Everett Turnpike

Everett Turnpike
Central New Hampshire Turnpike
Everett Turnpike highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NHDOT Bureau of Turnpikes
Length	39.867 mi[1] (64.160 km)
Existed	c. 1955–present
Component highways	US 3 from Tyngsborough, MA to Nashua I-293 from Manchester to Hooksett I-93 from Hooksett to Concord
Major junctions
South end	US 3 in Tyngsborough, MA
Major intersections	Raymond Wieczorek Drive in Bedford I-293 / NH 101 in Bedford I-93 in Hooksett I-89 in Bow
North end	I-93 / NH 9 in Concord
Location
Country	United States
State	New Hampshire
Counties	Hillsborough, Merrimack
Highway system
New Hampshire Highway System Interstate US State Turnpikes

The Frederick E. Everett Turnpike, also called the Central New Hampshire Turnpike, is a controlled-access toll road in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, running 44 miles (71 km) from the Massachusetts border at Nashua north to Concord. The Everett Turnpike is named for Frederick Elwin Everett, the first commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.^[2]

The turnpike is part of the New Hampshire Turnpike System, and is operated by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation's Bureau of Turnpikes. There are two tolled sections, a southern one in Bedford and a northern tolled section in Hooksett; the remainder of the turnpike is toll-free. Each of the tolled segments costs a maximum of $1.00 for passenger cars passing through the mainline tollbooths, with lower rates charged on the ramp tolls for traveling shorter distances. A 30% discount is also offered for NH E-ZPass account holders only.

Built prior to the Interstate Highway System, the route was completed in the mid-1950s as a single highway from Nashua to Concord. Today, the route is overlaid with portions of several other routes: U.S. Route 3 from the Massachusetts border to New Hampshire Route 101A in Nashua, unnumbered from there until New Hampshire Route 101 in Bedford, I-293 from there until I-93 in Hooksett, and I-93 from Hooksett to Concord. There is also a short segment concurrent with New Hampshire Route 3A in Manchester.