U.S. Highway 3

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US-3
Primary Highway

Length:

279 mi (449 km)
Major cities/towns (over 100,000 pop.): Concord, NH
Manchester, NH
Nashua, NH
Lowell, MA
Boston, MA
Commissioned: 1926
Decommissioned: None
Direction: North-South
States traversed: New Hampshire
Massachusetts
MAJOR JUNCTIONS
JUNCTION MILEPOST
QU-5 0.00
NH-26
NH-26
US-2
US-2
US-302
I-93
I-93
NH-25
NH-25
NH-11
NH-11
US-4
US-4
US-202
NH-9
NH-9 /US-202
I-93
NH-28
I-93
NH-28
NH-3A
NH-3A
NH-101
NH-28A
NH-28A
Everett Tpke.
NH-111
NH-101
Everett Tpke.
MA-113
MA-40
MA-34
MA-110
I-495 Image:Interstate495.png
MA-128/I-95
MA-128/I-95
MA-60
MA-60
MA-2A
Legend
  deleted (no longer in system)   unconstructed
  closed   crossing with no access
  begin/end concurrency, bold route is carried through
  a bold route on white background indicates termini.
BROWSE STATE HWYS

U.S. Highway 3 is a north-south United States highway that runs from its southern terminus at U.S. Highway 20 in Boston through New Hampshire to its terminus at the Canadian border. In New Hampshire parts of US 3 are known as "Daniel Webster Highway". In some places it is a freeway, in northern New Hampshire as part of Interstate 93 on the Franconia Notch Parkway, and in southern New Hampshire is part of the Everett Turnpike. In Massachusetts it is a freeway from Burlington, Massachusetts to the New Hampshire border and for two miles (3 km) as part of Interstate 95. While the southern terminus has not changed there have been different northern termini to this route, see History of Termini.

Since Massachusetts Route 3 is an extension of US 3, many think the US Route should take over that highway's designation from Boston south to Cape Cod. Others have suggested the freeway north of Burlington become part of a southern extension of Interstate 89.

Contents

History of Termini

Approximate time period North Terminus South Terminus
1926-1928 Colebrook, New Hampshire Boston, Massachusetts
1928-1937 West Stewartstown, New Hampshire Boston, Massachusetts
1937-1939 Pittsburg, New Hampshire Boston, Massachusetts
1939-1940 Colebrook, New Hampshire Boston, Massachusetts
1940-present Connecticut Lakes, New Hampshire Boston, Massachusetts

States traversed

U.S. Highway 3 passes through the following states:

Miles km state
245 394 New Hampshire
34 55 Massachusetts
279 449 Total

See also

External links

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