  Route 119 | ||||
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 Map of southwestern New Hampshire and southeastern Vermont with NH 119 and VT 119 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained byNHDOT | ||||
| Length | 39.976 mi (64.335 km)
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| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  VT 142 inBrattleboro, VT | |||
| Major intersections |  US 202 inRindge, NH | |||
| East end |  Route 119 at theMassachusetts state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New Hampshire | |||
| Counties | VT:Windham,NH:Cheshire,Hillsborough | |||
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New Hampshire Route 119 (NH 119) is astate highway in the U.S. state ofNew Hampshire. The highway begins inHinsdale at theConnecticut River, across which the highway continues intoBrattleboro, Vermont, asVermont Route 119 (VT 119) for 0.080 miles (0.129 km) to its terminus atVT 142. NH 119 heads east 39.908 miles (64.226 km) to theMassachusetts state line at theRindge/New Ipswich town corner,[2] where the highway continues asMassachusetts Route 119. The state highway is the main east–west highway of southernCheshire County, where it connects the towns of Hinsdale,Winchester,Richmond,Fitzwilliam, andRindge.
NH 119 begins at the Vermont state line at the west bank of the Connecticut River. The highway continues for a short distance as VT 119 into downtown Brattleboro, where the highway terminates atVermont Route 142.
NH 119 crosses theNew England Central Railroad and the Connecticut River on theGeneral John Stark Memorial Bridge. 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'sMain Street. While passing through downtown, the highway has a concurrency withNH 63, which heads south as Northfield Road and north as Chesterfield Road.[3]
NH 119 parallels theAshuelot River east from the town center along Canal Street and becomes Ashuelot Main Street on entering the town of Winchester. East of the village ofAshuelot, which contains anamesake 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 withNH 10 (Manning Hill Road) andNH 78 (Warwick Road). NH 119 and NH 10 head north acrossMirey 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 intersectsNH 32 (Athol Road/Old Homestead Highway). The highway is named Winchester Road and Fitzwilliam Road west and east of the town center, respectively.[3]
NH 119 enters the town of Fitzwilliam, where the highway passes to the south ofRhododendron State Park, which surroundsLittle 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 intersectsNH 12. NH 119 continues east into the town of Rindge. The route passes to the south ofFranklin Pierce University before having a junction withUS 202. NH 119 continues southeast, passing the town center of Rindge to the northeast and theWapack Wilderness, the site of severalmonadnocks in the Wapack Range, includingPratt Mountain. The state highway cuts across the extreme southwest corner of the town of New Ipswich inHillsborough County before reaching its eastern terminus at the Massachusetts state line. The highway continues southeast into the town ofAshburnham as Massachusetts Route 119 (Rindge State Road).[3]
| County | Location[4][1][5] | mi[4][1][5] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Windham | Brattleboro | 0.000 | 0.000 | VT 142 (Vernon Street) –Vernon | Western terminus of VT 119 |
| Vermont–New Hampshire state line | 0.080 0.000 | 0.129 0.000 | General John Stark Memorial Bridge | ||
| Cheshire | Hinsdale | 6.712 | 10.802 |   NH 63 south (Northfield Road) –Northfield, MA | Western end of NH 63 concurrency |
| 6.993 | 11.254 |  NH 63 north (Chesterfield Road) –Chesterfield | Eastern end of NH 63 concurrency | ||
| Winchester | 12.518 | 20.146 |   NH 10 south (Manning Hill Road) /NH 78 south (Warwick Road) –Northfield, MA,Warwick, MA | Western end of NH 10 concurrency; northern terminus of NH 78 | |
| 13.067 | 21.029 | NH 10 north (Keene Road) –Keene | Eastern end of NH 10 concurrency | ||
| 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 intoMassachusetts |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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