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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 ...
Construction of the Cape Cod Canal began in 1909; the canal initially opened in 1914 and was completed in 1916. Two earlier bridges (one automobile and one railroad) whose construction predated work on the canal and were built to span the Monument River (whose course was largely followed by the canal) are listed for completeness.
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]
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.
The Cape Cod Canal, completed in 1916, connects Buzzards Bay to Cape Cod Bay; its creation shortened the trade route between New York and Boston by 62 miles (100 km). [ 9 ] Cape Cod extends 65 miles (105 km) into the Atlantic Ocean, with a breadth of between 1–20 miles (1.6–32.2 km), and covers more than 400 miles (640 km) of shoreline. [ 10 ]
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Scusset Beach State Reservation is a state-operated, public recreation area located in the town of Sandwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal on land formerly part of Sagamore Hill Military Reservation.
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