This is one of two similar bridges of very beautiful design over this canal. Unlike the nearby Bourne Bridge, this bridge was built near some natural hills.
This is the eastern terminus of the Cape Cod Canal Bikeway along the north shore of the canal; there's a second bikeway along most of the south shore. Sometimes you can spot seals in the ocean near here!
The railroad bridge is a great curiosity as it lifts up and down to allow boat traffic to pass underneath. A wonderful thing to see if you time your ride right and get to see it move.
The city of Sandwich is the oldest on Cape Cod. In the contact period, Sandwich was occupied by the Eastern Algonquian speaking Wampanoag who aided the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony …