Work shift Sept. 20-21 to ease traffic congestion
CONCORD
,
Mass.
– Deck repairs and paving on the Sagamore Bridge spanning the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, Mass., continue.
Work on the bridge started on Monday, Sept. 14, 2009. Phase I (of three
phases) work accomplished to date includes removal of all existing granite curb from existing sidewalk, nearly complete removal of existing roadway pavement, staging and scaffolding to demolish parapet walls and sidewalk concrete on the North and South abutments.
Additional message boards are being activated on highway approaches to the Sagamore and
Bourne
Bridges
, alerting motorists of the
Sagamore
Bridge
work.
A second lane of travel off of
Cape Cod
will be in effect from Sunday, Sept. 20 from 11 a.m through Monday, Sept. 21 at 10 a.m.
This will require use of the work area to create a second travel lane off of Cape Cod, and will result in no work being performed on the
Sagamore
Bridge
during this period. The on
Cape
travel lane will remain in place during this time.
On Monday, Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. travel will return to one lane in each direction on the
Sagamore
Bridge
, in order that work may resume and attempts will be made to regain lost progress. Substantial effort is being made to create safe passage for this second lane of travel off
Cape Cod
.
Work on the
Sagamore
Bridge
is scheduled to continue, weather permitting, until late fall 2009 at which time the
Sagamore
Bridge
will be fully reopened to traffic (two lanes in both directions) through the winter. In the spring of 2010, work will resume on the
Sagamore
Bridge
and require lane restrictions (one lane in each direction) again until the project is completed in late spring of 2010.
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