U.S. Route 1 in New Hampshire
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| U.S. Route 1 |
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| Length: | 16.88 mi[1] (27.17 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1926 | ||||||||
| South end: |  US 1 in Salisbury, MA |
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| North end: | US 1 in Kittery, ME |
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In the U.S. state of New Hampshire, U.S. Route 1 is a major north-south state highway through Hampton and Portsmouth. It lies between Interstate 95 and New Hampshire Route 1A.
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[edit] Route description
- Note: This section uses [] () to indicate a one-way pair. Streets appearing in [] are the northbound or eastbound side. Streets appearing in () are the southbound or westbound side. The reading order inside the brackets and parentheses is the same as outside.
US 1 takes the following route through the state (south to north):
- Seabrook: 2.5 miles (4.0 km); Massachusetts state line (Salisbury) to Hampton Falls town line
- Lafayette Road, [Lafayette Road] (Smith Lane, Main Street), and Lafayette Road
- Hampton Falls: 1.5 miles (2.4 km); Seabrook town line to Hampton town line
- Lafayette Road
- Hampton: 3.0 miles (4.8 km); Hampton Falls town line to North Hampton town line
- Lafayette Road
- North Hampton: 3.4 miles (5.5 km); Hampton town line to Rye town line
- Lafayette Road
- Rye: 1.2 miles (1.9 km); North Hampton town line to Portsmouth city line
- Portsmouth: X.X miles; Rye town line to Maine state line (Kittery) at Memorial Bridge
- Lafayette Road, Middle Street, [State Street] (Middle Street, Congress Street, Market Square, Daniel Street), and State Street
U.S. Route 1 Bypass is a mostly-freeway bypass of downtown Portsmouth.
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[edit] History
US 1 follows the historic Lafayette Road through New Hampshire, named after General Lafayette, who passed over the road in 1825.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ New Hampshire DOT Route Logs (Free registration required)
- ^ Langdon B. Parsons, History of the Town of Rye, New Hampshire, from Its Discovery and Settlement to December 31, 1903, 1905, p. 203
[edit] See also
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New Hampshire | Next state: Maine |
