| NH 101 west follows I-93 south for 1.3 miles. 06/27/05 |
| Interstate 293 returns to Interstate 93 with NH 101 east from Bedford at an unnumbered three-wye interchange in one mile. 06/27/05 |
| Interstate 293 north & NH 101 venture west 3.3 miles to Bedford and the F.E. Everett Turnpike. NH 101 spurs west from there as a freeway to NH 104 and the southwesterly turn to Milford. 06/27/05 |
| Southbound I-93 at the Island Pond Road overpass and separation of NH 101 west onto I-293 north. Interests to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) and Nashua are directed onto I-293 north to F.E. Everett Turnpike south. 06/27/05 |
| Similar to signing practices in Iowa, markers posted along freeway to freeway ramps in New Hampshire include reassurance shields. Pictured here is the ramp from I-93 south bringing NH 101 west onto I-293 north. 06/27/05 |
| Ramps from I-93 combine ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 1) with NH 28 (Willow Street). Following Willow Street, NH 28 comprises a busy commercial corridor through south Manchester peppered with big box retail and the Mall of New Hampshire. 06/27/05 |
| I-293/NH 101 west lower toward the Huse Road overpass. The east-west portion of I-293 varies with four to five general travel lanes. 06/27/05 |
| I-293/NH 101 west reach the off-ramp (Exit 1) to NH 28 (Willow Street). NH 28 is part of a multi state route leading north from Methuen, Massachusetts to Ossipee. Locally the route splits with NH 28A at the Hillsborough County line northward via Willow Street to the couplet of Maple and Beech Streets into Downtown Manchester. 06/27/05 |
| Next in line for westbound motorists is the diamond interchange (Exit 2) with NH 3A (Brown Avenue). NH 3A parallels the Merrimack River northward from Nashua to U.S. 3 (Queen City Avenue) in Manchester.
Exit 2 formerly was signed for Manchester Boston Regional Airport (MHT). That changed with the November 11, 2011 opening of Raymond Wieczorek Drive, a 1.75 mile expressway east from Exit 13 of the F.E. Everett Turnpike to the airport passenger terminal. 06/27/05 |
| Reassurance sign for I-293/NH 101 west posted at the President Road / abandoned Boston and Maine Railroad underpass. Upcoming NH 3A (Brown Avenue) leads 6.8 miles south into the town of Litchfield. 06/27/05 |
| Drivers bound for NH 3A (Brown Avenue) depart I-293/NH 101 west at Exit 1. NH 3A provides a secondary route between Nashua and Manchester to the U.S. 3 mainline to the west. Both routes serve local traffic with through traffic using the F.E. Everett Turnpike.
Continuing west, I-293/NH 101 span the Merrimack River ahead of their split at a directional cloverleaf interchange (Exit 2). 06/27/05 |
| Interstate 293 north joins the F.E. Everett Turnpike through west Manchester parallel to the Merrimack River. NH 101 extends the freeway west another two miles into Bedford. 06/27/05 |
| Traffic partitions between Interstate 293 (F.E. Everett Turnpike) north to Downtown Manchester and Concord and NH 101 west to F.E. Everett Turnpike south and U.S. 3 (River Road). NH 101 joins the Manchester area with Amherst and Milford to the southwest. F.E. Everett Turnpike is tolled south on the 15 mile drive between I-293 and Nashua. 06/27/05 |
| Leading away from Interstate 293, NH 101 crosses over U.S. 3 (South River Road) to the immediate west. Motorists joining the freeway from I-293 south are provided with a loop ramp to the US route directly. 07/30/07 |
| U.S. 3 (South River Road) runs along a commercial arterial within the vicinity of NH 101. South River Road carries the south south to Merrimack and north to 2nd Street in Manchester. 07/30/07 |
| New ramps were added along NH 101 west to Kilton Road to provide access to U.S. 3 (South River Road). These ramps eliminated the weaving traffic pattern at the previous loop ramp with the adjacent I-293 on-ramp. 07/30/07 |
| Kilton Road constitutes an arterial connector east from the NH 101 freeway back to U.S. 3 (South River Road). U.S. 3 generally acts as a local route to the F.E. Everett Turnpike from Downtown Manchester southward to north Nashua. 07/30/07 |
| NH 101 west next approaches the freeway end at NH 114 north and Boynton Street. 07/30/07 |
| Overheads attached to the Plummer Road overpass direct motorists to turn left ahead onto the continuation of NH 101 west to Milford and Keene. NH 114 meanwhile commences a 60.4 mile route to Henniker and Grantham straight ahead. 07/30/07 |
| Speed limits reduce to 35 MPH as traffic lowers to the signalized intersection with NH 114 north and Boynton Street. Boynton Street angles northeast from NH 101 and 114 to Main and Woodbury Streets in southwest Manchester. 07/30/07 |
| The freeway ends as dual turn lanes take NH 101 southwest toward the Bedford town center. 07/30/07 |
| The center lanes continue onto NH 114 for its expressway bypass of Bedford to Goffstown. 07/30/07 |
| Four lanes of NH 101 lead away from NH 114 between an office park and shopping center. 07/30/07 |
| Old Bedford Road ties into NH 101 opposite Constitution Drive at this traffic light. The state route reduces to two overall lanes westward toward the Bedford town center. 07/30/07 |
Page Updated 02-23-2015.