The rotaries, roundabouts and traffic circles of Manchester, NH
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 8:31PM When people ask me, as they often do this time of year, why I left my native South for New England, I'm tempted to tell them I did it for the region's abundance of roundabouts and rotaries.
Okay, maybe that wasn't the main reason, but that's not to say I don't love me some circular intersections. And with the exception of the roundabout near Mississippi's Jackson-Evers International Airport, such intersections are sadly lacking in Dixie.
But here in New England they are quite plentiful. Manchester, NH, has two of these intersections, my favorite being the Massabesic Traffic Circle, around which I can't resist making at least two laps each time I have the excuse to go anywhere near the eastern edge of the city.
My wife just rolls her eyes whenever she's with me, but it's just too much fun:
The city's other circular intersection, of course, is the much larger Amoskeag Rotary, only a small portion of which will fit in a picture: