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City of Nashua, NH
Hillsborough County
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A. 
The prima facie speed limits on all streets and highways in the City which are not part of the State highway system shall be as follows:
(1) 
Twenty miles per hour when passing a school during recess or while children are going to or leaving school during opening or closing hours.
(2) 
Thirty miles per hour in any business or urban residence district.
(3) 
Thirty-five miles per hour in any rural residence district and on any Class V highway outside the compact part.
(4) 
Forty miles per hour on Daniel Webster Highway South between F. E. Everett Turnpike and the Massachusetts state line.
B. 
The following streets shall have a speed limit as indicated:
Name of Street
Speed Limit
(mph)
Location
Abbott Street
25
Entire length
Alder Drive
25
Entire length
Algonquin Lane
25
Entire length
Allds Street
25
Entire length
Almont Street
25
Entire length
Annabelle Court
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Anvil Drive
25
Entire length
April Drive
25
Entire length
Ashland Street
25
Entire length
Ash Street
25
Entire length
Ayer Street
25
Entire length
Aztec Road
25
Entire length
Badger Street
25
Entire length
Bailey Street
25
Entire length
Baldwin Street
25
Entire length
Ballerina Court
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Bayberry Circle
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Bay Meadow Drive
25
Entire length
Beach Street
25
Entire length
Beasom Street
25
Entire length
Beauview Avenue
[Added 9-9-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-062]
25
Entire length
Beaver Street
25
Entire length
Belmont Street
25
Entire length
Berkley Street
25
Entire length
Berkshire Road
25
Entire length
Berkshire Street
25
Entire length
Bicentennial Drive
25
Entire length
Blackstone Drive
25
Entire length
Blueberry Lane
[Added 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-060]
25
Entire length
Briand Drive
25
Entire length
Briarcliff Drive
[Added 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-060]
25
Entire length
Buck Street
25
Entire length
Bulova Drive
25
Entire length
Caldwell Road
25
Entire length
Camanche Street
25
Entire length
Cannon Drive
25
Entire length
Carmine Road
25
Entire length
Carnation Circle
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Carroll Street
25
Entire length
Cathedral Circle
25
Entire length
Cedar Street
25
Entire length
Central Street
25
Entire length
Chandler Street
25
Entire length
Charlotte Avenue
[Added 12-22-2020 by Ord. No. O-20-038]
25
Entire length
Chestnut Street
25
Entire length
Cherrywood Drive
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Cheyenne Drive
25
Entire length
Chokeberry Lane
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Cider Lane
25
Entire length
Coburn Avenue
25
Entire length
Corona Avenue
25
Entire length
Cotillion Lane
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Courtland Street
25
Entire length
Cushing Avenue
25
Entire length
Daffodil Drive
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Daylily Drive
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Deerhaven Drive
25
Entire length
Denise Street
25
Entire length
Denver Drive
25
Entire length
Dexter Street
25
Entire length
Dudley Street
25
Entire length
Dunbarton Drive
25
Entire length
East Dunstable Road
[Added 2-26-2008 by Ord. No. O-08-07]
30
Between Spit Brook Road and Lamb Road
East Glenwood Street
25
Entire length
East Stark Street
25
Entire length
Edgewood Avenue
25
Entire length
Edmond Drive
25
Entire length
Elgin Street
25
Entire length
Elm Street
25
Entire length
Factory Street
25
Entire length
Fairmount Street
25
Entire length
Farmers Trail
[Added 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-060]
25
Entire length
Fordham Drive
[Added 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-060]
25
Entire length
Forsythia Drive
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Garden Street
25
Entire length
Gendron Street
25
Entire length
Glen Drive
25
Entire length
Grand Avenue
25
Entire length
Granite Street
25
Entire length
Greenlay Street
25
Entire length
Hall Avenue
25
Entire length
Hampton Drive
25
Entire length
Hanover Street
25
Entire length
Harris Road
25
Between Northeastern Boulevard and Conant Road
Hibiscus Way
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Hills Ferry Road
25
Entire length
Holly Drive
25
Entire length
Hollyhock Avenue
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Hopi Drive
25
Entire length
Houde Street
25
Entire length
Hunt Street
25
Entire length
Huron Drive
25
Entire length
Hydrangea Road
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Inca Drive
25
Entire length
Intervale Street
25
Entire length
Jonquil Lane
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
June Street
25
Entire length
Kanata Drive
25
Entire length
Knowlton Road
25
Entire length
Lafrance Avenue
25
Entire length
Lamb Road
25
Entire length
Larchmont Drive
[Added 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-060]
25
Entire length
Laton Street
25
Entire length
Lawndale Avenue
[Added 3-9-2010 by Ord. No. O-10-07]
25
Entire length
Ledge Street
25
Entire length
Leslie Lane
[Added 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-060]
25
Entire length
Lewis Street
25
Entire length
Linwood Street
25
Between Lake Street and Nowell Street
Lock Street
25
Entire length
Long Avenue
25
Entire length
Lovewell Street
25
Entire length
Luke Street
25
Entire length
Lund Street
25
Entire length
Main Street
25
Between Amherst Street and Allds Street
Manchester Street
25
Between Concord Street and the Henri A. Burque Highway
Maple Street
25
Entire length
March Street
25
Entire length
Marie Avenue
25
Entire length
Medallion Court
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Memory Avenue
[Added 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-060]
25
Entire length
Middle Dunstable Road
[Amended 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-055]
25
Between East Dunstable Road and Lamb Road
Middle Street
25
Entire length
Millbrook Drive
[Added 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-060]
25
Entire length
Moonstone Court
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Monadnock Street
25
Entire length
Monroe Street
25
Entire length
Mulberry Street
25
Entire length
Nagle Street
25
Entire length
Nancy Court
[Added 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-060]
25
Entire length
National Street
25
Entire length
Navaho Street
25
Entire length
Nevada Street
25
Entire length
North Intervale Street
25
Entire length
North Seventh Street
25
Entire length
North Southwood Drive
25
Entire length
Nottingham Drive
25
Entire length
Oak Street
25
Entire length
Old Coach Road
[Added 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-060]
25
Entire length
Otterson Street
25
West of Main Street
Palisade Drive
25
Entire length
Palm Street
25
Entire length
Parrish Hill Drive
25
Entire length
Peele Road
25
Entire length
Pierce Street
25
Entire length
Pine Hill Avenue
25
Entire length
Pinehurst Avenue
25
Entire length
Pine Street
25
Entire length
Pleasant Street
25
Entire length
Portchester Drive
[Added 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-060]
25
Entire length
Ritter Street
25
Entire length
Robinson Road
[Added 12-22-2020 by Ord. No. O-20-037]
25
Entire length
Roby Road
25
Entire length
Ross Street
25
Entire length
Sagamore Road
25
Entire length
Sanborn Drive
25
Entire length
Sargents Avenue
25
Entire length
Searles Road
25
Entire length
Seminole Drive
25
Entire length
Sioux Avenue
25
Entire length
Spindlewick Drive
25
Entire length
Stark Street
25
Entire length
Sugarberry Drive
[Added 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-060]
25
Entire length
Sullivan Street
25
Entire length
Summer Street
25
Entire length
Sunblaze Drive
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Sweet William Circle
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Tamora Court
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-056]
25
Entire length
Tampa Street
25
Entire length
Teak Drive
25
Between Gosselin Road and its terminus at a cul-de-sac near its intersection with Twilight Drive
Tenby Drive
25
Entire length
Thorton Road
25
Entire length
Timberline Drive
[Added 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-055]
25
Entire length
Tinker Road
[Added 2-26-2008 by Ord. No. O-08-07]
30
Entire length
Tolles Street
25
Entire length
Trinity Drive
25
Entire length
Troy Street
25
Entire length
Twelfth Street
25
Entire length
Twilight Drive
25
Between Teak Drive and Acacia Street
Tyler Street
25
Entire length
Upstone Drive
25
Entire length
Valhalla Drive
[Added 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-060]
25
Entire length
Vine Street
25
Entire length
Walnut Street
25
Entire length
Waltham Drive
25
Entire length
Water Street
25
Entire length
Watson Street
25
Entire length
Westgate Crossing
25
Entire length
West Hollis Street
35
From Everett Turnpike to Pacific Boulevard
West Hollis Street
40
From Pacific Boulevard to the Hollis Town line
West Pearl Street
25
Entire length
White Oak Drive
25
Entire length
White Plains Drive
[Added 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-060]
25
Entire length
Whitney Street
25
Entire length
Wilder Street
25
Entire length
Will Street
25
Entire length
C. 
School safety zones will have a speed limit of 20 miles per hour from Main Street to Charles Street.
D. 
The Traffic Committee of the Board of Aldermen may purchase and install, whenever and wherever it may deem proper, adequate signs proclaiming the fact that a speed limit of not over 25 miles per hour will be enforced within the limits of the City.
The following streets and parts of streets are hereby established as school safety zones, and a speed limit of 20 miles per hour is hereby established in such zones and will be enforced during school opening, closing or recess:
Name of Street
Location
Abbott Street
From its intersection with Hopkins Street south to its intersection with Crescent Street
Allds Street
From its intersection with East Hollis Street south to its intersection with Heon Court
Almont Street
From its intersection with Lake Street south to its intersection with Wilson Street and from its intersection with Fairlane Avenue south to its intersection with Lund Road
Amherst Street
From its intersection with Bruce Street northwest to its intersection with Cushing Avenue
Arlington Street
From its intersection with East Hollis Street south to its intersection with Arlington Avenue and from its intersection with Gillis Street south to its intersection with Bachelder Street
Bartlett Avenue
From its intersection with Concord Street west to its intersection with Webster Street
Belmont Street
Entire length
Bicentennial Drive
From its intersection with Thoreau Drive west to East Dunstable Road
Birch Hill Drive
Entire length
Blanchard Street
From its intersection with Almont Street west to its intersection with Caldwell Road
Bridal Path
Entire length
Broad Street
From its intersection with Knowlton Road west to its intersection with Chapel Hill Drive
Brookline Street
Entire length
Caldwell Road
From its intersection with Lake Street south to its intersection with Fairview Avenue
Carmine Road
From its intersection with Knowlton Road west to its intersection with Upstone Drive
Charlotte Avenue
From its intersection with Charlotte Street east to its intersection with Burnside Street
Charlotte Street
From its intersection with Amherst Street north to its intersection with Beauview Avenue
Chestnut Street
From its intersection with West Hollis Street south to its intersection with Kinsley Street and from its intersection with Otterson Street south to its intersection with Lake Street
Cleveland Street
From its intersection with Almont Street east to its intersection with Fairview Avenue
Concord Street
From its intersection with the Henri Burque Highway south to its intersection with the north entrance to Greeley Park
Concord Street
From its intersection with Swart Street south to its intersection with Beasom Street
Crown Street
From its intersection with Allds Street east to its intersection with Arlington Street
Cushing Avenue
From its intersection with Manchester Street north to its intersection with Dartmouth Street
Dudley Street
From its intersection with East Glenwood Street north to its intersection with Linton Street
Earley Street
Entire length
Elm Street
From its intersection with Lake Street north to its intersection with Otterson Street
Fairview Avenue
From its intersection with Caldwell Road east and then south to its end
Ferry Road
From its intersection with Dunlap Drive northeasterly to its intersection with Manchester Street
French Street
Entire length
Harvard Street
From its intersection with Allds Street east to its intersection with Arlington Street
Hills Ferry Road
From its intersection with Concord Street west to its intersection with Manchester Street
Kinsley Street
From its intersection with Ash Street east to its intersection with Walnut Street
Lake Street
From its intersection with Wason Avenue east to its intersection with Russell Street and from its intersection with Chestnut Street east to its intersection with Main Street
Ledge Street
From its intersection with Houde Street east to its intersection with Eighth Street
Lewis Street
From its intersection with Lake Street east to its intersection with Woodward Avenue
Linton Street
From a point 100 feet east of its intersection with Dudley Street west to its end
Linwood Street
From its intersection with Lake Street north to its intersection with Earley Street
Lisa Drive
From its intersection with East Dunstable Road westerly a distance of 700 feet.
Lund Road
From its intersection with Wildwood Lane south to its intersection with Foxmeadow Road
Main Dunstable Road
From a point 100 feet south of its intersection with Whitford Road to a point 200 feet north thereof
Manchester Street
From its intersection with Concord Street north to its intersection with Hopkins Street and from its intersection with Courtland Street north to its intersection with Gordon Street
Manchester Street
From its intersection with Deerhaven Drive south to its intersection with the Henri Burque Highway
Manchester Street
From its intersection with Royal Oak Drive north to its intersection with the Henri Burque Highway
Metropolitan Avenue
From its intersection with Hills Ferry Road north to the beginning of the Pennichuck Junior High School sidewalk
Middle Dunstable Road
From its intersection with East Dunstable Road westerly a distance of 400 feet.
Monroe Street
From its intersection with Lake Street north to its intersection with Earley Street
Mount Pleasant Street
Entire length
Osgood Street
Entire length
Otterson Street
From its intersection with Main Street west to its intersection with Chestnut Street
Riverside Street
From its easterly end to its intersection with Panther Drive
Sargent Avenue
From its intersection with Dartmouth Street west to its intersection with Amherst Street
Shady Lane
[Amended 9-10-2014 by Ord. No. O-14-031]
From a point 200 feet south of its intersection with the New Searles School driveway to a point 900 feet north thereof
South Main Street
From a point 100 feet south of its intersection with Osgood Street to a point 200 feet north thereof
Spit Brook Road
[Added 12-22-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-074]
From 350 feet west of the crosswalk between World Academy and Roby Park to 300 feet east of that crosswalk
Titan Way
[Added 9-10-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-047]
Entire length
Upstone Drive
From its intersection with Broad Street south to its intersection with Denver Drive
Vine Street
From its intersection with Kinsley Street north to its intersection with West Hollis Street
West Hollis Street
From its intersection with Walnut Street west to its intersection with Ash Street
Wethersfield Road
From a point 100 feet east of its intersection with Shelton Street to a point 200 feet west thereof
Whitford Road
From its intersection with Main Dunstable Road to its intersection with Musket Drive
Woodland Drive
From its intersection with Dublin Avenue to a point 100 feet north of its intersection with Birch Hill Drive
The following streets and parts of streets are established as elderly area safety zones:
Name of Street
Location
Tyler Street
From Harbor Avenue to the westerly end of the Nashua Housing Authority property
At the following school safety zones, flashing speed limit signs shall be installed, at a location to be determined by the Department of Streets. Such safety zones are as follows:
Name of Street
Location
Amherst Street
From its intersection with Bruce Street northwest to its intersection with Cushing Avenue
Arlington Street
From its intersection with McKean Street north to its intersection with Gillis Street
Broad Street
From its intersection with Coburn Avenue northeast to its intersection with Knowlton Road
East Dunstable Road
Approximately 700 feet from school property
Lamb Road
Approximately 700 feet from school property
Ledge Street
From its intersection with Houde Street east to its intersection with Eighth Street
Manchester Street
[Added 4-8-2014 by Ord. No. O-14-013]
Near its intersection with Gordon Street
Manchester Street
[Added 4-8-2014 by Ord. No. O-14-013]
Near its intersection with Hopkins Street
Shady Lane
[Added 4-8-2014 by Ord. No. O-14-013; amended 9-10-2014 by Ord. No. O-14-031]
Approximately 700 feet north of the New Searles School driveway
South Main Street
From its intersection with Anders Lane south to its intersection with April Drive
Spit Brook Road
[Added 12-22-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-074]
Approximately 300 feet east of the crosswalk between World Academy and Roby Park
Spit Brook Road
[Added 12-22-2015 by Ord. No. O-15-074]
Approximately 350 feet west of the crosswalk between World Academy and Roby Park