Construction and Rehabilitation History
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and extended down to the core layer, thus creating a sand-tight
1985
jetty section. The estimated quantity of stone and cost were
(Cont)
34,000 tons and ,016,000, respectively. The design of the jetty
was determined from several aspects, including ( ) using the Wave
a
20-yr wave hindcast study to determine
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potential annual damage, a technique identical to that used in the
design of the Arecibo breakwater and (b) using the N-line shoreline
model of Perlin and Dean (1983) to determine the jetty length. The
foundation material underlying the jetty consists of very shelly
sand overlying limestone strata. The limestone varies in elevation
from -15 to -20 ft mlw.
Bakers Haulover Inlet, Florida, 1964
Figure 36.
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