Public Hearing Notice  Marion-Wareham – Bridge replacement, Marion Road/Wareham Road (Route 6) over Weweantic River

A Virtual Public Informational Meeting will be hosted to present the design for the proposed project in Marion-Wareham, MA.

Purpose: 

The purpose of this meeting is to provide the public with the opportunity to become fully acquainted with the proposed project.  All views and comments submitted in response to the meeting will be reviewed and considered to the maximum extent possible.

Proposal: 

The Project consists of replacing two (2) bridges on Route 6 northbound and southbound over the Weweantic River. The first bridge is located on the town line of Marion and Wareham and the second bridge is located entirely in the Town of Marion. The bridges are separated by an approximate 400-foot-long causeway. The causeway and approaches will be widened to accommodate the widened cross section. Retaining walls along the causeway and portions of the approaches will need to be constructed to reduce environmental impacts. The Marion-Wareham bridge is currently a 2-span bridge, and the Wareham bridge is currently a 3-span bridge. The span arrangement will remain the same, however, the spans will be lengthened to accommodate a larger vertical profile while retaining the same hydraulic opening by building the proposed abutments behind the existing abutments. The proposed Project will provide bridge and roadway safety improvements and MassDOT will use staged construction to maintain one lane in each direction during construction. 

The Project will also include complete and partial removal of the existing bridge structures, roadway reconstruction, highway drainage/storm water management facilities, salt marsh replication and protection, traffic and pedestrian management, pavement markings and signage, utility relocation/protection and all other related bridge and highway work.

This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. MassDOT provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (e.g. interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, live captioning, videos, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats), as available.  For accommodation or language assistance, please contact MassDOT’s Chief Diversity and Civil Rights Officer by phone (857-368-8580),  TTD/TTY at (857) 266-0603, fax (857) 368-0602 or by email (MassDOT.CivilRights@dot.state.ma.us). Requests should be made as soon as possible and prior to the meeting, and for more difficult to arrange services including sign-language, CART or language translation or interpretation, requests should be made at least ten business days before the meeting. 

This meeting will be hosted, or a cancellation announcement posted, on this website.