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Sagamore Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 41°46′34.14″N 70°32′36.13″W / 41.7761500°N 70.5433694°W |
Carries | 4 lanes of US 6 1 lane of Claire Saltonstall Bikeway |
Crosses | Cape Cod Canal |
Locale | Bourne, Massachusetts (Sagamore Beach-Cape Cod) |
Maintained by | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Characteristics | |
Design | Arch bridge with suspended deck |
Total length | 1,408 ft (429 m) |
Width | 40 ft (12 m) |
Height | 275 ft (83.82 m) |
Longest span | 616 ft (188 m) |
Clearance below | 135 ft (41 m) |
History | |
Construction start | 1933 |
Construction end | 1935 |
Opened | June 22, 1935 |
Statistics | |
Toll | None |
Location | |
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. Most traffic approaching from the north follows Massachusetts Route 3 which ends at Route 6 just north of the bridge, and the bridge provides direct expressway connections from Boston and Interstate 93.