New Hampshire Route 119

Route 119
Map of southwestern New Hampshire and southeastern Vermont with NH 119 highlighted in red and VT 119 highlighted in blue
Route information
Maintained by NHDOT
Length	39.988 mi (64.354 km) Vermont: 0.080 mi (0.129 km) New Hampshire: 39.908 mi (64.226 km)
Major junctions
West end	US 5 / VT 142 in Brattleboro, VT
Major intersections	US 202 in Rindge
East end	Route 119 in Ashburnham, MA
Location
Country	United States
State	New Hampshire
Counties	VT: Windham, NH: Cheshire, Hillsborough
Highway system
New Hampshire Highway System Interstate US State Turnpikes
← NH 118 → NH 120
← VT 118 VT → VT 120

New Hampshire Route 119 (NH 119) is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The highway begins in Hinsdale at the Connecticut River, across which the highway continues into Brattleboro, Vermont, as Vermont Route 119 (VT 119) for 0.080 miles (0.129 km) to its terminus at U.S. Route 5 (US 5) and VT 142. NH 119 heads east 39.908 miles (64.226 km) to the Massachusetts state line in New Ipswich, where the highway continues as Massachusetts Route 119. The state highway is the main east–west highway of southern Cheshire County, where it connects the towns of Hinsdale, Winchester, Richmond, Fitzwilliam, and Rindge.

Route description

VT 119 approaching its western terminus in Brattleboro

NH 119 begins at the Vermont state line at the west bank of the Connecticut River. The highway continues west as VT 119 (Bridge Street) into downtown Brattleboro, where the highway has a grade crossing of the New England Central Railroad before its terminal intersection, from which US 5 heads west on Canal Street and north on Main Street, and VT 142 heads south as Vernon Street. An Amtrak station for the Vermonter between St. Albans, Vermont, and Washington, D.C., is located here.

NH 119 crosses the main channel of the Connecticut River on a truss bridge, then heads southeast along an unnamed island and crosses another channel to reach the east bank of the river. The highway, which is named Brattleboro Road, follows the east bank of the river southeast along the flank of Wantastiquet Mountain through the town of Hinsdale. West of the center of town, NH 119 veers east away from the Connecticut River and becomes the town's Main Street. While passing through downtown, the highway has a concurrency with NH 63, which heads south as Northfield Road and north as Chesterfield Road.

NH 119 parallels the Ashuelot River east from the town center along Canal Street and becomes Ashuelot Main Street on entering the town of Winchester. East of the village of Ashuelot, which contains a namesake covered bridge, the highway continues as Hinsdale Road to the town center of Winchester. There, the highway crosses the river and has a four-leg intersection with NH 10 (Manning Hill Road) and NH 78 (Warwick Road). NH 119 and NH 10 head north across Mirey Brook as Main Street to the center of town, where NH 10 continues straight on Keene Road and NH 119 turns east onto Richmond Street. The highway crosses several hills and ridges in the town of Richmond, in the center of which the highway intersects NH 32 (Athol Road/Old Homestead Highway). The highway is named Winchester Road and Fitzwilliam Road west and east of the town center, respectively.

NH 119 enters the town of Fitzwilliam, where the highway passes to the south of Rhododendron State Park, which surrounds Little Monadnock Mountain. The highway has a curvaceous path through the town that includes two right-angle turns west of the town center, where the highway intersects NH 12. NH 119 continues east into the town of Rindge. The route passes to the south of Franklin Pierce University before having a junction with US 202. NH 119 continues southeast, passing the town center of Rindge to the northeast and the Wapack Wilderness, the site of several monadnocks in the Wapack Range, including Pratt Mountain. The state highway cuts across the extreme southwest corner of the town of New Ipswich in Hillsborough County before reaching its eastern terminus at the Massachusetts state line. The highway continues southeast into the town of Ashburnham as Massachusetts Route 119 (Rindge State Road).

History

In 1937, the portion of NH 119 west of NH 63 was numbered NH 113, while the portion between NH 63 and current NH 10 was part of NH 10. By 1945, NH 10, 63, and 119 were all on their current routing.

On December 4, 2024, the bridge over the Connecticut River was replaced, with the old VT/NH 119 bridge becoming a pedestrian bridge. No part of VT 119 before and after is on the same alignment.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Windham	Brattleboro	0.000	0.000	US 5 (Main Street / Canal Street) – Putney, Guilford VT 142 south (Vernon Street) – Vernon	Western terminus; northern terminus of VT 142
Connecticut River		0.080 0.000	0.129 0.000	Vermont–New Hampshire state line
Cheshire	Hinsdale	6.712	10.802	NH 63 south (Northfield Road) – Northfield, MA	Western end of concurrency with NH 63
		6.993	11.254	NH 63 north (Chesterfield Road) – Chesterfield	Eastern end of concurrency with NH 63
	Winchester	12.518	20.146	NH 10 south (Manning Hill Road) – Northfield, MA NH 78 south (Warwick Road) – Warwick, MA	Western end of concurrency with NH 10 Northern terminus of NH 78
		13.067	21.029	NH 10 north (Keene Road) – Keene	Eastern end of concurrency with NH 10
	Richmond	19.286	31.038	NH 32 (Athol Road / Old Homestead Highway) – Keene, Athol, MA
	Fitzwilliam	27.577	44.381	NH 12 – Keene, Winchendon, MA
	Rindge	33.078	53.234	US 202 – Jaffrey, Winchendon, MA
Hillsborough	New Ipswich	39.908	64.226	Route 119 east (Rindge State Road) – Ashburnham	Continuation into Massachusetts
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

External links

• New Hampshire State Route 119 on Flickr