New Hampshire Route 150 (abbreviated NH 150) is a north–south
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in
Rockingham County in southeastern
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
, United States.
Route description
The road runs from
Kensington
Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London.
The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
south to the
border.
The southern terminus of NH 150 is at the Massachusetts state line in
South Hampton, where the road continues south as
Massachusetts Route 150
Route 150 is a short south–north highway entirely in Amesbury, Massachusetts. It begins at Beacon Street and continues as New Hampshire Route 150. The highway is the main south-north thoroughfare in Amesbury, and serves as a southward conti ...
in the town of
Amesbury
Amesbury () is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is known for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is within the parish. The town is claimed to be the oldest occupied settlement in Great Britain, having been first settle ...
. The northern terminus of NH 150 is at
New Hampshire Route 108
New Hampshire Route 108 is a north–south state highway in Rockingham and Strafford counties in southeastern New Hampshire. The southern terminus of NH 108 is at the Massachusetts state line in Plaistow. The northern terminus is at an inters ...
in Kensington. For most of its length, NH 150 is named Amesbury Road.
Major intersections
In popular culture
NH 150 in Kensington, near where it intersects with Brewer Road, was the location of the
Exeter incident, a highly publicized
UFO
An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are id ...
sighting that occurred on September 3, 1965.
See also
*
List of state highways in New Hampshire
The following is a list of state routes in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. All routes in the state are maintained by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.
New Hampshire route markers feature the profile of the Old Man of the Mountain
...
References
External links
New Hampshire State Route 150on
Flickr
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150 150 may refer to:
*150 (number), a natural number
*AD 150, a year in the 2nd century AD
*150 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*150 Regiment RLC
*Combined Task Force 150
See also
* List of highways numbered 150
The following highways are numbered ...
Transportation in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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