New Hampshire Route 101

New Hampshire Route 101

New Hampshire Route 101 marker

New Hampshire Route 101
Route information
Maintained by NHDOT
Length: 94.95 mi[1] (152.81 km)
Major junctions
West end: NH Route 9.svgNH Route 10.svgNH Route 12.svg NH 9/10/12 in Keene
  US 202 (NH).svg US 202 in Peterborough
US 3.svg US 3 in Manchester
I-93.svgI-293.svg I-93/I-293 in Manchester
NH Route 125.svg NH 125 in Epping
I-95.svg I-95 in Hampton
US 1.svg US 1 in Hampton
East end: NH Route 1A.svg NH 1A in Hampton Beach
Highway system

New Hampshire Routes

NH 97 NH 101A
NH 49 NH Route 51.svg NH 63

New Hampshire Route 101 is a state-maintained highway in southern New Hampshire extending from Keene to Hampton Beach. It is the major east–west highway in the southern portion of the state.

The western terminus of NH 101 is in Keene at the junction with New Hampshire Routes 9, 10 and 12. The eastern terminus is in Hampton Beach at the junction with Ocean Boulevard (NH 1A). The total length of NH 101 is approximately 95 miles (153 km), however, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation has installed mileposts on the freeway section east of Interstate 93 that begin at mile 100.

NH 101 travels through the following municipalities (west to east): Keene, Marlborough, Dublin, Peterborough, Temple, Wilton, Milford, Amherst, Bedford, Manchester, Auburn, Candia, Raymond, Epping, Brentwood, Exeter, Stratham, and Hampton.

Between Exeter and Hampton, NH 101 is known as the Exeter-Hampton Expressway.

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Route description

NH 101 at NH 12 in Keene.

NH 101 is a two-lane surface road from its western terminus in Keene to the western terminus of New Hampshire Route 101A in Milford. From there, NH 101 splits off to the south and becomes a two-lane limited-access highway that bypasses Milford and Amherst, becoming a two-lane surface road just north of Amherst. At the eastern terminus of New Hampshire Route 114 in Bedford, NH 101 becomes a four-lane limited-access highway. It expands to six lanes upon merging with Interstate 293 in Manchester, and eight lanes upon merging with Interstate 93. East of I-93, NH 101 narrows to four lanes. The route remains a four-lane expressway until exit 12 (Interstate 95) in Hampton, where NH 101 becomes a two-lane freeway at exit 13. At an interchange with U.S. Route 1, it becomes a two-lane surface road to its terminus in Hampton Beach.

History

Most of the eastern section of NH 101 was originally going to be part of the cancelled New England east–west Highway from Albany, New York to Portsmouth. Because of the cancellation, NH 101 remained a two-lane freeway until the mid-1990s. This highly traveled road had numerous accidents, prominently advertised on large signs at the start of the two-lane freeway segment between exits 5 and 6 in Raymond, which read, "XX Highway Deaths next XX miles." Locally, this road was known as the Highway of Death for the unusually high number of accidents and the sign advertising.[1] In the mid-1990s, the two-lane freeway segment was dualized over much of the swampland it traversed in Rockingham County, creating a full divided controlled access freeway between Manchester and I-95. The old Highway of Death nickname and the signs have disappeared from use.

In 1991, an overpass was constructed over North Road in Brentwood near the Rockingham County Jail Farm for the future routing of NH 101. However, the NH 101 expressway was not built in this area until 2000, giving the bridge the nickname the Overpass to Nowhere.

NH Route 51.svg

NH 101 between New Hampshire Route 108 in Stratham, just east of the Exeter town line, to New Hampshire Route 1A in Hampton Beach was at its construction named the Exeter-Hampton Expressway, which was marked with seemingly unique round shields featuring the highway's name and was later designated New Hampshire Route 51 during the 1980s until 1994.

During this time, NH 101 exited the expressway at NH 108 (exit 11) and formed a concurrency with NH 108 north to the community of Stratham. After traversing a traffic circle, NH 101 split from NH 108 and followed the current alignment of New Hampshire Route 33 into downtown Portsmouth, where NH 101 terminated at U.S. Route 1.

On NH 51, there were two traffic lights located on the limited access 2 lane highway: the east-end lights at the terminus of New Hampshire Route 88 southeast of exit 11 and the west-end lights west of the Newfields (then-New Hampshire Route 85) exit with what is now New Hampshire Route 27. While NH 88 was rerouted on a new stretch of road to intersect with NH 108 just south of the NH 101/108 SPUI interchange at exit 11, the Newfields exit was upgraded to a full diamond interchange. NH 27 west of Stratham was formerly NH 101 prior to the completion of the four-lane bypass.

In the fall of 1994, the eastern terminus of NH 101 was shifted eight miles (13 km) south from Portsmouth to its current terminus in Hampton Beach, replacing NH 51 along the Super-2 between Exeter and Hampton Beach. Old NH 101 between Stratham and downtown Portsmouth became NH 33 and the NH 51 designation was eliminated.

Major intersections

NH 101/US 202 in Peterborough.

Keene to Manchester

County Location Mile Destinations Notes
Cheshire
Keene 0.00 NH Route 10.svgNH Route 12.svg NH 10/NH 12
NH Route 9.svg NH 9
Western terminus of NH 10/12/101 concurrency.
0.46 NH Route 10.svg NH 10 Eastern terminus of concurrency.
NH 12/NH 101 concurrency continues.
1.23 NH Route 12.svg NH 12 Eastern terminus of concurrency.
Marlborough 5.35 NH Route 124.svg NH 124 Western terminus of NH 124.
Dublin 15.60 NH Route 137.svg NH 137
Hillsborough
Peterborough 20.06 US 202.svg US 202 Western terminus of concurrency.
20.26 US 202.svg US 202
NH Route 123.svg NH 123
Eastern terminus of US 202/NH 101 concurrency.
Western terminus of NH 101/123 concurrency.
21.12 NH Route 123.svg NH 123 Eastern terminus of concurrency.
Temple 25.77 NH Route 45.svg NH 45 Northern terminus of NH 45.
Wilton 30.70 NH Route 31.svg NH 31 Western terminus of concurrency.
32.69 NH Route 31.svg NH 31 Eastern terminus of concurrency.
Milford 34.76 NH Route 101A.svg NH 101A Western terminus of NH 101A.
38.33 NH Route 13.svg NH 13 Interchange.
39.98 NH Route 101A.svg NH 101A Interchange.
Amherst 41.46 NH Route 122.svg NH 122 Interchange.
Eastbound: exit only. Westbound: entrance only.
42.97 To plate.svg
NH Route 122.svg NH 122
Access to NH 122 via Amherst Street.
Bedford 52.45 NH Route 114.svg NH 114 Eastern terminus of NH 114.
Western terminus of NH 101 expressway.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Manchester to Hampton Beach

County Location Mile # Destinations Notes
Hillsborough Bedford 52.45 Straight: NH Route 114.svg NH 114 North
Right: Boynton Street
Left: NH Route 101.svg NH 101 West
At-grade intersection; Western end of limited access segment.
53.88 US 3.svg US 3 (Daniel Webster Hwy.)
Western terminus of I-293.svg I-293/NH Route 101.svg NH 101 concurrency.
54.10 Everett Turnpike.svgI-293.svg Everett Turnpike/I-293 (North) Everett Tpk. south - toll road.
Manchester 55.19 2 NH Route 3A.svg NH 3A (Brown Ave.)
56.26 1 NH Route 28.svg NH 28 (South Willow St.) - Mall of New Hampshire
57.73 I-93.svgI-293.svg I-93/I-293 - Concord, Boston Southern terminus of I-293.
Eastbound NH 101 merges with I-93 north.
Westbound NH 101 exits onto I-293.
Eastern terminus of I-293.svg I-293/NH Route 101.svg NH 101 concurrency
Southern terminus of I-93.svg I-93/NH Route 101.svg NH 101 concurrency.
58.91 6 Hanover St./Candia Rd. To NH Route 28A.svg NH 28A.
59.30 I-93.svg I-93 - Concord, Boston
Northern terminus of I-93.svg I-93/NH Route 101.svg NH 101 concurrency.
60.98 1 NH Route 28 Bypass.svg NH 28 BYP (Londonderry Tpk.)
Rockingham Auburn 62.94 2 Hooksett Rd.
Candia 65.83 3 NH Route 43.svg NH 43 Trumpet interchange.
Raymond 72.21 4 Old Manchester Rd.
73.78 5 No image wide.svgTo plate.svg
NH Route 102.svgNH Route 107.svgNH Route 156.svg NH 102/NH 107/to NH 156
Epping 76.27 6 Depot Rd./Beede Hill Rd.
78.47 7 NH Route 125.svg NH 125
Brentwood 80.69 8 North Rd.
Exeter 83.72 9 NH Route 27.svg NH 27 (Epping Rd.)
85.22 10 NH Route 85.svg NH 85 (Newfields Rd.)
Stratham 86.46 11 NH Route 108.svg NH 108 (Portsmouth Ave.)
Exeter 88.75 12 NH Route 111.svg NH 111 (Exeter Rd.)
Hampton 90.74 I-95.svg I-95 Trumpet interchange.
91.05 13 NH Route 27.svg NH 27 (Exeter Rd.)
93.03 US 1.svg US 1 (Lafayette Rd.)
Signal Ahead symbol sign.svg Western terminus of at-grade intersections 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of NH Route 1A.svg NH 1A.
94.95 NH Route 1A.svg NH 1A (Ocean Blvd.)

Suffixed routes

New Hampshire Route 101A

New Hampshire Route 101A
Location: Milford-Nashua
Length: 13.82 mi[2] (22.24 km)

New Hampshire Route 101A (abbreviated NH 101A) is a 13.82-mile (22.24 km) long east–west highway in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, connecting Milford and Nashua. It also runs through Merrimack and Amherst, and very briefly touches Hollis.

The western terminus of NH 101A is in western Milford at the intersection with NH 101. The eastern terminus is in the center of Nashua, when it meets New Hampshire Route 111 at the Merrimack River. Most of it is two lanes in each direction, sometimes with a central turning lane.

Route 101A is quite busy by southern New Hampshire standards, with traffic ranging from 26,000 vehicles per weekday in Nashua to 9,000 in western Milford. [2]

The road carries a number of names. In Milford it is Elm Street and then Nashua Street; in Amherst and Merrimack it is the Milford Road or, more commonly, just 101A; in Nashua it is Amherst Street, then Canal Street and finally Bridge Street.

New Hampshire Route 101B

New Hampshire Route 101B was a designation once held by two separate state highways in New Hampshire. Although the two segments did not directly connect, they were linked at the time by their parent route, New Hampshire Route 101.

Western segment

New Hampshire Route 101B
Location: Hooksett-Candia

The western segment of NH 101B was a roughly 8.5-mile-long (13.7 km) east–west road in the Manchester area. The western terminus of the route was at U.S. Route 3 and New Hampshire Route 28 in Hooksett, the current western terminus of New Hampshire Route 27. The eastern terminus was at NH 101 near Candia.

All of the western segment of NH 101B was renumbered NH 27 at an unknown time.[2]

Eastern segment

New Hampshire Route 101B
Location: Portsmouth

The eastern segment of NH 101B was a short east–west road in downtown Portsmouth. The western terminus was at the intersection of Islington Street and Middle Road, where NH 101, which followed the present alignment of New Hampshire Route 33 into Portsmouth, departed the routing of NH 33 and followed Islington Street to U.S. Route 1. NH 101B continued east on Middle Road and South Street, following the modern alignment of NH 33 to the present eastern terminus of NH 33 at US 1. At US 1, NH 101B continued east on South Street, running along the local street to its eastern terminus at New Hampshire Route 1B.

Prior to 1971, NH 101B from Islington Street east to US 1 became NH 101 while Islington Street and the portion of NH101B east of US 1 reverted to city maintenance. This section of NH 101 was renumbered to NH 33 in 1994.[2]

New Hampshire Route 101C

New Hampshire Route 101C
Location: Hampton Beach

New Hampshire Route 101C ran from NH 108 east along what is now NH 27 to NH 1A in Hampton Beach.

New Hampshire Route 101D

New Hampshire Route 101D
Location: Hampton-Hampton Beach

The portion of NH 111 between New Hampshire Route 27 in Hampton and NH 1A in Hampton Beach was once designated New Hampshire Route 101D.[2]

New Hampshire Route 101E

New Hampshire Route 101E
Location: Hampton
Length: 2.35 mi[2] (3.78 km)

New Hampshire Route 101E is a short stretch of urban road 2.35 miles (3.78 km) in length in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. This road connects Lafayette Road (U.S. Route 1) with Ocean Boulevard (New Hampshire Route 1A). NH 101E is locally named Winnacunnet Road. Oddly, this highway has never connected with NH 101, its "parent", or any of its spurs. The entire route is maintained by the town of Hampton.

NH 101E is very poorly signed. There exists one sign on southbound U.S. Route 1 using an old state-highway logo (without the Old Man of the Mountain), and green guide signs at the eastern terminus at NH 1A, but along the road itself, there is no signage to indicate the route's number. It is not known as "Route 101E" to local residents; they refer to it as "Winnacunnet Road."

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