CONCORD, Mass. – Travel lane restrictions – ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION – on the Cape Cod Canal’s Sagamore Bridge in Bourne, Mass., are scheduled to start on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 at 8 a.m. as the Corps works to complete the $12.3 million bridge painting project, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District officials.

After Columbus Day, starting on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, Sagamore Bridge travel lanes will be restricted to ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION – one lane going on Cape and one lane going off Cape daily during 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Additionally, lane closures may be possible on weekends, if needed by the contractor team to complete the bridge work.

Lane restrictions will be temporary and will avoid dates of peak traffic volume. Lane restrictions will be a daily set-up of traffic control devices during daylight hours only. All travel lanes will be open each night.

Workers will begin to dismantle and remove the access platforms and the containment system that were needed on the bridge painting project. This schedule will last to about the end of December when work and cleanup are scheduled to be completed. Motorists should consider avoiding peak travel periods or seeking alternate routes to avoid delays.

During the lane restrictions, no wide loads will be permitted to cross the span, and state and local police will be on duty to assist the motoring public. This bridge work is critical to maintaining the structural integrity of the bridge, which is a vital component to the transportation system of the Cape, the Islands and  southeastern Massachusetts.

Message boards and bridge work alert emails are used to help inform motorists of pending lane restrictions and bridge work. To sign up for bridge work alert emails send an email to  CapeCodCanalBridges@usace.army.mil with the subject “Bridge Work Alerts.” An email alert is sent when there is a major change to the bridge work status or schedule. The Cape Cod Canal website is http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/CapeCodCanal.aspx.

Additionally, updates are available from the Corps’ New England District via Facebook and Twitter: on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CorpsNewEngland; on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CorpsNewEngland.