Daniel Webster Highway
auto trail
Daniel Webster Highway (also known as D.W. Highway or Webster Highway) is the name for several sections of U.S. Route 3 (or former alignments) in New Hampshire. The highway is named after 19th century statesman Daniel Webster, a New Hampshire native, and was dedicated on May 16, 1922.
Extent
The following sections (or former sections) of U.S. Route 3 are named "Daniel Webster Highway":
From the Massachusetts state line to the south end of Main St. in Nashua (formerly U.S. 3)
From the southern boundary of Merrimack to the northern boundary of Bedford
From Webster St. in northern Manchester to the northern boundary of Hooksett
From U.S. Route 4 in the center of Boscawen to the southern boundary of Franklin
In Belmont from the boundary with Tilton to the Laconia Bypass
From Endicott St. in Weirs Beach, through Meredith, to the northern boundary of Center Harbor
From Bridgewater at its boundary with Ashland to the south end of Main St. in Plymouth
From the north end of Main St. in Plymouth, through Campton and Thornton, to the south end of Main St. in North Woodstock
From the southern boundary of Lincoln to the merge with Interstate 93 in Franconia Notch
From Interstate 93 north of Franconia Notch to Union St. in Whitefield
From the southern boundary of Stratford to the northern boundary of Columbia
From the southern boundary of Clarksville to the west end of Main St.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q818889. Authority coordinates are 43.837, -71.658. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1922.
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