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Directions/Transportation
Hyannis is a village within the Town of Barnstable, on Cape Cod. The Cape has excellent highway, rail, bus and air connections to other parts of New England, air, bus, and passenger rail service expand during the summer months to accommodate tourists.
By Car:
From Boston & points north: Take Route 93 to Route 3 South. Follow over the Sagamore Bridge where Route 3 becomes Route 6 (Mid-Cape Highway). Follow to exit #6, Route 132 and bear right off exit ramp.
From Springfield & points west: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike, Route 90 East. Follow to exit #11A, Route 495 South. Follow over Bourne Bridge, go 3/4 around Bourne Rotary, pick up Route 6 East along the Cape Cod Canal. Follow until first set of traffic lights (near the Sagamore Bridge). Take a right to Route 6. Take exit #6 and bear right onto Route 132.
From New York/Connecticut and points south, take I-95 to Providence, Rhode Island. Take exit #20 to Route I95 East. Follow to Route 25 South (exit #22) to the Bourne Bridge. Go over Bourne Bridge, go 3/4 around Bourne Rotary, pick up Route 6 East along the Cape Cod Canal. Follow until first set of traffic lights (near the Sagamore Bridge). Take a right to Route 6. Take exit #6 and bear right onto Route 132.
By Air:
Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines at the Barnstable Municipal Airport services direct flights to and from Boston, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. There are other airlines with direct flights to and from Newark and New York.
By Bus:
Plymouth & Brockton Bus Company provides hourly, scheduled motorcoach service between Logan Airport, downtown Boston, Plymouth and throughout Cape Cod. Charter services available. There are other bus companies providing service from New York, Providence and other locations.
By Boat:
There is daily ferry transportation to and from Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket from Hyannis, on Hy-Line (Martha's Vineyard service available May through October), the Island Queen which leaves from Falmouth Harbor or Steamship Authority.
By Trolley:
The Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority operates The Hyannis Trolley. The route begins at the Hyannis Transportation Center and travels down Main Street to South Street and services Ocean Street, Nantucket Street, Old Colony Way and Lewis Bay Road. The trolley is a free service.
Corps of Engineers to adjust Sagamore Bridge work for next three weekends to reduce traffic congestion
CONCORD, Mass. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District continues deck repairs and paving on the Sagamore Bridge spanning the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, Mass., but will adjust the work schedule for the next three weekends to allow extra traffic lanes to help reduce traffic congestion on Cape Cod. Work on the bridge started on Monday, Sept. 14, 2009.
Additional message boards have been activated on highway approaches to the Sagamore and Bourne Bridges, alerting motorists of the Sagamore Bridge work.
A second lane of travel off of Cape Cod will be in effect from Sunday, Sept.
27 at 11 a.m through Monday, Sept. 28 at 10 a.m. and again the following weekend from Sunday, Oct. 4 at 11 a.m. to Monday, Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. One lane of travel onto Cape Cod will remain in place during this time.
For the Columbus Day holiday weekend, a second lane of travel onto Cape Cod will be added starting on Friday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. continuing through Saturday until Sunday, Oct. 11 at 5 a.m. There will continue to be one lane of travel off of Cape Cod during this period. A second lane of travel off of Cape Cod will be in effect from Sunday, Oct. 11 at 11 a.m. through Columbus Day on Monday until Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 10 a.m.
One lane of travel onto Cape Cod will remain in place during this time.
These traffic lane adjustments will require use of the work area to create a second lane of travel, and will result in no work being performed on the Sagamore Bridge during these periods. Substantial effort is being made to create safe passage for these travel lane adjustments onto and off Cape Cod.
Work will resume seven days a week beginning Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 10 a.m.
Work on the Sagamore Bridge is scheduled to continue, weather permitting, until about late November 2009 at which time the Sagamore Bridge will be fully reopened to traffic (two lanes in both directions) through the winter.
In the spring of 2010, work will resume on the Sagamore Bridge and require lane restrictions (one lane in each direction) again until late spring of 2010.
These work adjustments to allow for more lane traffic for the next three weeks will have an impact on the work schedule and will likely push the project into a third season, requiring bridge work in the fall of 2010.
Completion of the deck repairs is critical to maintaining the integrity of the bridge, which is a vital component of the transportation system for the Cape, Islands and southeastern Massachusetts.
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