South Nashua in 2013 Running from
Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, up to the junction of Main Street, South Main Street, and East Dunstable Road, D.W. Highway in
Nashua is the main thoroughfare for the South Nashua Commercial District in the southeastern portion of the city. Before the construction of the
Everett Turnpike, this was also designated as
U.S. Route 3. Access between the D.W. Highway and Route 3/Everett Turnpike: • Full access via East Dunstable Road at Turnpike Exit 4. • Partial access at Turnpike Exit 3; there is no Turnpike exit on the northbound side. • Full access between the two roads at Turnpike Exit 2 (
Circumferential Highway). • Full access via Spit Brook Road at Turnpike Exit 1. • Partial access at Route 3 Massachusetts Exit 91 (Middlesex Road); there is no southbound Route 3 exit here.
Merrimack and Bedford in 2014 The main road in
Merrimack, the highway runs from the southeastern to northeastern portion of town, just east of the Everett Turnpike. It continues into Bedford, crossing to the west of the Everett Turnpike, and passing through the town's main commercial district, ending at the town's northern border with Manchester, where it becomes Second Street.Access between the D.W. Highway and the Turnpike: • At Turnpike Exit 7 via the Henri Burque Highway to Concord Street. • At Turnpike Exit 10 (Industrial Drive) • At Turnpike Exit 11 (Continental Boulevard) • At Turnpike Exit 12 (Bedford Road) • At
New Hampshire Route 101 in Bedford, just west of
Interstate 293 Exit 3 (where it merges with the Everett Turnpike)
North of Manchester into Hooksett Beginning at Webster Street near Livingston Park in north
Manchester, heading past
Interstate 93, this D.W. Highway is the main commercial thoroughfare in
Hooksett, continuing northbound east of the
Merrimack River to the town boundary with
Allenstown, where US 3 becomes Allenstown Road.
Pittsburg In
Pittsburg, the highway passes, in order proceeding northbound, to the north of
Lake Francis, to the east of
Back Lake, to the west of both the
First Connecticut Lake and
Second Connecticut Lake, and to the east of the
Third Connecticut Lake. The highway reaches its northern terminus at the border with Canada, where the
Pittsburg–Chartierville Border Crossing is located. Travel northward from that point is via
Quebec Route 257. The section of the highway from the Second Connecticut Lake to the Canadian border was constructed to provide access to the border station, which first opened on July 30, 1939. The of roadway, originally unpaved, was built by the
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). This northernmost section of the highway was formally dedicated on September 24, 1939. A sign noting that date, along with the name of the road's key proponent, local politician George D. Roberts, can be seen along the road approximately south of the border. ==See also==