Travel Restrictions Scheduled for Sagamore Bridge

Work set to start as soon as March 1st

CONCORD, Mass., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Deck repairs and paving on the Sagamore Bridge spanning the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, Mass., are scheduled to restart as soon as March 1, 2010 and continue until late spring 2010. The 1st-phase of the project, which included one third of the roadway width, was completed last fall, and the remaining 2 phases are planned to be completed this spring.

The travel restrictions will begin, weather permitting, as soon as Monday, March 1st at 10 a.m. and continue throughout the entire work period.  Travel restrictions will stay in place 24-hours a day, 7- days a week. Motorists planning to use the Sagamore Bridge during this timeframe should be aware that travel delays are likely to occur during the morning and afternoon peak travel periods each day.

"The Corps is coordinating these activities with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority, the Canal Area Regional Traffic Task Force, and others to ensure that we move forward in a coordinated and systematic way to get this vital work done in a timely and safe manner," said Col. Philip T. Feir, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District.

"I am pleased with the ongoing cooperation with the Army Corps and Canal Area Regional Traffic Task Force stakeholders," said Thomas S. Cahir, Administrator, Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority. "It is obvious that everyone involved is working hard to minimize the inconvenience of traffic congestion and to finish the bridge construction in an expeditious fashion."

The work consists of removal of existing waterproofing and pavement of the bridge deck, concrete deck and curb repairs, and installation of a new asphalt pavement wearing surface on the Sagamore Bridge. The work will also include replacement of the concrete parapet walls on the bridge abutments, repairs to the concrete curb/sidewalk, removal and resetting of granite curbing, and rehabilitation of the bridge electrical lighting system.

Similar deck repairs were last performed in 1981. These pavement/waterproofing repairs are essential to protecting the underlying steel/concrete grid deck in order to maintain the structural integrity and safety of the bridge. During the scheduled times for repair, travel over the Sagamore Bridge will be reduced from two lanes in each direction to ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION. No wide loads will be permitted to cross the span, and State and local police will be on duty at all times work is being performed to assist the motoring public.

Message boards, located at both approaches to the Sagamore Bridge, will keep motorists advised of work efforts. Also, previously installed fixed signage at all approach  roads to the Sagamore Bridge will be uncovered, alerting motorists to the bridge work and associated travel restrictions. In addition, accessing the Cape Cod Canal website (http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/ccc/news/bridgenotices.htm) will inform all on status of the work, and advise of lane shifts and other adjustments to the schedule that may interest motorists using the Sagamore Bridge.  

Additionally, pavement repairs to the Bourne Bridge are also scheduled for completion under this project. This work will be coordinated with the Sagamore Bridge work, so that at least one bridge will be fully open to traffic each day during peak travel periods.

SOURCE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District

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