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Transportation of New Hampshire

When it comes to transport, New Hampshire is one of the state of the USA that has a very well-maintained grid of Interstate highways, U.S. highways, and state highways. The major routes of New Hampshire include:

• Interstate 89 (from near Concord to Lebanon on the Vermont border)
• Interstate 93, the main Interstate highway (from Salem on the Massachusetts border to Littleton on the Vermont border)
• Interstate 95 running along New Hampshire's seacoast  
• U.S. Route 1 running parallel to I-95 along New Hampshire's seacoast to the east.
• U.S. Route 2 running east-west through Coos County. It intersects Route 16 on the way.
• U.S. route 3 is the longest route running from the Massachusetts border to the Canadian border.
• U.S. Route 4 runs to the Portsmouth Traffic Circle connecting Durham, Concord, Boscawen and Lebanon in the way.
• New Hampshire Route 16 parallels the border with Maine and enters Maine eventually as Maine Route 16. It is a major highway of New Hampshire.
• New Hampshire Route 101 is in the southern part of New Hampshire. It connects Keene with Manchester and the Seacoast region.

New Hampshire Air

New Hampshire does have 25 airports. Out of them, 4 are for commercial passenger service. The Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Manchester and Londonderry is the busiest airport. It serves the Greater Boston metropolitan area. This airport does have the greatest number of passengers arriving and departing daily. Nashua Municipal Airport is the airport with the highest number of daily operations. It is used for the flight programs’ practice by Daniel Webster College.

Public Transportation: Railways and Buses

The public transportation of New Hampshire mainly is the passenger rail service. Amtrak’s Vermonter and Downeaster lines operate through New Hampshire and connect different parts of the state.
The New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority is planning and working accordingly for extending the "Capital Corridor" service from Lowell, Massachusetts to Nashua, Concord, and Manchester, including Manchester-Boston Regional Airport; and "Coastal Corridor" service from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Plaistow, New Hampshire.

There are also local and regional bus services that operate in and around the state. Eleven public transit authorities and eight private carriers operate buses for the purpose. The New Hampshire Department of Transportation takes enough care that the transport services of the public are designed well enough to match the need of the natives and the tourists. As for the tourists, there are the tourist railroads like Conway Scenic Railroad, Hobo-Winnipesaukee Railroad, and the Mount Washington Cog Railway as well.

New Hampshire Freight Railways

The freight railways in New Hampshire are:

• Pan Am Railways
• New England Central Railroad
• St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
• New Hampshire North coast Corporation.

New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT)

List of Airports in New Hampshire