Bourne Bridge Work To Impact Travel This Spring

BOURNE, MA – Crews will start replacing damaged roadway joints on the Bourne Bridge in late March or early April, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced this week. While work is ongoing, the bridge will be reduced from two lanes in each direction to one wide 12-foot lane in each direction.

Signs, traffic control devices and police details will be in place at all times. All four lanes are expected to reopen by Memorial Day weekend.

Drivers should expect delays during the morning and afternoon peak travel times, the Corps said. All lanes will remain open on the Sagamore Bridge while work is being done on the Bourne Bridge.

Work is weather-dependent and will include replacing modular bridge joints on the roadway, repairing damaged steel and concrete supports, patching damaged pavement surfaces and replacing deteriorated waterproofing membranes on the curb and sidewalk. Crews will also conduct maintenance on the lighting systems.

"The Corps’ construction contractor, R. Zoppo Corporation, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, will work 7 days a week with multiple shifts in order to complete this work in a timely manner," the Corps said in a statement. "This bridge work is critical to maintaining the structural integrity of the bridges, which are a vital component to the transportation system of Cape Cod, the Islands and southeastern Massachusetts."

To sign up for bridge work alert emails send an email to CapeCodCanalBridges@usace.army.mil with the subject title "Bridge Work Alerts."

An email alert is sent when there is a major change to the bridge work status or schedule. Additionally, updates are available from the Corps’ New England District via Facebook and Twitter:

Facebook :http://www.facebook.com/CorpsNewEngland

Twitter: http://twitter.com/CorpsNewEngland.

Or visit the District website at http://www.nae.usace.army.mil.

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