A covered bridge in a New Hampshire resort town will be closed to drivers for several months, transportation officials said Thursday.

The Saco River Covered Bridge in Conway will remain open to pedestrians but closed to vehicles because of damage caused by a recent crash, with repairs expected to take months, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation said.

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Signs were up on either side of the bridge, over the Saco River, to detour drivers.

The department didn't share when the crash took place or what kind of damage it caused, but The Conway Daily Sun was told by a bridge engineer at the scene that a crash on Wednesday left substantial damage to a guardrail.

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