Cape Cod: It's Worth the Wait

Sitting in traffic on a Friday night, just waiting to get your Cape Cod weekend started.  Heading home after a week of fun, only to be left with a lasting memory of miles of backup on Route 6.  That's what it was like until 8 years ago, when the rotary was removed, and the "flyover" was created.  In the old days, if you were coming to the Cape over the Sagamore Bridge, two lanes of Route 3 traffic merged with one lane of the Cranberry Highway to form two lanes onto Route 6 onto the Cape.  But guess what?  Route 3 still has two lanes, Cranberry Highway still has one lane, and they still have to merge into the two lanes on Route 6.  Yeah, there's still traffic.

So now there's a new proposal to ease traffic to and from the Cape - a 3rd bridge.  And not just any bridge.  A toll bridge.  The thinking is that many people will be willing to pay the toll for reduced traffic on the new bridge.  That's right.  The plan to ease traffic is to eliminate the 3-into-2 formula, and replace it with FIVE lanes into two.  Because no matter how you cross that bridge, there will only be two lanes of travel when you get here.

I'd rather wait for a table at a restaurant with a line out the door than be seated instantly at an empty restaurant - there's a reason that restaurant is empty.  Traffic will always be a part of Cape Cod life.  Do you know why?  Because it's a great place to be.