Route 101 East -Manchester to Hampton

Forthcoming Exit 1 references Interstate 93 for the Hanover Street / Candia Road on-ramp, which defaulted onto NH 101 east beyond its split with I-93 north.

06/27/05

Two lane ramps from Interstate 93 combine as the NH 101 freeway travels south of Bald Hill.

06/27/05

NH 28 Bypass (Londonberry Turnpike) crosses paths with NH 101 at a diamond interchange by Massabesic Lake and the Rockingham County line.

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A 14.10 mile route, NH 28 Bypass constitutes a surface route north to Hooksett and south to Derry, east of the NH 28 mainline through Manchester and Londonberry. Use Exit 1 for the Audubon Center.

06/27/05

The NH 101 freeway wedges between adjacent Rockingham Road and NH 121 (Manchester Road) just north of Massabesic Lake.

06/27/05

NH 121 commences a 22.5 mile route from a roundabout with NH 28 Bypass (Londonberry Turnpike) just south of Exit 1. The state route encircles Massabesic Lake eastward to the Auburn town center.

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Hooksett Road arcs northwest from the Auburn town center and NH 121 (Manchester and Chester Roads) to a diamond interchange (Exit 2) with NH 101.

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Exit 2 leaves NH 101 east for Hooksett Road. NH 121 turns south from Hooksett Road and Auburn to Chester, Hampstead, Atkinson and an end at the Massachusetts state line outside Haverhill.

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Continuing east, NH 101 crosses Maple Falls Brook north of Clark Pond to enter the town of Candia.

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Parallel Old Candia Road represents the former alignment of NH 101. Forthcoming Exit 3 joins the freeway with the old route, which doubles as NH 43 north to Candia Four Corners.

06/27/05

Entering the trumpet interchange (Exit 3) with NH 43 north to Old Candia Road. NH 43 runs 16.4 miles northeast to the Candia town center, South Deerfield, Deerfield Center and U.S. 4-202 & NH 9 at Northwood.

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A 6.3 mile exit less stretch ensues on the drive east into Raymond.

06/27/05

A replaced distance sign posted five miles west of the Raymond town center, 20 miles from Exeter and 38 miles from Portsmouth (the original east end of NH 101).

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NH 101 arcs southeast around Patten Hill to cross the Raymond town line beyond the Depot Road overpass.

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The diamond interchange (Exit 4) with Old Manchester Road is the first of two exits for Raymond along NH 101 east.

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Old Manchester Road stems northeast from adjacent Lane Road / Batchelder Road to the Raymond town center. Construction of the NH 101 freeway realigned the road from Onway Lake Road southward to Exit 4.

06/27/05

NH 101 bee lines east northeast to cross over Main Street and the Lamprey River ahead of Exit 5 to a Wal-mart distributor center.

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NH 107 (Freetown Road) meets the NH 101 freeway at a folded diamond interchange (Exit 5) just east of the Lamprey River. The state route joins NH 101 with NH 102 west to Chester and NH 156 north to Pawtuckaway State Park and Nottingham nearby.

06/27/05

Exit 5 loops away from NH 101 east to NH 107 (Freetown Road). NH 107 joins Raymond with Deerfield to the northwest and Fremont to the southeast as part of a 69.1 mile route between Laconia and Seabrook.

08/29/13

The first of two exits for the town of Epping joins the NH 101 freeway with Depot Road north and Beede Road south in one mile.

06/27/05

Depot Road leads north from NH 101 to NH 27 (Pleasant Street) at West Epping.

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Beede Road extends Depot Road south from the diamond interchange (Exit 6) with NH 101 to Beede Hill and NH 107 near the Fremont town center.

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Advancing eastward through south Epping, NH 101 approaches a commercialized diamond interchange (Exit 7) with NH 125 (Calef Highway).

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NH 125 ventures 3.5 miles south to the Brentwood town center and 4.8 miles to Rockingham County Court complex.

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Martin Road spans NH 101 one half mile west of Exit 7 to NH 125 (Calef Highway). Overall NH 125 travels 52 miles from Haverhill, Massachusetts to Wakefield. MA 125 extends the route another 19 miles south to Interstate 93 at Wilmington.

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Eastbound at the off-ramp (Exit 7) to NH 125 (Calef Highway) on NH 101 east. NH 125 splits with Main Street north to the Epping town center nearby. Kingston lies seven miles to the south.

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Weigh stations line both sides of the NH 101 freeway at the Piscassic River.

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NH 101 enters northeast Brentwood ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 8) with North Road.

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North Road travels west from Exit 8 to the Rockingham County Complex, Brentwood Corners and Lyford Crossing to Beede Road.

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North Road ends just north of the parclo interchange (Exit 8) with NH 101 at parallel NH 27 (Exeter Road west / Epping Road east). NH 27 leads west back into Epping as part of its 37.6 mile route from Hooksett to Hampton Beach.

06/27/05

The freeway ended here until September 1999 as NH 101 merged onto Epping Road east. The next 4.5 miles of roadway was known as the Gap, since it entailed a new terrain route for NH 101 between North Road and Epping Road (NH 27) at Exit 9.

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Exeter is next along NH 101 in three miles, followed by Stratham in five miles and Hampton in ten miles.

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NH 27 runs just north of the NH 101 freeway along Epping Road to the diamond interchange (Exit 9) outside Exeter. Use Exit 9 for the Independence Museum.

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NH 27 (Epping Road) winds southeast from Exit 9 to Main Street east and Downtown Exeter. The state route continues along the former alignment of NH 101 to NH 108 (Portsmouth Avenue) north.

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NH 101 bypasses Exeter to the north. Exit 10 joins the freeway with Newfields Road (NH 85) south to Water Street and Downtown.

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A 4.86 mile route, NH 85 originates in Exeter at NH 27 & 111A (Main Street). The state route parallels the Squamscott River north to the Newfields town center to end at NH 108.

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Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 10) with NH 85 (Newfields Road) on NH 101 east.

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Spanning the Squamscott River, drivers along NH 101 east approach the single point urban interchange (SPUI) with NH 108 (Portsmouth Avenue).

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NH 108 leads north from Exeter to Stratham, where it splits with NH 33 (the former alignment of NH 101) east to Portsmouth. NH 88, a 6.67 mile route southeast to U.S. 1 at Hampton Falls, ties into NH 108 just south of Exit 10. The state route originally split from NH 51/101 just south of here.

06/27/05

The diamond interchange (Exit 11) with NH 108 was upgraded to a SPUI as part of the project to expand NH 51/101 into a full freeway. NH 108 constitutes a commercial arterial southwest to High Street (NH 27) and northeast through Parkman Corner. The state route joins Stratham with Rochester to the north.

06/27/05

Eastbound reassurance marker for NH 101 beyond the former at-grade split with NH 88. The remaining portion of NH 101 east to Hampton Beach was designated NH 51 until 1995.

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NH 111 combines with NH 27 east from Downtown Exeter to Dows Corner in east Exeter. The state route branches east along Exeter Road to a diamond interchange (Exit 12) with NH 101 to North Hampton Center.

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Exit 12 leaves NH 101 east for NH 111 (Exeter Road). NH 111 forms a 77.7 mile long multi-state route with MA 111 from Concord, MA to NH 1A at North Hampton. The route originally ended in Downtown Exeter, but was extended east to replace NH 101D to Little Boars Head on the Atlantic.

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Crossing into the town of Hampton, drivers along NH 101 east approach the trumpet interchange and access road to Interstate 95 (Blue Star Turnpike).
Advance ground level guide signs for the unnumbered exit were replaced along NH 101 east by 2013.

06/27/05

Interstate 95 joins Portsmouth with Boston to the south as the tolled Blue Star Turnpike. The Hampton Main Toll Plaza resides at the trumpet interchange with the access road to NH 101. Motorists departing for I-95 are charged half the toll rate of the mainline however.

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08/29/13

Eastbound NH 101 reaches the off-ramp for Interstate 95 (Blue Star Turnpike). The connection replaced the original Hampton interchange with NH 27 / former 101C (Exeter Road) just to the south.

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Interstate 95 travels just 16.11 miles through Rockingham County, New Hampshire. The eight lane toll road joins Kittery, Maine with Salisbury, Massachusetts.

06/27/05

NH 101 crosses over Interstate 95 and turns southward to a parclo interchange (Exit 13) with NH 27 (Exeter Road). The forthcoming ramp ties into Liberty Lane, which entails a portion of the original ramps between Exeter Road and the Blue Star Turnpike.

06/27/05

NH 27 replaced NH 101C between Dows Corner and North Beach when it was extended east from Exeter.

07/30/07

Exit 13 loops away from NH 101 east to Liberty Lane at NH 27 (Exeter Road). NH 27 meanders southeast to U.S. 1 by the Hampton town center.

07/30/07

The freeway reduces to a super-two expressway beyond the Towle Farm Road overpass.

07/30/07

Ramps joins NH 101 (Exeter-Hampton Expressway) with U.S. 1 (Lafayette Road) as the route splits into separate roadways south of the Hampton town center.

07/30/07

Eastbound reassurance marker posted near Drakes River along NH 101 (Exeter-Hampton Expressway).

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U.S. 1 provides a local route south to Hampton Falls and Seabrook and north through Hampton and North Hampton to Interstate 95.

07/30/07

A single ramp leaves NH 101 east for U.S. 1 (Lafayette Road) south across the Taylor River into Hampton Falls. An adjacent U-turn ramp provides access to northbound for Hampton.

07/30/07

NH 101 passes over both roadways of U.S. 1 beyond the off-ramp to Lafayette Road.

07/30/07

Landing Road spurs south from Winnacunnet Road (NH 101E) at Elmwood Corners to intersect NH 101 north of Hampton Landing off the Taylor River.

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Landing Road east to NH 101E (Winnacunnet Road) east provides a direct route to North Beach. NH 101E otherwise travels 2.35 miles east from U.S. 1 at the Hampton town center to NH 1A (Ocean Boulevard).

06/27/05

The last NH 101 east shield stands beyond Landing Road.

07/30/07

NH 101 (Exeter-Hampton Expressway) crosses Tide Mill Creek onto a causeway leading into Hampton Beach.

07/30/07

A narrow strip of land at Eastman Point houses a number of residences west along Glad Path.

07/30/07

Entering Hampton Beach, NH 101 separates into a one way couplet with eastbound using Highland Avenue and westbound along Church Street.

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A trailblazer for NH 1A follows the intersection with Glade Path west.

07/30/07

State maintenance for NH 101 ends at the intersection of Highland Avenue east at Brown Avenue.

07/30/07

Highland Street expands to two lanes on the final approach to NH 1A (Ocean Boulevard).

07/30/07

Approaching the eastern terminus of NH 101 (Highland Avenue).

07/30/07

NH 1A (Ocean Boulevard) runs along Hampton Beach State park as a split boulevard with parking lots between north and southbound. The state route straddles the Atlantic Ocean south to Seabrook Beach and north to North Beach.

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