U.S. 3 North - Manchester, Concord

U.S. 3 (Elm Street) north at Granite Street west and Lake Avenue east by the Verizon Wireless Center in Manchester. Granite Street spans the Merrimack River west to a SPUI with I-293.
This set of signs and mast arm assembly was replaced. New signs only reference the nearby connection with I-293 via Granite Street.

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City Hall Plaza rises from Elm and Manchester Streets in Downtown as the tallest building in New Hampshire. The 20-floor building was completed in 1992.¹

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Pleasant Street ties into U.S. 3 (Elm Street) at Veterans Memorial Park from the riverfront to the west.

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Traveling through the central business district along Elm Street north of Merrimack Street.

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U.S. 3 (Elm Street) north at Hanover Street east. Manchester City Hall stands on the northwest corner.

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Hampshire Plaza rises to a height of 259 feet along the west side of Elm Street by Spring Street ahead. The 20 story building was completed in 1972.²

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Bridge Street spans the Merrimack River, joining Downtown with the West Side area of Manchester. East from U.S. 3, Bridge Street continues to Derryfield Park, NH 28A (Mammoth Road) and I-93 as Wellington Road.

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An array of shops with residences above line Elm Street as U.S. 3 north leads way from Downtown Manchester.

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Northbound reassurance marker posted between Langdon and Brooks Streets in Manchester.

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Span wire supported signals hang above the intersection of U.S. 3 (Elm Street) north at Brook Street. Brook Street ends at Canal Street to the west and at Oak Park and Oak Street to the east.

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An Interstate 293 trailblazer directs motorists onto Salmon Street west to the Amoskeag Bridge across the Merrimack River. A short distance west of the river is the Amoskeag Rotary joining the street with I-293, Front Street, Goffstown Road and Eddy Road.

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Salmon Street east plies across the Manchester street grid east from U.S. 3 (Elm Street) to Smyth Road.

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U.S. 3 travels another two blocks north along Elm Street from Salmon Street.

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Forthcoming Webster Street carries U.S. 3 east from Elm Street to Hooksett Road through north Manchester.

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Elm Street advances north from U.S. 3 and Webster Street as a local residential street. Webster Street extends another block west to River Road.

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Now facing east, U.S. 3 (Webster Street) approaches the fire signal at Chestnut Street.

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Pine Street stems south from U.S. 3 (Webster Street) through residential areas east of Downtown.

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Union Street intersects U.S. 3 (Webster Street) at the next traffic light. The street runs north to River Road near the campus of Southern New Hampshire University.

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U.S. 3 angles northeast from Webster Street at Beech Street (NH 28 south). Webster Street becomes a local road east to Smyth Road beyond the turn of Hooksett Road.

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NH 28 north combines with U.S. 3 along Hooksett Road via Maple Street by Livingston Park.

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NH 28 combines with U.S. 3 north from Manchester into Hooksett. The tandem intersect Red Coat Lane at Livingston Park in this scene.

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U.S. 3 & NH 28 (Hooksett Road) expand into a commercial arterial northward toward Interstate 93. The route intersects Campbell Street northeast of Dorrs Pond at this signal.
A city-installed state-named shield was posted here for the adjacent cloverleaf interchange with I-93 until 2011.

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U.S. 3 & NH 28 gain a center median through the junction with Interstate 93. The pair cross both the Merrimack County and Hooksett town line just ahead.

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The southbound on-ramp for Intestate 93 to NH 101 departs U.S. 3 & NH 28 (Hooksett Road) next. I-93 runs along the east side of Manchester, briefly joining with NH 101 while en route to Salem and Boston, Massachusetts.

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Traffic loops away from Hooksett Road north onto I-93 north into the town of Hooksett. I-93 combines with the toll F.E. Everett Turnpike north leading to the capital city of Concord. U.S. 3 stays east of the toll road to meet I-93 again on the south side of the city.

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North from the end of NH 3A, U.S. 3 over takes Main Street through central Concord. Pictured here is the signalized intersection with Storrs Street north and Perley Street west. Storrs Street parallels U.S. 3 one block to the east by Capitol Shopping Center.

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U.S. 3 continues with four overall lanes toward the Capitol Center for the Arts and Downtown.

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U.S. 3 (Main Street) kinks northward at Fayette Street, matching the course of the adjacent Merrimack River.

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U.S. 202 & NH 9 tie into U.S. 3 (Main Street) from Pleasant Street and Hopkinton to the west.

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Continuing north through the Concord business district along Main Street. U.S. 202 overlaps with U.S. 3 north to I-393 east while NH 9 joins the pair for just 0.3 miles to Centre Street.

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Storrs Street concludes its loop east of Main Street at U.S. 3 & 202 just north of the split with NH 9 (Loudon Road).

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Approaching the west end of Interstate 393 on U.S. 3-202 (Main Street) north at Ferry Street. U.S. 202 partitions with U.S. 3 north for Rochester ahead.

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U.S. 3 branches northwest from Main Street to State Street and West Concord beyond the split with U.S. 202.

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U.S. 202 east overlaps with all of Interstate 393 east toward Loudon. U.S. 4 ties into the freeway from the adjacent cloverleaf interchange with I-93.

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Interstate 393 commences a five mile route east to Chichester from U.S. 3 (Main Street). The official mileage is 4.60, referencing only the freeway east from I-93 alongside U.S. 4 east. U.S. 4/202 combine from Concord to Northwood, with U.S. 4 joining the capital city with Durham and Portsmouth.

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Main Street extends north as a local street to Horseshoe Pond Lane while U.S. 3 exits the city street grid along the east side of Rattlesnake Hill to West Concord.

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U.S. 3 extends north from Concord to Penacook and the Boscawen town line.

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U.S. 3 overtakes State Street northward beyond this signal. State Street south leads to a roundabout with Franklin Street and residential areas north of Downtown Concord.

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