Crosses Connecticut River between Haverhill and Newbury, Haverhill, New Hampshire. County/parish: Grafton.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 28, 1975. NRIS 75002171.
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Bedell Bridge was a Burr truss covered bridge that spanned the Connecticut River between Newbury, Vermont and Haverhill, New Hampshire. Until its most recent destruction in 1979, it was, with a total length of 382 feet (116 m), the second-longest covered bridge in the United States. The bridge was divided into two spans of roughly equal length, and rested on a central pier and shore abutments constructed from mortared rough stone. The eastern abutment has been shored up by the addition of a concrete footing. The bridge was 23 feet (7.0 m) wide, with a roadway width of 18.5 feet (5.6 m). Because the state line is the western low-water mark of the Connecticut River, most of the bridge was in New Hampshire; only the western abutment is in Vermont.
The site is now part of the 74-acre (30 ha) Bedell Bridge State Park in Haverhill, New Hampshire.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77845049