Padanaram Bridge

Dartmouth's Padanaram Bridge will be getting an upgrade, after state and local officials on Friday announced $2 million in state funding to start the design process.

Knowing when Dartmouth's Padanaram Bridge will be closed to motor vehicle traffic can be helpful in avoiding getting caught up in traffic in the summer months.

Dartmouth Police say the bridge is closed until further notice “as the result of unforeseen mechanical failure.”

A detour will be in place.

South Dartmouth residents and businesses are preparing to lose the Padanaram Causeway until 2018. MassDOT and John Rocchio Construction, the company in charge of the $8.2 million causeway project, discussed their plans at Monday night's Select Board meeting...

"****Revised 7/07/16**** TOWN OF DARTMOUTH PUBLIC NOTICE Padanaram Causeway Rehabilitation Project CAUSEWAY WILL REOPEN ON FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016 AT 3:30 P.M. (Water Street to Smith Neck Road) CAUSEWAY WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Access to Smith Neck Road will be open via Gulf Road and the Padanaram Bridge will be operating on a normal schedule until further notice. PL...