| Ah, the beauty of Cape Cod's miles of coastline, the | | | | mean before 7 am. Do those times not work for |
| calming hues of a Cape sunset, and the unmistakable | | | | your schedule? Try traveling between Monday and |
| scent of...mini van fumes?? When you're headed to | | | | Thursday, provided Monday isn't a holiday. These |
| Cape Cod for a vacation, the last thing you want to | | | | days usually have much, much less traffic. |
| do is sit in traffic on the way to the Bourne or | | | | There are also some shortcuts to avoid some of the |
| Sagamore Bridge. In the summer, between Memorial | | | | bridge traffic. If you're heading towards the |
| Day and Labor Day (some might say Columbus Day), | | | | Sagamore Bridge, getting off at Exit 2 and heading |
| you just might find yourself sitting in bridge | | | | south on Route 3A. Following the signage, you will |
| traffic...sometimes for hours! Don't worry, we've been | | | | reach Route 3 again, just before the bridge, cutting |
| there, and there's a way to avoid bridge traffic (and | | | | off much of the traffic. The same can be done at |
| it's not the mythical cape cod canal tunnel). | | | | the Bourne bridge by getting off at Exit 2, then |
| The first thing you have to realize about Cape Cod is | | | | following Route 6 - Route 28 to the Bourne Bridge |
| that there are only two bridges, and hundreds of | | | | rotary/interchange. |
| thousands of cars using the Bourne and Sagamore | | | | Looking for another way to avoid bridge traffic? The |
| Bridges. That means at certain times of the day, | | | | only other options are to fly into Barnstable Airport, |
| those peak travel times we mentioned between | | | | or if you're heades to Martha's Vineyard or |
| Memorial Day and Labor Day, traffic is practically | | | | Nantucket, take a ferry from New Bedford to the |
| inevitable. The good news is that the Sagamore | | | | west of Cape Cod. |
| Bridge Rotary is no more, and a much more efficient | | | | On your return trip, keep in mind everyone is headed |
| flyover has been built on Route 3 in Bourne. The bad | | | | over the bridges near hotel checkout time on |
| news? You still might sit in traffic. | | | | Sunday, between 9am and up until 7pm (sometimes |
| Now, how can you avoid Cape Cod bridge traffic all | | | | much later). Your best bet in those circumstances |
| together? The secret answer (please, keep this a | | | | might just be to spend the extra day relaxing at the |
| secret!) is to travel early, or travel late. When we say | | | | beach. |
| late, we mean after 10 pm. When we say early, we | | | | |