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 Route number, numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered ...
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 borders 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
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The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensingt ...
south to the
Massachusetts
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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 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 settl ...
. The northern terminus of NH 150 is at
New Hampshire Route 108
New Hampshire Route 108 is a north–south state highway in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, Rockingham and Strafford County, New Hampshire, Strafford counties in southeastern New Hampshire. The southern terminus of NH 108 is at the Massachus ...
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) is an object or phenomenon seen in the sky but not yet identified or explained. The term was coined when United States Air Force (USAF) investigations into flying saucers found too broad a range of shapes ...
sighting that occurred on September 3, 1965.
See also
*
List of state highways in New Hampshire
References
External links
New Hampshire State Route 150on
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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
* 150 Nuwa, a main-belt asteroid
* Chevrolet 150, an economy or fleet car
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Transportation in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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