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Bourne Bridge

Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Photo taken by Wayne Grodkiewicz

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Description 

Nearly identical to the Sagamore Bridge a few miles away.

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Facts 

Overview
Steel through arch bridge over Cape Cod Canal on MA 28 in Bourne
Location
Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1935; rehabilitated 1981
Design
Steel through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 616.2 ft.
Total length: 2,384.0 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.74333, -70.58833   (decimal degrees)
41°44'36" N, 70°35'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/367928/4622498 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Pocasset
Inventory number
BH 19175 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2010)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 20.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
60,000

Categories 

Arch (9,420)
Barnstable County, Massachusetts (8)
Built 1935 (1,456)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
Cape Cod Canal (2)
Have street view (9,897)
MA 28 (11)
Massachusetts (433)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
 Open (28,315)
Owned by Corps of Engineers (43)
Owned by federal government (590)
Span length 500-1000 feet (313)
Steel through arch (175)
Structurally deficient (16,683)
Suspended Deck Through Truss (21)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,217)

Update Log 

  • October 11, 2012: Updated by Jann Mayer: Added note about similar bridge
  • June 16, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • October 11, 2006: Posted photo from Wayne Grodkiewicz

Sources 

  • Wayne Grodkiewicz - WGrodkiewi [at] aol [dot] com
  • Wikipedia
  • Nathan Holth
  • Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com
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Bourne Bridge
Posted October 8, 2007, by Nathan Coram (ncoram [at] gmail [dot] com)

The Bourne Bridge Spans The Cape Cod Canal & Someone's Yard! That Is The Funniest Thing I Have Heard Of In My Life!

Bourne Bridge
Posted June 22, 2007, by Seth Taylor (seth [dot] taylor [at] uconn [dot] edu)

I have many fond memories of going to the Cape via this bridge. Looking at the picture brings back many memories of going there with my parents and another family we were (and still are) friends with. I used to think of the Cape as being heavenly because of the wonderful smells of the ocean and the atmosphere of the quaint cottage in brewster we would stay in. This bridge was always a wecoming sight for me after miles of the seemingly interminable I-495 and then Rte. 25. It was followed by the welcoming letters that said "CAPE COD" made out of bushes in the middle of the rotary that appeared right after the bridge