Tabor Road begins at US 202 in Morris Plains and runs north as a four-lane undivided road. There are two traffic lights at the entrances to an abandoned Pfizer facility.

Photos taken July 2015.

There is a grade-separated interchange with NJ 10. The section of NJ 53 passing through the interchange has no name, while the ramps are known as Tabor Road. This is rather confusing, but it's New Jersey, so what would you expect?

Photos taken July 2015.

North of the interchange, NJ 53 narrows down to two lanes and is known as Tabor Road again. There is a traffic light at Park Road.

Photos taken July 2015.

In Denville, NJ 53 is known as East Main Street. There are traffic lights at Station Road, Dickerson Road, Lackawanna Avenue, Fox Hill Road, Luger Road, Estling Lake Road, and Indian Road.

Photos taken July 2015.

East Main Street passes under I-80 and US 46, having partial interchanges with both. There is then a traffic light at Bloomfield Avenue, from which there is a ramp to US 46 west, which provides access to I-80 west. NJ 53 ends here.

Photos taken July 2015.