information on Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet, NJ

The Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet Project covers 21 miles of the New Jersey shoreline and is the largest beach nourishment project ever undertaken by the Corps of Engineers, and is the largest beachfill project, in terms of volume, in the world.

The highly populated communities along the New Jersey shoreline, from the Town of Sea Bright to the Manasquan Inlet in Monmouth County, continually experience serious beach erosion. In 1962, the Ash Wednesday Storm caused $56 million in damages (1992 price level).

WORK IN PROGRESS

In August 2001 the project was awarded its first renourishment contract for Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach. Beachfill placement commenced in May 2002, eight years after initial construction began in 1994, and was completed in November 2002. The Corps pumped sand at the critical zone on Sandy Hook on behalf of the National Park Service and completed this work in December 2002.
OCTOBER 2002
Beach renourishment work in Sea Bright Click on image to show close-up view	Beach renourishment work in Sea Bright Click on image to show close-up view
JUNE 2002
Beach replenishment tools: dredge, shore pipe and backhoe. Location: Sea Bright Click on image to show close-up view	The "Crab" a motorized, amphibious survey platform. Location: Sea Bright Click on image to show close-up view
Sand pumping Location: Sea Bright Click on image to show close-up view	Project Archaeologist, John Killeen surveying freshly replenished beach. Dredger in background. Location: Sea Bright Click on image to show close-up view
Dredge pumping sand off shore at Spring Lake, part of the Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet Project. Click on image to show close-up view	Recently replenished shore on Spring Lake, part of the Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet Project. Click on image to show close-up view
MAY 2002
Taking elevations Location: Sea Bright Click on image to show close-up view	The "Crab" a motorized, amphibious survey platform. Location: Sea Bright Click on image to show close-up view
For more information please read the Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet, NJ Fact Sheet or email the Project Manager.