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The Cape Cod Canal is an artificial waterway in Massachusetts connecting Cape Cod Bay in the north to Buzzards Bay in the south, and is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The approximately 7.4-mile-long (11.9 km) canal traverses the neck of land joining Cape Cod to the state's mainland. It mostly follows tidal rivers widened to 480 ...
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This is a route-map template for the Cape Cod Canal, a waterway in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, the United States. For a key to symbols see {{Waterways legend}}. For information on using this template, refer to Template:Routemap. For pictograms used, see Commons:BSicon/Catalogue
A 1922 map of the Cape Cod Canal, including the Bourne Highway Bridge A 1925 aerial view of Bourne and the bridge. Work on the bridge began on August 10, 1910, during construction of the Cape Cod Canal. [2] The bridge abutments were completed by December. [3] In April 1911, the bridge was reported as being nearly completed. [4]
There are currently two automobile bridges and one railway bridge that cross the Cape Cod Canal, each of which opened in 1935. An earlier set of bridges, also two for automobiles and one for rail traffic, opened between 1911 and 1913. Construction of the Cape Cod Canal began in 1909; the canal initially opened in 1914 and was completed in 1916.
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The resulting canal was very shallow, allowing a maximum of 20-ton boats. In 1804, it was widened and improved which allowed use during the War of 1812. Proposals for a new canal began to take priority in the late 1800s, and the canal began to fall into disrepair. In 1916, the Cape Cod Canal opened between Bourne and Sandwich, Massachusetts. [1 ...
In addition to its residential areas, Sagamore Beach has a small commercial district located near the Sagamore Bridge and along Massachusetts Route 3A, [1] which passes through the bridge. It also adjoins the Scusset Beach State Reservation, a public-access, beachfront recreation site located at the northern end of Cape Cod Canal.