F.E. Everett Turnpike North - Nashua to Bedford

Somerset Parkway leads west from a trumpet interchange (Exit 8) with the F.E. Everett Turnpike to NH 101A (Amherst Street). The parkway was constructed in the late 1980s.

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Advancing northward, the F.E. Everett Turnpike travels by Bowers Pond and across Pennichuck Brook into the town of Merrimack. There is no Exit 9 as that number was reserved for the unconstructed north end of the Circumferential Highway west from Hudson.

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The next two interchanges along the Everett Turnpike northbound use ramp tolling.

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Ramp tolls at Exits 10 and 11 require exact change or E-ZPass transponders during the overnight hours. Booths at Exit 11 were unmanned at night started on February 4, 1991.¹ with an honor system tried from that point onward until December 20, 1993, when attendants returned for 24-hour operations. During that transition, ramp tolls at Exits 10 and 12 became unmanned.²

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Exit 10 opened to traffic on October 2, 1990 along with Industrial Drive west to Continental Boulevard and east to U.S. 3 (Daniel Webster Highway) by the Anheuser-Busch Brewery. The Industrial Interchange project cost $21 million and took two years to construct. The exit was planned since 1976.³

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Tolls commenced operations to the six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 10) with Industrial Drive when the exit opened to traffic. The exit serves an outlet center constructed west of the turnpike in 2011-12.

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A parclo interchange (Exit 11) joins the Everett Turnpike with Greeley Street east to U.S. 3 (Daniel Webster Highway) and Continental Boulevard south in one mile.

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A tight cloverleaf interchange (old Exit 8) with a main line toll plaza originally laid ahead on the turnpike at Greeley Street. The toll plaza was moved north to Bedford in January 1989.⁴

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Exit 11 leaves the turnpike northbound for Greeley Street east to U.S. 3 at Thorntons Ferry. Continental Boulevard arcs southwest to NH 101A. Originally called the Camp Sargent Road bypass, the 2.2 mile connector opened southwest from Industrial Drive to NH 101A on October 12, 1994. The 15-month project cost $8.5 million and was partially funded by New Hampshire turnpike tolls.⁵

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An effort was made to remove ramp tolls from Exits 10, 11 and 12 in 2013. The Senate Ways and Means Committee passed legislation to drop tolls from Exit 12 as a compromise to Senate President Peter Bragdon's bill to drop all three.⁶ This view looks at the facility at Exit 11.

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The F.E. Everett Turnpike reduces to four overall lanes beyond the Greeley Street underpass.

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The turnpike bridge across the Souhegan River is dedicated to Merrill's Marauders. Honoring their accomplishments during World War II, the bridge was named during a dedication ceremony held on November 11, 1999.

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Winding northward through Merrimack, drivers next approach a half diamond interchange (Exit 12) with Bedford Road. The $7.5 million interchange opened to traffic on November 29, 1990 after 18 months of construction.⁷

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Bedford Road stems west from adjacent U.S. 3 (Daniel Webster Highway) at Reeds Ferry to become Jenkins Road across the Bedford town line.

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Toll collection at Exit 12 ceased on July 18, 2014. The ramp plaza was demolished in November 2014.⁸

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North from the Bedford Road over crossing, the Everett Turnpike advances two miles to the Bedford Main Toll Plaza.

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The next exit joins the Everett Turnpike with Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT).

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Raymond Wieczorek Drive, a 1.75 mile controlled access connector from the Turnpike east to MHT Airport, was constructed after 20 years of planning for $175 million. The freeway opened to traffic on November 11, 2011.⁹

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The Bedford Main Toll Plaza resides within the trumpet interchange (Exit 13) with Raymond Wieczorek Drive east.

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Exit 13 provides an untolled route to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) while through traffic bound for Manchester pays tolls.

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Raymond Wieczorek Drive sees an off-ramp for U.S. 3 (South River Road) before crossing the Merrimack River into Londonberry. An access road (Roundstone Drive) connects the airport road with NH 3A (Hazelton Avenue) south to Litchfield and north to Goffs Falls.

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The Bedford Main Toll Plaza is 13 lanes wide with booths allocated for cash collection or electronic collection via E-ZPass transponders.

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Northbound at the off-ramp for Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) on the Everett Turnpike. Raymond Wieczorek Drive ends at a roundabout with Airport Road back to NH 3A. Until the expressway opened in 2011, motorists were directed onto I-293 south to NH 3A south to reach the passenger terminal.

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Exit 13 separates into ramps for Raymond Wieczorek Drive east across the Merrimack River and U.S. 3 (South River Road) south to Merrimack and north to Bedford.

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A toll schedule sign precedes the Bedford Main Toll Plaza. An on-ramp joins the turnpike from the airport expressway west beyond the toll barrier.

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Passing through one of the E-ZPass lanes along the Everett Turnpike north at Bedford.

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The Everett Turnpike continues north with six overall lanes to a directional cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 293 and NH 101.

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Interstate 293 loops west from I-93 through south Manchester and north with the F.E. Everett Turnpike to Downtown and South Hooksett.

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NH 101 overlaps with Interstate 293 east to I-93 north before leaving the Manchester area via a freeway east to I-95 south of Portsmouth. The state route spurs west on a freeway through Bedford to NH 114 and Boynton Street.

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U.S. 3 (South River Road) spans the turnpike as the off-ramp for Interstate 293 south & NH 101 east departs. An unnumbered loop ramp follows for NH 101 west to the Bedford town center and Milford.

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I-293/NH 101 span the Merrimack River ahead of the commercial corridor of NH 28 at The Mall of New Hampshire. NH 101 joins Manchester with Exeter and Hampton Beach on the Seacoast.

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Two lanes join Interstate 293 north as the Everett Turnpike hugs the west banks of the Merrimack River to the West Side area of Manchester. NH 101 leads southwest from Bedford to a freeway bypass of Milford and ultimately Keene.

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