 Le Jeune Road proper begins at a traffic circle with Sunset Drive and Old Cutler Road in the city of Coral Gables, but the state designation actually begins north at an intersection with U.S. Route 1 (Dixie Highway.SR 953 heads north from US 1 as a four-lane road through residential areas, the eastern end of Coral Gables High School, and the western end of the Village of Merrick Park mall.SR 953 intersects Bird Road and leaves the campus of Coral Gables High School, entering a pure residential area and remains that way until reaching University Drive.