U.S. Route 3

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"US 3" redirects here. For the band, see US3.

U.S. Route 3
Length:	277.0 mi[1] (445.7 km)
Formed:	1926[1]
South end:	Route 2A/3 in Cambridge, MA
Major junctions:	I-95/MA 128 in Burlington, MA I-495 in Chelmsford, MA US 4 near Concord, NH US 2 in Lancaster, NH
North end:	Quebec 257 near Chartierville, QC
United States Numbered Highways

U.S. Route 3 is a north-south United States highway that runs from its southern terminus in Cambridge, MA (the official end according to AASHTO is at US 20 across the Charles River in Boston, though current signs indicate a terminus in Cambridge at Route 2A/3) through New Hampshire to its terminus at the Canadian border. In New Hampshire parts of US 3 are known as "Daniel Webster Highway" or "Old Route 3". In some places it is a freeway: in Massachusetts it is a freeway from Burlington, Massachusetts to the New Hampshire border, with the freeway continuing into southern New Hampshire as the Everett Turnpike (US 3 runs along the first 6.7 miles of the Everett Turnpike); and in northern New Hampshire it runs along part of Interstate 93 on the Franconia Notch Parkway. While the southern terminus has not changed there have been different northern termini to this route.

Route 3 continues beyond Boston to Cape Cod, but has never been part of US 3.

[edit] Major cities

U.S. 3 in the White Mountains of New Hampshire

• Boston, Massachusetts (ends just across the Charles River in Cambridge)
• Lowell, Massachusetts
• Nashua, New Hampshire
• Manchester, New Hampshire

[edit] History of termini

[edit] States traversed

U.S. Route 3 passes through the following states:

[edit] See also

• List of U.S. Routes

[edit] External links

• US 3/Northwest Expressway on Bostonroads.com
• Route 3 construction updates [1]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} US Highways From US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz.

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