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The Cape Cod Rail Trail (CCRT) is a 25.5-mile (41.0 km) ... In July 2020, the state awarded $181,000 for design of Phase 3 of the extension project, ...
Buzzards Bay is an intermediate stop on the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority's CapeFLYER summer weekend passenger service. It is also the westernmost stop of Cape Cod Central Railroad tourist service. Extension of MBTA Commuter Rail service on the Middleborough/Lakeville Line to the station has been proposed on several occasions, but never ...
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 ]
Pine Hill, in Bourne, Massachusetts, United States, is the highest point in Barnstable County and, by extension, Cape Cod. [1] At 306 feet (93 m), it is higher than Dennis's 160-foot (49 m) Scargo Hill, sometimes thought to be the highest on the peninsula, [2] [3] [4] among other local favorites.
The proposed Bourne rail-with-trail extension 6.5-mile (10.5 km) will paralleling the active railway from North Falmouth to Bourne, where it will connect with the Cape Cod Canal path. [4] [5] [6] The active portion of the railway line is identified by the U.S. Department of Defense as a Strategic Rail Corridor Network (STRACNET) Connector Line ...
The Cape Cod Canal separates Cape Cod from the mainland and only two highway bridges cross it, the Sagamore and Bourne Bridges. Plans for a third highway bridge have stalled. [16] Severe traffic jams are common at peak periods. The CapeFlyer, by crossing the canal over a separate railroad bridge, avoids this congestion. [17]
The first section of the Pilgrims Highway was built as a bypass of Plymouth in the early 1950s. The mid-1950s saw an extension of this bypass route south to the Sagamore Bridge and north to Kingston. The northern section of the highway was built next with a connection from Derby Street in Hingham to the Southeast Expressway opening in 1959.
The Cape Cod Railroad ... In 1853, the extension of the line to Hyannis was started, reaching West Barnstable on December 22, 1853. Cape Cod Railroad, 1854–1872.