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Barnegat Inlet Jetties
Barnegat, New Jersey
Philadelphia District
Construction and Rehabilitation History
Date(
Two converging stone jetties were constructed north and south of the
1940
inlet for channel protection. The north jetty was 4,675 ft long, and
the south jetty was 2,820
tion was
ft mlw.
of the south jetty was lowered.
1944
The shoreward 100
Repairs were made to the seaward end of the north jetty.
1950
Repairs were made to the shoreward portion of the south jetty.
1954
To prevent sand passing through and waves overtopping the north
jetty, the shoreward 3,700 ft was raised to
1974
ft mlw and made
impermeable. The center line of the section repaired was offset 12.0
ft toward the inlet from the existing section (Figure 4 0 ) .
Due to instability and continuous shoaling of the navigation channel,
1985
proposals are being considered to construct a new south jetty. Por-
tions of the jetties have crest elevations of
mlw. These
sections were probably built as part of repair work conducted in 1950
and
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