Cape & Islands News

Corps to open all lanes of traffic on the Sagamore Bridge on Tuesday afternoon through Thanksgiving holiday weekend

Some work might resume after holiday

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District continues deck repairs and paving on the Sagamore Bridge spanning the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, Mass., but will temporarily shut down operations starting on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 2 p.m. through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend (through at least the Monday morning commute on November 30, 2009), thereby allowing two lanes of traffic in each direction.

Nighttime repairs on the Sagamore Bridge. Photo courtesy of Ana Paulina.

Some bridge work might resume after the holiday weekend, depending on the need, on Monday, November 30, 2009 after the morning commute that will require sporadic lane restrictions as work crews finish up work on phase one and prepare the bridge for work next spring.

Once this work, if needed, is completed in late fall 2009 bridge work will completely stop for the winter. At that time the Sagamore Bridge will be fully reopened to traffic (two lanes in both directions) through the winter months. Weather dependent in late winter or early spring of 2010, work will resume on the Sagamore Bridge and again will require lane restrictions (one lane in each direction) until late spring of 2010.

Completion of the deck repairs is critical to maintaining the integrity of the bridge, which is a vital component of the transportation system for the Cape, Islands and southeastern Massachusetts.

Those who want to keep up with changes to the bridge work schedule can sign up for the Bridge Work Alerts email notifications. To sign up for the Bridge Work Alerts go to the Corps of Engineers’ Cape Cod Canal website and click on "sign up for bridge work alerts". These alerts are sent when there are major changes to the bridge work schedule.

Official release from the USACE.