Sagamore Bridge

A truck crashed on Massachusetts Route 6 at the Sagamore Bridge on Friday, spilling gravel on the highway and closing a lane, officials said. The crash appeared to be snarling traffic on the bridge to Cape Cod at the start of Labor Day Weekend. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was hurt in the crash. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation…

A car crash sent people to the hospital with serious injuries and briefly closed the Cape Cod-bound side of Massachusetts’ Sagamore Bridge for Friday afternoon, snarling traffic for people headed for a getaway. Three people were taken to hospitals from the three-car crash on Route 3, just before the bridge, according to Massachusetts State Police. All three of the people…

After previous efforts to secure federal funding for replacement of both Cape Cod bridges stumbled, Gov. Maura Healey and her deputies will shift to a phased approach that first targets money primarily for the Sagamore Bridge. Healey’s office said the administration will submit applications in the coming weeks for a combined $1.45 billion in federal grants, most of which would…

Route 6 eastbound and westbound were temporarily closed Saturday following a major crash on the Sagamore Bridge, police and transportation officials said. Five people were injured.

Multiple vehicles were involved in a major crash on a rainy Saturday afternoon on the Sagamore Bridge that temporarily shut down the bridge in both directions and sent several people to the hospital. Massachusetts State Police confirmed they responded to the westbound crash involving a roll-over with injuries and entrapment. Five people were taken to local hospitals with injuries that…

Massachusetts transportation officials have revealed what kind of bridges to Cape Cod will one day replace the ones travelers are familiar with. The nearly 90-year-old Bourne and Sagamore bridges are due to be replaced, and the Department of Transportation on Tuesday announced that the plan is to construct similar ones. Three types of bridge were under consideration: arch, cable stayed…

The federal government has denied an application for $1.88 billion to replace the Bourne and Sagamore bridges. State transportation officials announced the denial late Wednesday, saying the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) grant application requesting Federal Highway Administration funds under the first round of the Bridge Investment Program Grants was denied. In September, state officials reported that another Army…