Yarmouth Road/Willow Street

Yarmouth Road/Willow Street Concept Plans

References are made to Yarmouth Road and Willow Street. Starting from Route 6A in the village of Yarmouthport, Willow Street travels south and passes under Route 6 Interchange 7. At the Yarmouth/Barnstable town line, the road name changes to Yarmouth Road and continues south through Barnstable across Route 28 and terminates at Main Street in Hyannis.

Special note regarding Multi Use Path: All concept plans include a multi-use path (bike path) connecting the Hyannis Transportation Center to a point just south of Route 6. The towns of Yarmouth and Dennis are currently planning to extend the existing Cape Cod Rail Trail just east of Willow Street (south of Route 6).

Concept 1a and 1b Concept 1a and 1b are continuations of the four-lane divided Willow Street roadway that currently exists near Route 6 Interchange 7. Concepts 1a and 1b continue that four-lane divided roadway from the Higgins Crowell Street/Willow Street intersection in Yarmouth to the Route 28/Yarmouth Road intersection in Barnstable. Concept 1a uses a westerly alignment at the Route 28/Yarmouth Road intersection. Concept 1b uses an easterly alignment at that intersection.	Concept 2a, 2b and 2c Concepts 2a, 2b and 2c extend the Willow Street four-lane divided roadway to Rosary Lane in Barnstable. There, Yarmouth Road becomes two lanes, one-way, southbound. Old Yarmouth Road and Rosary Lane become two lanes, one-way, northbound. Concept 2a uses a westerly Route 28/Yarmouth Road alignment; Concept 2b, an easterly alignment. Concept 2c uses undeveloped parcels to the east of the gasoline station/convenience store. A new two-lane roadway is constructed as one-way northbound lanes connecting to Old Yarmouth Road.
Concept 3 Concept 3 extends the Willow Street southbound lanes over the railroad tracks, onto a railroad right-of-way, and down to the Route 28/Engine House Road intersection (a new two-lane roadway, one-way, southbound). The existing two-lane Yarmouth Road is converted to one-way, northbound lanes from Route 28 to the existing four-lane section of Willow Street.	Concept 4 To better accommodate emergency-vehicle access to the Cape Cod Hospital, CONCEPT 4 uses the existing Yarmouth Road for the southbound lanes. Both existing lanes are converted to one-way from the Willow Street four-lane section to Route 28. A new roadway is built within the railroad right-of-way for the northbound lanes from the Willow Street four-lane section to the Route 28/Engine House Road intersection. This concept requires an overpass/underpass at the northern end of the project.
Concept 5 Concept 5 is the same as Concept 3, but with the rail line in a trench or underground. The new southbound lanes are west of the proposed multi-use path, allowing greater access to it and eliminating conflicts with roadway users at Route 28 and crossing the new Yarmouth Road southbound lanes.	Concept 6a and 6b Concept 6a proposes a new four-lane divided roadway from Willow Street to the Route 28/Engine House Road entirely on a right-of-way on the Barnstable Municipal Airport property. Yarmouth Road remains a two-lane, two-direction roadway. CONCEPT 6B proposes a new two-lane (both directions of travel) roadway on airport property. The new roadway intersects Yarmouth Road opposite Rosary Lane and continues south to Route 28 opposite Engine House Road.
Concept 7 Concept 7 proposes a three-lane section from Willow Street to Route 28. The section consists of a southbound lane, a northbound lane, and a center left-turn lane.	Concept 8 Concept 8 is similar to Concept 1 (a four-lane divided roadway), but with a grade-separated intersection at the Route 28/Yarmouth Road intersection.

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