Bourne Bridge

The Bourne Bridge in Bourne, Massachusetts, carries Route 28 across the Cape Cod Canal, connecting Cape Cod with the rest of Massachusetts. It won the American Institute of Steel Construction's Class "A" Award of Merit as the "Most Beautiful Steel Bridge" in 1934. Most traffic approaching from the west follows Route 25 which ends at the interchange with US 6 and Route 28 just north of the bridge. The highway provides freeway connections from Interstate 495 and Interstate 195.

This article is about the American bridge on Cape Cod. For the English bridge, see Bourne Bridge, Suffolk. For the station in Cambridgeshire, see Bourne Bridge railway station. For the earlier bridge over the Cape Cod Canal, see Bourne Highway Bridge.
Bourne Bridge
Cape Cod Canal – Bourne Bridge
Coordinates41°44′51.73″N 70°35′22.31″W
Carries4 lanes of Route 28
CrossesCape Cod Canal
LocaleBourne, Massachusetts (Buzzards Bay-Cape Cod)
Maintained byUnited States Army Corps of Engineers
Characteristics
DesignArch bridge with suspended deck
Total length2,384 ft (727 m)
Width45 ft (14 m)
Height274 ft (83.5152 m)
Longest span616 ft (188 m)
Clearance below135 ft (41 m)
History
Construction start1933
OpenedJune 22, 1935
Statistics
TollNone
Location
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