Sagamore Bridge Open for Memorial Day

Good news for travelers heading to the Cape for Memorial Day Weekend!  All four lanes of the Sagamore Bridge will be open to traffic.

The lanes reopened on Saturday, May 19 after several weeks of being restricted to two lanes for construction. The steel repairs above the road deck on the bridge were completed and traffic control devices were removed. All four lanes will remain open throughout the duration of the summer.

Steel repair work will continue below the road deck on both the Sagamore and Bourne bridges until the fall of 2012. There will be occasional times throughout the fall that a one-day lane restriction will be required and put into place to complete the steel work.

Bicycle and pedestrian access to the sidewalks are now available. The $8.5 million repair project incolves the removal and replacement of structural steel secondary members, strengthening or existing structural steel members, replacement of structural fasteners, removal of selected existing welds and strengthening of selected gusset plates.

Completion of steel repairs is critical to maintaining the integrity of the bridges, vital components of the transportation system for the Cape, the Islands and southeastern Massachusetts. The entire project is expected to be completed by the fall of 2012.

Travelers heading to Cape Cod or anywhere in Massachusetts, can use the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) 5-1-1 number to receive the latest on traffic congestion. Dial 511 on any cell phone in Massachusetts of dial one of these local phone numbers: Metro Boston: (617) 986-5511; Central Mass: (508) 499-5511; Western Mass: (413) 754-5511.

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