New Hampshire Route 125

New Hampshire Route 125 marker

New Hampshire Route 125

Map of southeastern New Hampshire with NH 125 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NHDOT
Length: 51.994 mi[1] (83.676 km)
Major junctions
South end: Route 125 in Haverhill, MA
 
North end: NH 16 / NH 153 in Wakefield
Location
Counties: Rockingham, Strafford, Carroll
Highway system
NH 124NH 126

New Hampshire Route 125 (abbreviated NH 125) is a 51.994-mile-long (83.676 km) north–south state highway in Rockingham and Strafford counties in southeastern New Hampshire. It runs from Plaistow to just north of Milton. Although most of the road consists of only two lanes, NH 125 is a major northsouth highway with heavy truck and tourist traffic, especially in the summer months, when the road is used as an alternate route between Interstate 495 in Haverhill, Massachusetts and the Spaulding Turnpike in Rochester.

The northern terminus of NH 125 is in the village of Union (town of Wakefield) at New Hampshire Route 16, just beyond 125's junction with NH 153. The southern terminus is in Plaistow at the Massachusetts state line, where the road continues southward as MA Route 125.

In the Rochester-Milton area, the road parallels the Spaulding Turnpike and is known as Milton Road in Rochester and White Mountain Highway in Milton. The Epping-Lee-Barrington section is known as the Calef Highway, named after Senator Austin L. Calef who owned the locally famous Calef's Store in Barrington.

The road between Epping and East Barrington (the intersection of Route 125 and Route 9) was built on the grade of the Boston and Maine Railroad's Worcester, Nashua and Portland Division, opened by the Nashua and Rochester Railroad in 1876.

Route description

Going north, Route 125 continues from Haverhill, MA into Plaistow, NH. Route 125 goes directly north, without going east or west much. It has concurrency with Routes 107 and 111. Then it crosses Route 101 at exit 7. After that, it crosses US 4. Then it closely follows Route 16 and parallels the Maine border, until it ends at Routes 153 and 16 in Wakefield.

Major intersections

CountyLocation[1][2]mi[1][2]kmDestinationsNotes
RockinghamPlaistow0.0000.000 Route 125 (Plaistow Road)Continuation from Massachusetts
0.0350.056 NH 121A (Main Street)Southern terminus of NH 121A
2.3243.740 NH 121A (Main Street) Plaistow, East Hampstead
Kingston7.40611.919 NH 111 west (Danville Road) Salem, NashuaSouthern end of concurrency with NH 111
9.12714.688 NH 107 south (Depot Road) to NH 107A East KingstonSouthern end of concurrency with NH 107
10.17016.367 NH 111 east (Exeter Road) ExeterNorthern end of concurrency with NH 111
10.70117.222 NH 107 north (Marshall Road) Fremont, RaymondNorthern end of concurrency with NH 107
Brentwood12.96020.857 NH 111A (Middle Road) Fremont, Exeter
Epping16.389–
16.524
26.376–
26.593
NH 101 Exeter, Hampton, Raymond, ManchesterExit 7 on NH 101
17.18827.661 NH 27 (Water Street / Exeter Road) Epping
18.89930.415 NH 87 (Hedding Road) – Hedding, NewfieldsWestern terminus of NH 87
20.72433.352 NH 155 (Lee Hill Road) Lee, DurhamSouthern terminus of NH 155
StraffordLee22.00135.407 NH 152 (Harvey Mill Road / Wadleigh Falls Road) Nottingham, Newmarket
26.08641.981 US 4 (Concord Road) Durham, Dover, Portsmouth, Northwood, ConcordLee traffic circle
Barrington30.57149.199 NH 9 (Franklin Pierce Highway / Littleworth Road) Concord, Dover
Rochester35.510–
35.747
57.148–
57.529
Spaulding Turnpike / NH 16 Dover, Portsmouth, Boston, Alton, Ossipee, Sanford MEExit 12 on Spaulding Turnpike
36.97159.499 NH 108 south (South Main Street)
NH 202A west (South Main Street)
Northern terminus of NH 108
Eastern terminus of NH 202A
39.142–
39.446
62.993–
63.482
US 202 / NH 11 (Highland Street) to Spaulding Turnpike / NH 16 Concord, Alton, East Rochester, Sanford ME, Conway, PortsmouthInterchange
Milton43.78570.465 NH 75 (Farmington Road) to Spaulding Turnpike / NH 16 Farmington, Portsmouth, ConwayEastern terminus of NH 75
50.044–
50.279
80.538–
80.916
Spaulding Turnpike / NH 16 Rochester, Portsmouth, Ossipee, ConwayExit 18 on Spaulding Turnpike
CarrollWakefield51.70883.216 NH 153 south (Middleton Hill Road)Southern end of concurrency with NH 153
51.99483.676 NH 16 (White Mountain Highway) Ossipee, Rochester
NH 153 north (Wakefield Road) Sanbornville
Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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