Cape Cod

By car
By car

The Cape Cod Canal is about an hour and a quarter from both Boston and Providence. Traffic on the two vehicle bridges over the canal is often backed up during peak travel times on summer weekends.

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From Boston
take I-93 south to Route 3 south to the Sagamore Bridge Becomes Rt. 6.
From Providence or points south
take I-95 north to I-195 to Route 25 south to the Bourne Bridge I-495 also becomes Route 25. At the rotary traffic circle on the Cape side there is access to:

Rt. 28 toward Monument Beach, Mashpee and Falmouth and other south side points. or go almost all the way around and travel along the Canal to Route 6.