Merrimack and Bedford
The main road in Merrimack, the highway runs from the southeastern to northeastern portion of town, just east of the Everett Turnpike. It continues into Bedford, crossing to the west of the Everett Turnpike, and passing through the town's main commercial district, ending at the town's northern border with Manchester, where it becomes Second Street.
Access between the D.W. Highway and the Turnpike:
- At Turnpike Exit 7 via the Henri Burque Highway to Concord Street.
- At Turnpike Exit 10 (Industrial Drive)
- At Turnpike Exit 11 (Continental Boulevard)
- At Turnpike Exit 12 (Bedford Road)
- At New Hampshire Route 101 in Bedford, just west of Interstate 293 Exit 3 (where it merges with the Everett Turnpike)
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“The Concord had rarely been a river, or rivus, but barely fluvius, or between fluvius and lacus. This Merrimack was neither rivus nor fluvius nor lacus, but rather amnis here, a gently swelling and stately rolling flood approaching the sea. We could even sympathize with its buoyant tied, going to seek its fortune in the ocean, and anticipating the time when “being received within the plain of its freer water,” it should “beat the shore for banks.””
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)