New Hampshire Route 108

New Hampshire Route 108 marker Route 108 marker

New Hampshire Route 108

Map of New Hampshire Route 108

Map of southeastern New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts with NH 108 highlighted in solid red and with MA 108 highlighted in dotted red
Route information
Maintained by NHDOT
Length: 42.430 mi[1] (68.284 km)
Major junctions
South end: Route 110 in Haverhill, MA
 
North end: NH 125 / NH 202A in Rochester
Location
Counties: Essex (MA), Rockingham, Strafford
Highway system
NH 107ANH 109
Route 107MARoute 109

New Hampshire Route 108 (abbreviated NH 108) is a 42.430-mile-long (68.284 km) north–south state highway in Rockingham and Strafford counties in southeastern New Hampshire. The northern terminus of the route is in the city of Rochester at New Hampshire Route 125 and New Hampshire Route 202A. The southern terminus is at the Massachusetts state line in the town of Plaistow, where NH 108 continues south as the short Massachusetts Route 108 for 0.91 miles (1.46 km) to Massachusetts Route 110 in the city of Haverhill.[2]

NH 108 is notable in being one of two routes (the other being New Hampshire Route 9) to intersect both U.S. Route 4 and New Hampshire Route 4 (a rare case of two completely separate routes in one state having the same number).

Route description

Plaistow to Exeter

Map of the short extension of Route 108 into Massachusetts
Looking north on Route 108 in East Kingston

NH 108 begins at the border between Haverhill, Massachusetts, and Plaistow, New Hampshire, as a continuation of Massachusetts Route 108, which passes under Interstate 495 just south of the state line before ending at Route 110, which heads east as Amesbury Road and west into downtown Haverhill as Kenoza Avenue. NH 108 passes through the town of Plaistow before crossing through Newton into East Kingston and crossing NH 107A. The route continues north, before turning eastward to form a brief wrong-way concurrency with NH 107, and turning back to the north. NH 108 next passes through the town of Kensington, where it meets the north end of NH 150 and then continues north into the town of Exeter. In Exeter, NH 108 meets NH 27, NH 111, and NH 111A, forming a very brief overlap with the former two routes. The route then meets the west end of NH 88 and then promptly interchanges with the NH 101 freeway at exit 11.

Stratham to Dover

NH 108 continues north into the town of Stratham where it meets NH 33, a connector to U.S. Route 1 in Portsmouth which also interchanges with Interstate 95. Continuing northward, NH 108 passes through the towns of Newfields and Newmarket, intersecting with NH 85 and NH 152. The road then crosses into Strafford County and into the town of Durham. NH 108 passes through the center of town, just east of the University of New Hampshire main campus, and then interchanges with U.S. Route 4. NH 108 passes through eastern Madbury with no route intersections, and then makes its way into the city of Dover.

Dover to Rochester

After crossing into Dover, NH 108 interchanges with the Spaulding Turnpike (NH 16) at exit 7. Shortly thereafter, the road comes to an intersection with NH 9 and NH 4, which begins here. The three routes briefly run concurrently in the center of Dover, before NH 4 splits off towards South Berwick, Maine via Portland Avenue. NH 9 and NH 108 continue north until NH 9 splits off towards Berwick, Maine, near an intersection with the Spaulding Turnpike at Exit 9 (via Indian Brook Road westbound). NH 108 continues north into the city limits of Somersworth, where it meets NH 236, a short connector to NH 9 bound for Berwick and, ultimately, Kittery, Maine. Continuing northbound, NH 108 roughly parallels the Spaulding Turnpike, crossing into Rochester, before ending at an intersection with NH 125 and NH 202A in the center of the city. From the northern end of NH 108, one may turn left or right onto Columbus Avenue (NH 125) or continue straight onto North Main Street (NH 202A).

Major intersections

CountyLocation[1][3]mi[1][3]kmDestinationsNotes
EssexHaverhill0.000.00 Route 110 (Amesbury Road / Kenoza Avenue) Amesbury, LawrenceSouthern terminus
 0.91
0.000
1.46
0.000
MassachusettsNew Hampshire state line
RockinghamEast Kingston8.02312.912 NH 107A (Powwow River Road / Burnt Swamp Road) Kingston, South Hampton
9.19114.791 NH 107 north (Depot Road) KingstonSouthern end of wrong-way concurrency with NH 107
10.07716.217 NH 107 south (East Road) Kensington, SeabrookNorthern end of wrong-way concurrency with NH 107
Kensington13.39921.564 NH 150 (Amesbury Road) Kensington, Amesbury MANorthern terminus of NH 150
Exeter15.25224.546 NH 111 west (Front Street)Southern end of concurrency with NH 111
15.33624.681 NH 27 west / NH 111A (Water Street)Southern end of concurrency with NH 27
Eastern terminus of NH 111A
15.56725.053 NH 27 east / NH 111 east (Front Street)Northern end of concurrency with NH 27 / NH 111
16.51526.578 NH 88 (Holland Way) Hampton FallsWestern terminus of NH 88
Stratham16.586–
16.824
26.693–
27.076
NH 101 (Exeter-Hampton Expressway) to I95 Hampton, North Hampton, Epping, ManchesterExit 11 on NH 101
18.93430.471 NH 33 (Portsmouth Avenue) Greenland, PortsmouthWestern terminus of NH 33
Newfields20.61533.177 NH 85 south (Main Street) to NH 87 NewfieldsNorthern terminus of NH 85
Newmarket23.26637.443 NH 152 (South Main Street) LeeEastern terminus of NH 152
StraffordDurham27.997–
28.075
45.057–
45.182
US 4 (Piscataqua Road) Concord, PortsmouthInterchange
Dover31.382–
31.582
50.504–
50.826
Spaulding Turnpike / NH 16 Portsmouth, Boston, Somersworth, RochesterExit 7 on Spaulding Turnpike
32.18951.803 NH 9 west (Silver Street) to NH 155Southern end of concurrency with NH 9
32.71752.653 NH 4 east (Portland Avenue)Western terminus of NH 4
34.89156.152 NH 9 east (Indian Brook Road) Somersworth, Berwick ME
Indian Brook Road to NH 16 / Spaulding Turnpike / Sixth Street
Northern end of concurrency with NH 9
Somersworth38.16861.425 NH 236 (West High Street) Somersworth, Berwick MEWestern terminus of NH 236
Rochester42.43068.284 NH 125 (Columbus Avenue)
NH 202A (North Main Street)
Northern terminus; eastern terminus of NH 202A
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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