List of turnpikes in New Hampshire

There were a number of turnpikes built in New Hampshire during the period of 1796 to 1830, totaling {{convert|500|mi|km}} in length. These were toll roads for horse traffic, which were built by private companies.{{cite web |url=https://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2006/08/23/new-hampshires-turnpike-history/ |title=New Hampshire's Turnpike History |first=Janice |last=Brown |website=cowhampshireblog.com |date=August 23, 2006 |accessdate=December 2, 2020}} Such early turnpikes included:

• First New Hampshire Turnpike – {{convert|36|mi|km}} from Durham to Concord, now part of U.S. Route 4.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhpr.org/post/marking-history-first-new-hampshire-turnpike-northwood |title=Marking History: First New Hampshire Turnpike In Northwood |first=Michael |last=Brindley |website=nhpr.org |date=January 2, 2014 |accessdate=December 2, 2020}}
• Second New Hampshire Turnpike – Claremont to Amherst.{{cite news |url=http://www.amherstcitizen.com/files/Archives/VOLUME_19/V19-N09/PDF_files/AC08.pdf |title=The Second New Hampshire Turnpike in Amherst and Mont Vernon – Part One |first=Katrina |last=Holman |newspaper=The Amherst Citizen |location=Amherst, New Hampshire |page=8 |date=January 11, 2011 |via=amherstcitizen.com |accessdate=December 2, 2020}} Parts of the route are incorporated in the current NH 31 and NH 47.
• Third New Hampshire Turnpike – from Walpole through Keene to Townsend, Massachusetts. The road followed much of what is now NH 124.
• Chester Turnpike Road – from Pembroke through Allenstown and Candia to Chester.
• Coös Turnpike Road – from Haverhill through Piermont to Warren.
• Grafton Turnpike Road – from Orford to Andover.
• Londonderry Turnpike Road – from Concord to Windham and Salem, via Londonderry. NH 28 Bypass is officially named Londonderry Turnpike.

There are three limited-access highways that make up the New Hampshire Turnpike System:

{{routelist top|length_ref={{cite web |url= http://www.granit.unh.edu/data/search?dset=roads_dot |title= NH Public Roads |author= Bureau of Planning & Community Assistance |date= February 20, 2015 |publisher= New Hampshire Department of Transportation |location= Concord |accessdate= April 7, 2015}}}}

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|state=NH

|type=Turnpike

|route=Blue Star

|length_mi= 16.13

|terminus_a={{jct|state=MA|I|95}} at Salisbury, MA

|terminus_b={{jct|state=ME|I|95}} at Kittery, ME

|established=1957

|established_ref=

|notes=also known as the New Hampshire Turnpike (I-95)

}}

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|state=NH

|type=Turnpike

|route=Everett

|length_mi= 39.867

|terminus_a={{jct|state=NH|US|3}} at Tyngsborough, MA

|terminus_b={{jct|state=NH|I|93|NH|9}} in Concord

|established=1955

|circa_established=yes

|established_ref=

|notes=also known as the Central Turnpike or Central New Hampshire Turnpike

}}

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|state=NH

|type=Turnpike

|route=Spaulding

|length_mi= 33.2

|terminus_a={{jct|state=NH|I|95|US-Byp|1|US|4|NH|16}} in Portsmouth

|terminus_b={{jct|state=NH|NH|16|NH|125}} in Milton

|established=1956

|circa_established=yes

|established_ref=

|notes=overlapped by New Hampshire Route 16

}}

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The Blue Star and Spaulding Turnpikes are also known collectively as the Eastern Turnpike.

File:E-ZPass Toll Plaza - Spaulding Turnpike.jpg northbound, near Rochester]]

• New Hampshire Highway System
• New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 8: Site of Piscataqua Bridge (start of First New Hampshire Turnpike)
• New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 68: Toll House and Toll Gate (part of Third New Hampshire Turnpike)
• New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 160: Haverhill Corner Historic District (northern terminus of Coos Turnpike)
• New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 181: First New Hampshire Turnpike
• New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 228: Cork Plain Bridge – Second NH Turnpike
• New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 250: Pembroke Street (extension of Chester Turnpike)
• New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 252: Bungtown (along Grafton Turnpike)
• New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 253: Londonderry Turnpike

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• [https://www.nh.gov/dot/org/operations/turnpikes/ NHDOT Bureau of Turnpikes]

Category:Highways in New Hampshire

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Category:Freeways in the United States

Turnpikes