The Bourne Bridge has a 616-foot-main span over the canal like the Sagamore Bridge, but from abutment to abutment, the Bridge is 976 feet longer than its identical twin two and one-half miles to the east.
The Bridge is known as a steel arch Bridge and construction started December 1, 1933 and Bourne Bridge Opened to traffic on June 22, 1935. The length of main span is 616 feet and total length of Bridge and approaches 2,384 feet. The width of Bourne Bridge is 45 feet and the roadway 40 feet, and has 4 traffic lanes. The clearance at center above mean high water is 135 and the cost of original structure was $1,600,000.
The Cape Cod Canal bisects the community, with both the Bourne and the Sagamore Bridges, the canal is well known for its superb sport, fishing and for carrying ships flying the flags of all nations
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