 SR 253 begins at an intersection with US 11 (Main Street) south of downtown Harrisonburg and southwest of the campus of James Madison University.The highway heads southeast as a four-lane undivided highway that intersects Bluestone Drive, which heads north to the campus and Bridgeforth Stadium and Zane Showker Field, just before meeting I-81 at a diamond interchange.SR 253's next intersection is with Forest Hill Road, which leads to the James Madison University Convocation Center, the Edith J.