COMMISSION FILE NO. 1-8606
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
                                  FORM 10-K/A
 
                      AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION OR REPORT
 
  FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12, 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
                                     1934
 
                           BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION
              (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
 
                                AMENDMENT NO. 1
 
  The undersigned registrant hereby amends the following items, financial
statements, exhibits or other portions of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 as set forth in the pages attached
hereto:
 
  Exhibit 99a Annual Report on Form 11-K for the Bell Atlantic Savings Plan
              for Salaried Employees for the year ended December 31, 1996.
 
  Exhibit 99b Annual Report on Form 11-K for the Bell Atlantic Savings and
              Security Plan (Non-Salaried Employees) for the year ended
              December 31, 1996.
 
  PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, THE
REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS AMENDMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.
 
                                          Bell Atlantic Corporation
 
                                                 
                                          By     /s/ William O. Albertini
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                                                   WILLIAM O. ALBERTINI
                                            (Executive Vice President andChief
                                                    Financial Officer)
 
April 18, 1997
 
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