In the center of Hudson, NH, just across the Merrimack River from Nashua. The first is where NH 3-A NB turns right onto NH 111/102, while the second is immediately after that, as NH 102/3-A turn north and NH 111 continues eastward, meaning the three have only a few feet of multiplex. Both are extremely old button-copy, with square shields to boot.


This is the very well-signed junction where NH 3-A NB separates from NH 102, first with an old white-background shield (the newer ones are black-background), and then with a completely reversed shield sans dash. Then, for good measure, there's a new LGS with the wrong font, and on the left side of the road is an old LGS with a half-hearted dash, as if the contractor couldn't decide whether to put one or not and ended up hedging his bet.


NH likes to sign every city line with these tall vertical signs, and here adds an urban compact to the deal.


The way the routes run, NH 3-A intersects I-293 on either end of town, so even though all of these signs are NB, you'd see the same sort SB (at the first shield, if you turn around you see the same exact one but pointing left for SB traffic following 3-A).


Finally, found that I-293! Continue onto the I-293 page (link below) for a bit more signage on NH 3-A.


NB north of Manchester, 93 needs to be an I-. NH 3-A acts as a toll bypass for savvy travelers; it's even signed as the last exit before the toll, and puts you back on I-93 the first exit after it. So, why does the toll work? Tourists are heading up US 3 to I-293, or up I-93, and both are brought together briefly before they split for I-89 and I-93 to the north. Unless you have a map or if you just would rather stay on the highway, you get stuck. The Everett Turnpike, as you can see, does not end until this tollbooth, meaning it carries three different numbers, plus multiplexes with US 3 and NH 3-A, plus a stretch without any numbered highway at all.


The actual beginning of I-89 - don't listen to what I-93 tells you. The 3A in the shield lacks a hyphen like most signage has.

Onto US 3
Onto I-293
To NH 101
Onto I-93
Onto I-89
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