Figure 29. Stainless steel rods are permanently installed every 1.0 m along the updrift side of the bridge

Figure 27. Sand is removed from a temporary storage area, located in the updrift, offshore corner of the facility

Figure 31. Fine-tuning of the initial beach profile is achieved using a hand held shovel and rake, especially in regions where it is difficult to use the tractor, such as the steep front slope of the foreshore berm

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Figure 29. Stainless steel rods are permanently installed every 1.0 m along the

updrift side of the bridge. The rods are lowered to preselected

elevations to define the shape of the proper beach profile

Figure 30. The vertical rods are used as indicators to help the tractor operator

maintain straight and parallel beach contours. In this figure, the bridge

is moving to the left, and the bottom end of the vertical rod furthest

offshore is deflected to the right as it drags along the beach. The

depth of the groove remaining in the sand indicates how much the

beach should be lowered in that region

Beach Morphology Control

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