|
|
 Brought to you by MapBlast! (Click on map to navigate) |
|
|
| Brought to you by MapBlast! (Click on map to navigate) |
Main Street entrance to City Hall. Digital photograph by Kenyon F. Karl on July 6, 2000.
Main Street end of Rail-trail next to City Hall. Digital photograph by Kenyon F. Karl on July 6, 2000.
The trail surface changes to asphalt at the Elm Street Crossing. Digital photograph by Kenyon F. Karl on July 6, 2000.
The bus terminal is easily seen from the Elm Street Crossing. Digital photograph by Kenyon F. Karl on July 6, 2000.
There is no exit from the trail at the underpass that connects Eaton and Patterson Streets. Digital photograph by Kenyon F. Karl on July 6, 2000.
Near the west end of the rail-trail. Digital photograph by Kenyon F. Karl on July 6, 2000.
The trail ends on Will Street a short distance east of Simon Street. Digital photograph by Kenyon F. Karl on July 6, 2000.
|
|
| Brought to you by MapBlast! (Click on map to navigate) |
The Nashua Transit Center on Elm Street is the bus stop for Vermont
Transit (Greyhound) on an intercity route that runs from Boston to
Manchester, White River Junction, Burlington, and Montreal. Peter
Pan Bus Lines also stops at this bus station on a route that runs from
Concord to Worcester. The platform canopy will serve as a trail shelter,
and a telephone is also located on the station platform. A water fountain is
inside the building. Unfortunately, the toilet in the bus station is reserved for
bus passengers only.
Nashua
Transit System provides city bus service from the Nashua Transit Center
on six routes that serve most parts of Nashua. Bus stops for Route 4 outbound are every two or three
blocks on nearby
West Hollis St, except that the route apparently
switches to Will Street between Twelfth and Simon Streets. Note that a bus stop
is across the street from the west end of the rail-trail. Routes 4 and 5 return
to the Transit Center on Kinsley Street, two blocks south of Hollis Street. Note
also that Routes 4 & 5 do not operate on Saturdays, and none of the bus
routes operate on Sundays. Note that the Nasua city busses
do not have bike racks.
A parking
garage is adjacent to the Nashua Transit Center
and thus near the Elm Street Crossing.
Public toilets and drinking water are available just inside the Elm Street
entrance to City Hall from 8 am to 5 pm on weekdays only. Another phone was
noted near the Main St entrance to City Hall near the beginning of the trail.
A restaurant is adjacent to the Main Street end of the trail, open 6 am to 2 pm
on weekdays, and 7 am to 2 pm on weekends. Three or four other restaurants were
noted near that intersection as well as the Elm Street Crossing. Toilets and
water are presumably available upon request at each of these restaurants.
The Post
Office is located one block east of City Hall.
A grocery store is located near the Twelfth Street Crossing, with a deli counter
that offers sandwiches and take-out food. A phone is just inside the entrance. A
bus stop shelter on adjacent Hollis St will serve as a trail shelter, and an
outside phone is located next to the shelter. Trail parking may be available at
the grocery store if done in a manner that does not interfere with customer
convenience.
A pizza parlor is just west of the end of the trail. Toilets and water are
presumably available upon request inside. Note that the restaurant was closed on
July 6, 2000, but a sign on the door promised it would reopen on July 17th.
Trail parking may be available at the restaurant if done in a manner that does
not interfere with customer convenience.
A gas station & convenience store is located on West Hollis at Simon St
(near the west end of the trail) that is open on a 24 hour per day basis. A
donut counter operates from 5 am to 10 pm weekdays and 6 am to 10 pm weekends, for
take out service only. Toilets and water are clearly available inside the store,
while a phone is outside.
A
commuter parking lot is located near Exit 5 of the Everett Turnpike (Route 3),
which is presumably convenient to the west end of the Rail-trail near Simon Street.
A Statewide
Bicycle Route parallels the rail-trail on West Hollis Street
(Westbound) and Kinsley Street (Eastbound). This bicycle route also continues southwest via Route 111A (Dunstable Road) to
end at the State Line on Groton Road near the Hollis Depot
end of the Nashua
River Rail Trail.
| Item | From | To | Year | RR | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 398 | at Nashua | 1993 | B&M | 1.6 | |
| Project Name | Year | City | County | Federal $ | Local $ | Total $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bike/Ped Path, Nashua Br. RR Corridor | 1995 | Nashua | Hillsborough | $320,000 | $80,000 | $400,000 |
| Dev. Nashua Br. Rail-Trail | 1999 | NASHUA | N/A | $400,000 | $100,000 | $500,000 |
This list is drawn on April 8, 2000 from a database maintained by the National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse. Direct questions to NTEC at 1-888-388-NTEC or by email to [email protected].
Sign images are from the Manual of Traffic Signs by Richard C. Moeur.
Updated on March 03, 2001 by Kenyon F.
Karl <[email protected]>.
Unintentional errors are likely!
