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The highway, which opened in 1959 after two dead-end stretches of road were connected, runs from the Pemigewasset River in Lincoln , and along the Swift River from Kancamagus Pass (elevation 2,855 feet) to New Hampshire Route 16 at Albany . With the exception of brief stretches at either end, the road runs through the White Mountain National Forest . The highway is named after Kancamagus ("The Fearless One"), who ruled as the third and final Sagamon of the Panacook Confederacy (sometimes spelled Penacook) of Indian tribes in what is now southern New Hampshire. In 1691, due to fighting with English settlers, he made the decision to move north into upper New Hampshire and what is now Quebec . |
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