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The Man Who Brought Us 2 Bridges To Summer

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Thirty-six million vehicles cross the Bourne and Sagamore bridges to Cape Cod each year. This week marks the 75th anniversary of the construction of the bridges — the gateway to "summer" for so many in Massachusetts.

Today we remember the highly accomplished but little known architect who designed those bridges, Ralph Adams Cram.

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This program aired on June 24, 2010.

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