington, Brandon, Rutland | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b c Traffic Research Unit (May 2012). "2011 (Route Log) AADTs for Major Collectors" (PDF). Policy, Planning and Intermodal Development Division, Vermont Agency of Transportation. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ^ Google (November 29, 2013). "Route 53" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 29, 2013.