Eastern Terminus:  Junction Highway 20 and Highway 56 at Elfrida

Length:  76.4km

Multiplexes:  21.1 with Highway 2 and 7.7km with Highway 24.  Highway 24 was rerouted onto Rest Acres Road and Highway 403 when Highway 53 was downloaded in 1997.

AADT (1994):  Highest: 33,000 from Highway 52 westerly to the Highway 2 junction at Duff's Corners;
                             Lowest: 1,950, from Highway 2 at Eastwood to Middletown Line Road.

Status:  Totally downloaded in 1997.  Now known (from west to east) as: Oxford Road 55, Brant Highway 53, Colborne Street, Brant Highway 2/53, Wilson Street, Garner Road, and finally Rymal Road.

Road Condition:  Most rural stretches of Highway 53 are in good condition, although most sections of the road have been resurfaced or reconstructed since the highway was downloaded in 1997.  Through suburban Hamilton, most portions of the highway are now in poor condition after being chewed up by the numerous trucks and construction equipment that use the highway.

Highway 53 has been designated as Oxford Road 55 in Oxford County.

Oxford - Brant Boundary:  EB: Highway 53 is known as Brant Highway 53.  WB: Highway 53 has been designated as Oxford Road 55

Brant County - Brantford Boundary:  EB: Highway 53 is known as Colborne Street in Brantford.  WB: Highway 53 is known as Brant Highway 53.

At the Brantford Southern Access Road:  EB: Turn Left to follow Colborne Street.  WB: Turn Right following Colborne Street

At Brant Ave.  EB: Continue easterly along Colborne Street.  WB: Turn Left on Brant Avenue, and take first right onto Colborne Street.

EB: One Way End:  EB and Westbound traffic follow Colborne Street.  WB: Start of divided road, westbound traffic follows Dalhousie Street.

Brant - Hamilton Boundary:  EB: Highway 53 is known as Wilson Street in Western Hamilton.  WB: Highway 53 is known as Brant Highway 53.

At Duff's Corners:  EB: Follow the ramp to the right following Garner Road.  WB: Turn Left at traffic lights onto Wilson Street

At Glancaster Road:  EB: Highway 53 is known as Rymal Road.  WB: Highway 53 is known as Garner Road west of Glancaster Road

Highway 53 ENDS