Spaulding Turnpike
The Spaulding Turnpike is a 33.2-mile (53.4 km) controlled-access toll road in eastern New Hampshire. Nearly its entire length is overlapped by New Hampshire Route 16. Its southern terminus is at the Portsmouth Traffic Circle (Interstate 95 / U.S. Route 1 Bypass) in Portsmouth, a terminus it shares with U.S. Route 4 and NH 16. Its northern terminus is at an interchange with New Hampshire Route 125 in Milton, where NH 16 continues north as a surface road.
Spaulding Turnpike | |
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Spaulding Turnpike highlighted in red | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by NHDOT | |
| Length | 33.2 mi (53.4 km) |
| Existed | c. 1956–present |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | I-95 / Blue Star Turnpike / US 1 Byp. / US 4 / NH 16 in Portsmouth |
| US 4 in Dover NH 9 in Dover US 202 / NH 11 in Rochester | |
| North end | NH 16 / NH 125 in Milton |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Hampshire |
| Counties | Rockingham, Strafford |
| Highway system | |
The turnpike roughly parallels the Maine border. NH 16 was signed onto the Turnpike in the mid-1990s.
The turnpike is part of the New Hampshire Turnpike System operated by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation Bureau of Turnpikes. Along with I-95 between the Massachusetts state border and the Portsmouth Circle (Blue Star Turnpike), the two turnpikes are collectively known as the Eastern Turnpike.