Bourne Bridge

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The Bourne Bridge is a major highway bridge in Massachusetts that carries traffic over the Cape Cod Canal, serving as one of the primary gateways between mainland Massachusetts and Cape Cod.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf highway bridge
steel arch bridge
architecturalStyle steel arch
carries Massachusetts Route 28
motor vehicle traffic
connects Cape Cod
mainland Massachusetts
constructionStart 1933
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
crosses Cape Cod Canal
design steel through arch
hasApproachRoad Route 25 (via Route 28 connection)
hasClearanceBelow about 135 feet
hasDeckType road deck
hasFunction vehicular transportation
hasHeritage New Deal–era public works project
hasMainSpanLength about 616 feet
hasMaterial concrete
steel
hasNumberOfLanes 4
hasSidewalk no continuous pedestrian sidewalk
hasToll no
hasTotalLength about 2,384 feet
hasTrafficDirection bidirectional
isImportantFor regional commerce
tourist access to Cape Cod
isNear Bourne Rotary
isOneOf two main highway bridges over Cape Cod Canal
isOnWaterway Cape Cod Canal
latitude approximately 41.739° N
locatedIn Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Bourne, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
longitude approximately 70.598° W
maintainedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
surface form: "United States Army Corps of Engineers"
namedAfter town of Bourne
opened 1935
openedToTraffic June 22, 1935
otherMainBridge Sagamore Bridge
owner U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
surface form: "United States Army Corps of Engineers"
parallelStructure Sagamore Bridge
partOf Cape Cod Canal
surface form: "Cape Cod Canal crossings"

U.S. federal navigation project for Cape Cod Canal
regionServed Cape Cod
Southeastern Massachusetts
replaced old drawbridge over Cape Cod Canal
role primary gateway to Cape Cod
trafficType automobile

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cape Cod connectedBy Bourne Bridge
Upper Cape connectedBy Bourne Bridge
Bourne Rotary connectsTo Bourne Bridge
Massachusetts Route 25 connectsTo Bourne Bridge
this entity surface form: "Bourne Bridge in Bourne, Massachusetts"
Cape Cod Canal hasBridge Bourne Bridge
Town of Bourne hasStructure Bourne Bridge
Sagamore Bridge parallelStructure Bourne Bridge
Bourne Rotary serves Bourne Bridge

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