New Hampshire Route 16B

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route=16B
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length_mi=5.38
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previous_type=NH
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next_type=NH
next_route=18

New Hampshire Route 16B (abbreviated NH 16B) is a 5.38 mile long state highway located entirely in Jackson, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Although the road is signed as north-south, in reality, NH 16B is a nearly-complete loop, beginning and ending at intersections with New Hampshire Route 16A roughly 500 feet apart. Heading counterclockwise on NH 16B from NH 16A, NH 16B is known as Dundee Road, Five Mile Circle (a reference to the length of NH 16B), and Middle Road.

NH 16B has been assigned to several locations other than its present alignment.

History

In Ossipee, NH 16B was once the designation for an old alignment of NH 16 that has been bypassed by the present NH 16 south of Ossipee Lake. The route, 2.52 miles in length, is still called "Route 16B" on street blade signs. [ [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Ossipee,+NH&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=43.761424,-71.140423&spn=0.029445,0.086002&om=1 Map of former Ossipee alignment] ]

Two other roads have also held the NH 16B designation. One is a local road called Old Rochester Road in Somersworth and Old Dover Road in Rochester, paralleling the Spaulding Turnpike in those two towns from NH 108 to NH 125. There is no longer any signage along the road indicating that the road was designated NH 16B. [ [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Somersworth,+NH&ie=UTF8&z=13&ll=43.257956,-70.923443&spn=0.059383,0.172005&om=1 Map of former Somersworth and Rochester alignment] ]

The other road followed what is now New Hampshire Route 125 between New Hampshire Route 16 near Union and New Hampshire Route 153 in Union, as well as NH 153 from NH 125 north to NH 16 in Wakefield. The section of NH 125 in Carroll County is still shown as NH 16B on maps. [ [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Milton,+NH&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=43.489669,-71.014938&spn=0.029578,0.086002&om=1 Map showing NH 125 as NH 16B] ]

References

External links

* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Jackson,+NH&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=44.160164,-71.175957&spn=0.029248,0.086002&om=1 Map of present alignment in Jackson]