Sagamore Bridge

$4.5B – that’s the price tag to replace both the Sagamore and Bourne bridges, which are in desperate need of an overhaul.

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When the two bridges to Cape Cod are finally built, Massachusetts will own them, not the federal government, under a new agreement announced Thursday that Gov. Maura Healey hailed as “an important step forward in our efforts to replace the Bourne and Sagamore Bridges.” That agreement between Massachusetts and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commits $700 million from the…

The iconic windmill that greets drivers crossing into Cape Cod over the Sagamore Bridge has lured in the next shop at the location, according to a new report. The building next to the windmill housed a Christmas Tree Shops store for decades, but the beloved chain closed last year. Now, an outdoor furniture company called Tulp is set to set…

Massachusetts has received hundreds of millions in federal funding as part of a plan to replace the two bridges to Cape Cod, leaders announced Friday. Gov. Maura Healey said her administration is celebrating after learning the state would get $372 million, the full amount it applied for from the Federal Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant program in August. “This is a…

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has filed an application requesting $1.06 billion in federal grant funding toward the project to replace the Cape Cod bridges. The replacement of the aging Sagamore Bridge and Bourne Bridge has become a priority for Massachusetts lawmakers, including Gov. Maura Healey. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey have been pushing for federal funding for the…

Failing to replace Cape Cod’s two deteriorating bridges “would be catastrophic,” according to a new report released by Massachusetts’ U.S senators this week. Massachusetts lawmakers have been fighting to win federal funding to replace the 90-year-old bridges, which carries the vast majority of Cape Cod’s more than 5 million visitors each year. The bridge replacement project has been estimated...

A truck crashed on Massachusetts Route 6 at the Sagamore Bridge on Friday, spilling gravel on the highway and closing a lane, officials said. The crash appeared to be snarling traffic on the bridge to Cape Cod at the start of Labor Day Weekend. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was hurt in the crash. Trucks were seen clearing the…

A car crash sent people to the hospital with serious injuries and briefly closed the Cape Cod-bound side of Massachusetts’ Sagamore Bridge for Friday afternoon, snarling traffic for people headed for a getaway. Three people were taken to hospitals from the three-car crash on Route 3, just before the bridge, according to Massachusetts State Police. All three of the people…

Healey’s office said the administration still intends to replace both bridges, but wants to start with the Sagamore because of its higher traffic volumes and its bigger role in the Cape’s economy.

After previous efforts to secure federal funding for replacement of both Cape Cod bridges stumbled, Gov. Maura Healey and her deputies will shift to a phased approach that first targets money primarily for the Sagamore Bridge. Healey’s office said the administration will submit applications in the coming weeks for a combined $1.45 billion in federal grants, most of which would…

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Route 6 eastbound and westbound were temporarily closed Saturday following a major crash on the Sagamore Bridge, police and transportation officials said. Five people were injured.

Multiple vehicles were involved in a major crash on a rainy Saturday afternoon on the Sagamore Bridge that temporarily shut down the bridge in both directions and sent several people to the hospital. Massachusetts State Police confirmed they responded to the westbound crash involving a roll-over with injuries and entrapment. Five people were taken to local hospitals with injuries that…