Table 28
Rogue River
Gold Beach, Oregon
Date( s )
Construction and Rehabilitation History
1954
The project was authorized.
The south jetty was completed. The 3,400-ft-long jetty was of
1959
rubble-mound construction, with
side slopes, and it consisted
of 216,069 tons of stone. The seaward 1,700
had a crest elevation
ft mllw and a crest width of 26 ft; the rest of the jetty had
of
mllw crest elevation and a 20-ft crest width. Armor stone
a
was greater than 6 tons and averaged 1 tons.
0
1960
The north jetty was completed. The 3,300-ft-long jetty was of
rubble-mound construction, with
side slopes, and it consisted
of 462,767 tons of stone, The crest elevation was
mllw with a
crest width of 26 ft.
1964
The highest flood on record damaged the north jetty.
1966
The north jetty was rehabilitated, requiring an estimated
tons
stone and 32,000 tons of quarry spalls and bedding mate-
of class
rial. The class
stone was placed as an 8-ft-thick armor layer on
the underwater slope of the jetty in the damaged area, and it weighed
between 1 and 6 tons.
The harbor and cross section of the jetties are illustrated in
1985
ure 59. There is some localized damage on the jetties.
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