For those wishing to continue their education, New Hampshire College, Franklin Pierce College and Hesser College all maintain campuses in Salem. Nearby, smaller schools include Castle junior College, Northern Essex Community College, Merrimack College and Rivier College. And, of course, Boston's world renown college community, led by Harvard and MIT, is an easy commute. By land, Interstate 93 is the primary access to the town from the north and south, with two Salem exits. Served from a terminal in Lawrence, MA, the line runs along Route 28 and borders one of Salem's major industrial parks.
Air transportation offers a number of choices.
Boston's Logan Airport, the region's largest, is 32 miles to the south, and provides both domestic and international passenger and freight service through a variety of carriers. Less than an hour away, on the Seacoast, the former Pease Air Force Base, now Pease International Tradeport promises additional air service in the future. Transport by water is just 45 miles away at the often overlooked Port of New Hampshire. Easily accessed from Salem by truck, highway and rail, it is the closest United States point to Europe and the only ice-free deep water port north of Boston. Plans for a major expansion of the port are currently underway.