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The Bedell Bridge State Historic Site is a historic area and state park in Haverhill, New Hampshire. It features the historic Bedell Bridge (or at least where it once stood), which is best noted for being the second longest two-span covered bridge in all of the United States.

Encompassing a total of 38 acres along the Connecticut River, the Bedell Bridge State Historic Site was home to five bridges. The oldest one was built in 1805 and was rebuilt in 1823, only to be washed away in 1841. A new one was built but was carried away by flood in 1862. The fourth one was destroyed in 1866. The last one was constru8cted the same year and was closed to traffic in 196 and was destroyed in 1979 by a windstorm.
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