New Hampshire Route 31

New Hampshire Route 31 marker

New Hampshire Route 31

Map of New Hampshire Route 31

Map of southern New Hampshire with NH 31 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NHDOT
Length: 56.148 mi[1] (90.361 km)
Major junctions
South end: Route 31 in Ashby, MA
 
North end: NH 10 in Goshen
Location
Counties: Hillsborough, Sullivan
Highway system
← NH 28 BypassNH 32 →

New Hampshire Route 31 (abbreviated NH 31) is a 56.148-mile-long (90.361 km) north–south state highway in southern New Hampshire. It runs from Mason on the Massachusetts border to Goshen.

The southern terminus of NH 31 is in Mason at the Massachusetts state line, where, as Greenville Road, the road becomes Massachusetts Route 31. The northern terminus of NH 31 is in Goshen at New Hampshire Route 10.

Route description

NH 31 intersects New Hampshire Route 124 within 500 yards (460 m) of the Massachusetts border. It passes through Greenville, Wilton, Lyndeborough, Greenfield, Bennington, Antrim, Hillsborough, Windsor, and Washington on its way to Goshen.

NH 31 runs concurrent with New Hampshire Route 9 for a distance of approximately 3.7 miles (6.0 km) where it passes on the west side of Franklin Pierce Lake in the town of Hillsborough. In other places, the road merges with U.S. Route 202 and New Hampshire Route 101 for a distance.

Junction list

CountyLocation[1][2]mi[1][2]kmDestinationsNotes
HillsboroughMason0.0000.000 Route 31 south (Greenville Road) – AshbyContinuation from Massachusetts
0.5750.925 NH 124 (Barrett Hill Road/Old Turnpike Road) – New Ipswich, Townsend MA
Greenville3.3515.393 NH 123 south (Mason Road) – MasonSouthern end of concurrency with NH 123
3.6195.824 NH 123 north (Pleasant Street) – Greenville, New IpswichNorthern end of concurrency with NH 123
Wilton9.32115.001 NH 101 west (Gibbons Highway) – PeterboroughSouthern end of concurrency with NH 101
11.31518.210 NH 101 east (Gibbons Highway) – MilfordNorthern end of concurrency with NH 101
Greenfield22.24535.800 NH 136 east (Francestown Road) – FrancestownSouthern end of concurrency with NH 136
22.30235.892 NH 136 west (Forest Road) – PeterboroughNorthern end of concurrency with NH 136
Bennington27.37444.054 NH 47 – FrancestownWestern terminus of NH 47
27.70044.579 US 202 south (Concord Street) – Hancock, PeterboroughSouthern end of concurrency with US 202
Antrim29.98948.263 US 202 north (Concord Street) – HillsboroughNorthern end of concurrency with US 202
34.29155.186 NH 9 west (Franklin Pierce Highway) – Stoddard, KeeneSouthern end of concurrency with NH 9
Hillsborough37.99361.144 NH 9 east (Franklin Pierce Highway) – Hillsborough, ConcordNorthern end of concurrency with NH 9
SullivanGoshen56.14890.361 NH 10 (Mill Village Road) – Marlow, Keene, NewportNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Local road names

Route 31 uses the following names as it passes through different towns:

Mason
Greenville
Wilton
Lyndeborough
Greenfield
Bennington
Antrim
Hillsborough
Windsor
Washington
Goshen

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bureau of Planning & Community Assistance (February 20, 2015). "NH Public Roads". Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Bureau of Planning & Community Assistance (April 3, 2015). "Nodal Reference 2015, State of New Hampshire". New Hampshire Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 7, 2015.

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