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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 ...
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.
The Sagamore Bridge in Sagamore, Massachusetts carries Route 6 and the Claire Saltonstall Bikeway across the Cape Cod Canal, connecting Cape Cod with the mainland of Massachusetts. It is the more northeastern of two automobile canal crossings, the other being the Bourne Bridge .
Check out our fun construction facts about the new temporary bridge spanning the Herring River in Wellfleet!
U.S. Senator Edward Markey, D-Massachusetts, stands alone Tuesday along the Cape Cod Canal in Sagamore Beach, with the Sagamore Bridge as backdrop, at a press conference highlighting the ...
Rachael Devaney, Cape Cod Times July 5, 2024 at 5:06 AM BOURNE — A burying ground of the Herring Pond Indians that has never been excavated is on a hill above the Cape Cod Canal .
In December 2023, the federal government awarded an initial down payment of $372 million in grants for the renovation of the Sagamore and Bourne Bridges, both of which are nearing their obsolescence. [5] The two bridges connect Cape Cod to Massachusetts proper, arching over the canal and allowing the passage of pedestrian and vehicular traffic. [6]
For years, local, state and federal leaders have pushed for replacing the aging Cape Cod Canal bridges. Here's the latest. 'We've got the money.' $993M federal boost means new Sagamore Bridge now ...