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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.
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:
See also
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