U.S. Route 3

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"US 3" redirects here. For , see .

U.S. Route 3 is a north-south United States highway that runs from its southern terminus at U.S. Route 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" or "Old Route 3". 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 as 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 the Everett Turnpike. While the southern terminus has not changed there have been different northern termini to this route, see History of Termini.

(State) Route 3 continues beyond Boston to Cape Cod, but has never been part of US 3.

Contents

1 Major cities
2 History of termini
3 States traversed
4 See also
5 External links
6 References

Major cities

Boston, Massachusetts (ends just across the Charles River in Cambridge)
Lowell, Massachusetts
Nashua, New Hampshire
Manchester, New Hampshire

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	U.S.-Canadian border, New Hampshire	Boston, Massachusetts

States traversed

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


Miles	km	state
245	394	New Hampshire
34	55	Massachusetts

279	449	Total

External links

[US 3/Northwest Expressway on Bostonroads.com]
Route 3 construction updates [link]

References

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