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Bedford (Massachusetts)
Bedford is a city in the Merrimack Valley region of Massachusetts.
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By car
Bedford is on Interstate 95 at exit 31.
By air
- Logan International Airport in Boston. A regional alternative is in Manchester (New Hampshire).
- L.G. Hanscom Field (IATA: BED), 200 Hanscom Drive, Tel: (781) 869-8000, Fax: (781) 869-8075, [1]. This field, once exclusively an Air Force Base is used by commuter/commercial air services, corporate aviation, private pilots, flight schools, some charters and light cargo.
Get around
See
- Bedford Public Library, 7 Mudge Way, 978-275-9440, [2]. Bedford's town flag[3], believed to have been carried by the Minutemen to Old North Bridge in Concord on April 19, 1775 is on display here. It is the oldest complete flag known to exist in the United States and is celebrated for having been the first U.S. flag flown during the Revolutionary War.
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Sleep
- Bedford Plaza Hotel, 340 Great Rd, +1 781 275-6700, Toll-free: +1 800 607-9876, Fax: +1 781 275-3011, [4].
- Renaissance Boston Bedford Hotel, 44 Middlesex Turnpike, +1 781 275-5500, Fax: +1 781 275-8956, [5].
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This page was last edited at 07:20, on 17 March 2009 by Colin Jensen. Based on work by David and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.