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2.7.8 RAILROAD BRIDGEThe third bridge over the <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Cod</strong> Canal is also an United States Army Corps ofEngineers (ACOE) owned bridge, and is the vertical lift railroad bridge.This bridge was substantially upgraded in 2001-2003 through a two-phase effort thatwas coordinated by the Army Corps of Engineers with the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts Executive Office of <strong>Transportation</strong> (EOT), and cost approximately$27,000,000. Please note that EOT is now the Massachusetts Department of<strong>Transportation</strong> (MassDOT).Rail information is contained in sub-chapter 2.4 of this <strong>Plan</strong>.2.7.9 CONCLUSIONThe <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Cod</strong> Canal area highway system provides transportation infrastructure forthousands of motorists and many truckers each day. The heavily-traveled and aginghighway bridges are becoming a continuing source of concern due to their narrow lanesand frequent need for maintenance. Historic traffic growth now results in increasesthroughout the year, resulting in off-season traffic of current years exceeding that ofpeak summer conditions of a couple of decades ago. The railroad bridge serves animportant function in the transport of regional solid waste, and may have opportunitiesfor other uses such as passenger rail.Because of the close relationship of the two highway bridges in the center of the Town ofBourne with the connecting roadways for both local and intraregional traffic, the CanalArea needs to be studied as a sub-system both in the region and connecting <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Cod</strong>with the rest of the world. This sub-system data collection and analysis approach willallow for proposed transportation and access improvements to be analyzed in relation toeach other and overall, and will provide the most coherent effort to date. This is a criticalplanning need and area for the region.<strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Cod</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> | August 2011Chapter 2.7: <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Cod</strong> Canal AreaPage 251

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