Daniel Webster Highway

Daniel Webster Highway
Major junctions
South end: Middlesex Road in Tyngsboro, MA
  I93 in Franconia Notch State Park
North end: Route 257 in Chartierville, Quebec
Highway system
Auto trails

Daniel Webster Highway (also known as D.W. Highway or Webster Highway) is the name for several sections of U.S. Route 3 (or former alignments) in New Hampshire. The highway is named after 19th century statesman Daniel Webster, a New Hampshire native.

Junction list

Middlesex Road in Tyngsboro, MA
Circumferential Highway To US 3 / NH 3A / Everett Turnpike in Nashua
US 3 in Nashua
NH 111 in Nashua
NH 101A in Nashua
US 3 in Nashua
NH 101 / Everett Turnpike to I293 in Bedford
NH 114A in Manchester
NH 3A / I293 / Everett Turnpike in Manchester
I93 in Hooksett
I89 to I93 in Bow
I93 in Concord
US 3 in Concord
NH 9 / US 202 in Concord
US 4 in Boscawen
NH 127 in Franklin
NH 3A / NH 11 in Franklin
NH 104 in Bristol
NH 132 in New Hampton

Extent

The following sections (or former sections) of U.S. Route 3 are named "Daniel Webster Highway":[1]

  1. From the Massachusetts state line to the south end of Main St. in Nashua (formerly U.S. 3)
  2. From the southern boundary of Merrimack to the northern boundary of Bedford
  3. From Webster St. in northern Manchester to the northern boundary of Hooksett
  4. From U.S. Route 4 in the center of Boscawen to NH-127 in Franklin
  5. In Belmont from the boundary with Tilton to the Laconia Bypass
  6. From Endicott St. in Weirs Beach, through Meredith, to the northern boundary of Center Harbor
  7. From Bridgewater at its boundary with Ashland to the south end of Main St. in Plymouth
  8. From the north end of Main St. in Plymouth, through Campton and Thornton, to the south end of Main St. in North Woodstock
  9. From the southern boundary of Lincoln to the merge with Interstate 93 in Franconia Notch
  10. From Interstate 93 north of Franconia Notch to Union St. in Whitefield
  11. From the southern boundary of Stratford to the northern boundary of Columbia
  12. From the southern boundary of Clarksville to the west end of Main St. in Pittsburg
  13. From the east end of Main St. in Pittsburg to the Canada–US border

South Nashua

Running from Tyngsborough, Massachusetts up to the junction of Main Street, South Main Street, and East Dunstable Road, D.W. Highway in Nashua is the main thoroughfare for the South Nashua Commercial District in the southeastern portion of the city. Before the construction of the Everett Turnpike, this was also designated as U.S. Route 3. Access between the D.W. Highway and Route 3/Everett Turnpike:

Merrimack and Bedford

The main road in Merrimack, the highway runs from the southeastern to northeastern portion of town, just east of the Everett Turnpike. It continues into Bedford, crossing to the west of the Everett Turnpike, and passing through the town's main commercial district, ending at the town's northern border with Manchester, where it becomes Second Street.

Historical Marker near the corner of D.W Highway and Continental Boulevard in Merrimack

Access between the D.W. Highway and the Turnpike:

North of Manchester into Hooksett

Beginning at Webster Street near Livingston Park in north Manchester, heading past Interstate 93, this D.W. Highway is the main commercial thoroughfare in Hooksett, continuing northbound east of the Merrimack River to the town boundary with Allenstown, where US 3 becomes Allenstown Road.

See also

References

  1. NH Department of Transportation, New Hampshire roads statewide data, stored at NH GRANIT (theme keyword "transportation")
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