Army Corps recommends replacing Cape Cod Canal bridges

CONCORD, Mass. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has recommended replacing the two narrow and often backed-up bridges that carry traffic across the Cape Cod Canal.
The Corps oversees the Bourne and Sagamore bridges. It issued a draft report Thursday following a study that weighed the advantages of rehabbing the nearly 85-year-old bridges versus replacing them entirely.
The Corps determined that replacing them would be more cost effective than paying $1.5 billion to rehabilitate them.