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Ice Runway Opens In New Hampshire

ALTON, N.H. (CBS) -- The Alton Bay Seaplane Base and Ice Runway is open for business.

It is the only plowed ice runway in the continental United States.

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation-managed runway needs ice that is 12-inch thick to host runway operations. The base reached that on Monday.

2/6/22 Alton Bay Seaplane Base and Ice Runway is open for business. The only plowed ice runway in the Continental US...

Posted by NH Department of Transportation on Sunday, February 6, 2022

"We look forward to a wonderful season ahead," wrote NHDOT on Facebook.

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