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mcdude
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Registered: July 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,367
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Sun August 14, 2005 1:38am
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I know! It has something to do with the building of the "NEW" Rt. 11.
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dcr
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Registered: February 2004 Posts: 1,317
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Sun August 14, 2005 12:15pm
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This is (I, think) a tunnel that goes under Rte 11 near the Mt Major hiker's parking lot. When this section of Rte 11 was first built, the original trailhead for the Mt Major trail was left on the wrong side of the road, and the tunnel was created to make it unnecessary for hikers to risk crossing the road in heavy traffic. Some years later the state leased the land where the present parking area is and made a more convenient and safer trailhead parking site.
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upthesaukee
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Registered: January 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,596
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Mon August 15, 2005 3:46am
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I had heard that the trail to Mt. Major started originally at Boulder Lodge, and that the State agreed to build the tunnel to preserve the trail when the "new" Rte 11 was built.
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Just Sold
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Registered: April 2004 Location: Suncook, NH, but at The Lake at Heart Posts: 2,615
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