Editing Nashua, New Hampshire (section)

===Transportation===
====Roads====
The [[Everett Turnpike]] is the major highway running through the city.  [[U.S. Route 3#New Hampshire|U.S. Route 3]] follows the turnpike from the Massachusetts border north to Exit 7E, where it branches to the northeast along the two-lane Henri A. Burque Highway to Concord Street and then heads north into the town of Merrimack. Other New Hampshire state highways in the city include:
* [[New Hampshire Route 101A|NH 101A]], which enters the city from the northwest and follows Amherst Street to its terminus at Main Street.
* [[New Hampshire Route 111|NH 111]], which enters the city from the southwest and follows Hollis Street to the city's eastern border at the [[Merrimack River]], crossing into [[Hudson, New Hampshire|Hudson]] on the twin-span Taylor Falls/Veterans Memorial bridges.
* [[New Hampshire Route 111#New Hampshire Route 111A|NH 111A]], which enters the city from the southwest and follows Groton Road to Main Dunstable Road to its terminus at Hollis Street.
* [[New Hampshire Route 130|NH 130]], which enters the city from the west and follows Broad Street to its terminus at Amherst Street.

Maps of the Nashua area often show a stretch of freeway forming a circumferential highway through Nashua and the neighboring town of [[Hudson, New Hampshire|Hudson]]. Only a small section of the south end of this highway (Exit 2 off [[U.S. Route 3]]) has been built, and it is unclear whether the highway will ever be completed. If finished, the [[Circumferential Highway (Nashua)|Nashua-Hudson Circumferential Highway]] would be part of the Everett Turnpike, and would rejoin the mainline highway at a hypothetical Exit 9 in northern Nashua.

In 2015, after four years of construction, the city completed the Broad Street Parkway,<ref>{{cite web|title=Broad Street Parkway|url=https://www.swcole.com/broad-street-parkway/ |website=S.W.COLE |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211025074925/https://www.swcole.com/broad-street-parkway/ |archive-date= Oct 25, 2021 }}</ref> which connects Exit 6 of the Everett Turnpike to the city's downtown area ("Tree Streets" neighborhood), with the goal of easing traffic congestion and opening up Nashua's old mill-yard as part of the city's economic development.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://nhpr.org/post/long-awaited-broad-street-parkway-opens-nashua| title=Long-awaited Broad Street Parkway Opens in Nashua| last=Rich-Kern| first=Sheryl| publisher=[[New Hampshire Public Radio]] |date=December 19, 2015| access-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080919/http://nhpr.org/post/long-awaited-broad-street-parkway-opens-nashua |archive-date= Mar 4, 2016 }}</ref> The new parkway provides a third crossing of the [[Nashua River]] and a way for traffic to avoid Library Hill, a busy downtown intersection. The idea of a road connecting Broad Street with Hollis Street within the city had been discussed since the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nashuarpc.org/publications/transportation/tip/2011_2014_TIP%20Adopted_102010.pdf |title=Nashua Metropolitan Area Transportation Improvement Program 2011-2014 |publisher=Nashua Regional Planning Commission |access-date=2011-05-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929182453/http://www.nashuarpc.org/publications/transportation/tip/2011_2014_TIP%20Adopted_102010.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-29 }}</ref>

Public transportation is provided by the [[Nashua Transit System]], which has nine scheduled bus routes in the city. [[Boston Express]], a subsidiary of [[Concord Coach Lines]], operates a Nashua-Boston bus line that runs out of the Nashua Transit Center off Exit 8 on the Everett Turnpike. This line transports passengers to [[South Station]] and [[Logan International Airport]] in Boston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070225/NEWS01/70225001/-1/news01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829094957/http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070225%2FNEWS01%2F70225001%2F-1%2Fnews01|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 August 2007|title= Smooth sailing for bus to Boston |website=Nashuatelegraph.com |first1=Patrick |last1=Meighan |date=29 August 2007|access-date=12 February 2018}}</ref>

====Airport====
[[Image:boirefield.jpg|thumb|right|Entrance of Boire Field, Nashua's airport]]
[[Nashua Airport]] (Boire Field), a [[general aviation]] facility, is in the city's northwest corner. The nearest airports with scheduled airline service are [[Manchester–Boston Regional Airport]] in Manchester and [[Logan International Airport]] in Boston.

==== Past trolley ====
Historically, Nashua was a hub for the [[tram|trolley]] system in New Hampshire. Trolleys could be taken south to [[Boston]], as well as north into [[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester]] and to locations as far east as [[Hampton, New Hampshire]]. The trolley also connected different areas of the city, with the Nashua line ending at the city dance hall. The trolley system decreased in popularity in the 20th century, finally closing in 1932.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.psnh.com/downloads/nhwired_MED_pgs_fullbooklet.pdf?id=4294967899&dl=t |title=PSNH is now Eversource |access-date=2014-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023230/http://www.psnh.com/downloads/nhwired_MED_pgs_fullbooklet.pdf?id=4294967899&dl=t |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== Future railroad ====
Efforts are being made to extend the [[MBTA Commuter Rail|MBTA Commuter Rail's]] [[Lowell Line]] from [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]] to Manchester, stopping at Nashua along the way. The state legislature created the [[New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority]] (NHRTA) in 2007 with the goal of overseeing the development of commuter rail in the state. The proposed line would connect [[Lowell, Massachusetts]], to [[Bedford, New Hampshire]], with the end station being near the [[Manchester–Boston Regional Airport]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wmur.com/article/commuter-rail-proposal-continues-to-move-forward/12833473|title=Commuter rail proposal continues to move forward|last=Wheeler|first=Christine DeLong|date=2017-10-11|work=WMUR|access-date=2017-10-14|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Andrew Sylvia|date=2021-08-30|title=Pappas on rail expansion: 'This is a project that continues to bubble from the bottom up here in New Hampshire' {{!}} Manchester Ink Link|url=https://manchesterinklink.com/local-leaders-gather-with-amtrak-representatives-to-discuss-proposed-downtown-rail-expansion/|access-date=2021-11-11|website=manchesterinklink.com|language=en-US}}</ref> As of November, 2022, an ongoing study by [[AECOM]] and the State of New Hampshire for design and financing is due to be completed by early 2023, and the project is awaiting federal funding.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nashua – Manchester 40818 {{!}} Project Specific Information {{!}} Project Center {{!}} NH Department of Transportation |url=https://www.nh.gov/dot/projects/nashuamanchester40818/index.htm |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=www.nh.gov}}</ref> Nashua is proposed to have two station stops on the line, [[South Nashua station|South Nashua]], which would be located behind the [[Pheasant Lane Mall]] just north of the state line, and Nashua, which would be located in a rail yard near Crown Street in downtown Nashua and would utilize the existing Crown Street park-and-ride lot.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://www.dot.nh.gov/welcome |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Department of Transportation |language=en}}</ref>

Separately on October 11, 2017 the Nashua Board of Aldermen signed a memorandum of understanding with the now bankrupt [[Boston Surface Railroad]] Company for the creation of a rail line.