New Hampshire Route 150

New Hampshire Route 150 (abbreviated NH 150) is a 5.743-mile (9.242 km) north–south state highway in Rockingham County in southeastern New Hampshire, United States.

New Hampshire Route 150
Map of Rockingham County in southeastern New Hampshire with NH 150 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NHDOT
Length5.743 mi[1] (9.242 km)
Major junctions
South end Route 150 in Amesbury, MA
  NH 107 in Kensington
North end NH 108 in Kensington
Location
CountiesRockingham
Highway system
← NH 149→ NH 151

Route description
Looking north over Route 150 from Shaw Hill Road in Kensington, February 2013

The road runs from Kensington south to the Massachusetts 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. The northern terminus of NH 150 is at New Hampshire Route 108 in Kensington. For most of its length, NH 150 is named Amesbury Road.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Rockingham County. [1][2]

Location[1][2]mi[1][2]kmDestinationsNotes
South Hampton0.0000.000 Route 150 south (Market Street) – AmesburyContinuation into Massachusetts.
Kensington1.6872.715 NH 107 (South Road) – Kingston, Seabrook
2.5344.078 NH 84 east (Lamprey Road) – HamptonWestern terminus of NH 84
5.7439.242 NH 108 (North Haverhill Road) – East Kingston, ExeterNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

NH 150 in Kensington, near where it intersects with Brewer Road, was the location of the Exeter incident, a highly publicized UFO sighting that occurred on September 3, 1965.[3][4]

See also
  • List of state highways in New Hampshire

References
  1. Bureau of Planning & Community Assistance (February 20, 2015). "NH Public Roads". Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  2. Bureau of Planning & Community Assistance (April 3, 2015). "Nodal Reference 2015, State of New Hampshire". New Hampshire Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  3. Sottile, Alexis (September 18, 2018). "Geek Road Trip: New Hampshire's Massive UFO Festival". Syfy Wire. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  4. "Rash of UFO Reports Flood New Hampshire Air Force Base". Bennington Banner. Bennington, Vermont. UPI. September 9, 1965. p. 11. Retrieved February 7, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
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