New Hampshire Route 125
Map of southeastern New Hampshire with NH 125 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NHDOT | ||||
| Length | 51.994 mi (83.676 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | Route 125 at the Massachusetts state line | |||
| North end | NH 16 / NH 153 in Wakefield | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New Hampshire | |||
| Counties | Rockingham, Strafford, Carroll | |||
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New Hampshire Route 125 is a 51.994-mile-long (83.676 km) north–south state highway in Rockingham, Strafford and Carroll counties in southeastern New Hampshire. The southern terminus is in Plaistow at the Massachusetts state line, where the road continues south into Haverhill as Massachusetts Route 125. The northern terminus is in Wakefield at New Hampshire Route 16 and New Hampshire Route 153.
Although NH 125 is mostly an undivided two-lane highway, it regularly carries heavy truck and tourist traffic, especially in the summer months, when it is used as a toll-free alternative to Interstate 95 and the Spaulding Turnpike.
The Epping–Lee–Barrington section is known as the Calef Highway, named after state senator Austin L. Calef and family who owned the locally famous Calef's Country Store in Barrington. The Milton section is the southernmost part of the White Mountain Highway. The Brentwood section is officially named the Officer Stephen Arkell Memorial Highway, named for a police officer of that community who was killed in the line of duty.