

Table 1 



Summary of U.S. Breakwater Projects 





Coast 



Project 



Location 



Data of 



Construction 



Number of 

 Segmente 



Project 

 Length 



Segment 

 Length 



Gap 

 Length 



Dietance 

 Offshore 

 Preproject 



Water 

 Depth 



Fill 



Placed 



Beach* 

 Response 



Constructed 

 by 



Maintained 

 by 





Atlantic 



Winthrop Beach (low tide) 



Massachusetts 



1935 



5 



625m 



91m 



30m 



Unknown 



3.0m (mlw) 



No 



1 



State of Mass. 



1 





Atlantic 



Wmthrop Beach (high tide) 



Massachusetts 



1935 



1 





100 



30 



305 



3.0 (mhw) 



No 



3 



State of Mass. 







Atlantic 

 (Potomac River) 



Colonial Beach 

 (Central Beach) 



Virginia 



1982 



4 



427 



61 



46 



64 



1.2 



Yes 



2 



USACE 







Atlantic 

 (Potomac River) 



Colonial Beach 

 (Castlewood Park) 



Vi, fl i„i. 



1982 



3 



335 



61.93 



26.40 



46 



1.2 



Yes 



1 



USACE 







Chesapeake Bay 



Elm's Beach (wetland) 



Maryland 



1985 



3 



335 



47 



53 



44 



0.6-0.9 



Yes 



1 



State of Maryland 







Chesapeake Bay 



Elk Neck State Park 



(wetland) 



Maryland 



1989 



4 



107 



15 



15 





0.6-0.9 



No 



2-4 



USACE 



USACE 





Chesapeake Bay 



Terrapin Beach (wetland) 



Maryland 



1989 



4 





23 



15.31,23 



38 1 



0.6-0.9 



Yes 



5 



USACE 



USACE 





Chesapeake Bay 



Eastern Neck (wetland) 



Maryland 



1992-1993 



26 



1676 



31 



23 





0.3-0.6 



Yes 





US Fish and Wildlife 

 Service. USACE 



US Fish and 

 Wildlife Service 





Chesapeake Bay 



Bay Ridge 



Maryland 



1990-1991 



11 



686 



31 



31 



42.7 





Yes 



4 



Privete 



Private 





Gulf of Mexico 



Redington Shores 



Florida 



1985-1986 



1 



100 



100 







104 





Yes 



1 



USACE 



USACE 





Gulf of Mexico 



Holly Beach 



Louisiana 



1985 



6 



555 



46,51.50 



93.89 



78,61 



2.5 



No 



4 



State of Louisiana 



State of Louisiana 





Gulf of Mexico 



Holly Beach 



Louisiana 



1991-1993 



76 





46,53 



91.84 



122,183 



1.4,1.6 



Yes 



3 



State of Louisiana 



State of Louisiana 





Gulf of Mexico 



Grand Isle 



Louisiana 





4 



84 



70 



21 



107 



2 



No 



3 



City of Grand Isle 



City of Grand Isle 





Lake Erie 



Lakeview Park 



Ohio 



1977 



3 



403 



76 



49 



152 



3.7 



Yes 



4 



USACE 



City of Lorain 





Lake Erie 



Presque Isle 



Pennsylvania 



1978 



3 



440 



38 



61.91 



60 



0.9-1.2 



Yes 



2 



USACE 



USACE 





Lake Erie 



Presque Isle 



Pennsylvania 



1989-1992 



55 



8300 



46 



107 



76-107 



1.5-2.4 (Iwdl 



Yes 



3-4 



USACE 



USACE 





Lake Erie 



Lakeshore Park 



Ohio 



1982 



3 



244 



38 



61 



120 



2.1 



Yes 



5 



USACE 



City of Ashtabula 





Lake Erie 



East Harbor 



Ohio 



1983 



4 



550 



46 



90,105,120 



170 



2.3 



No 



5 



State of Ohio 



Stats of Ohio 





Lake Erie 



Maumee Bay (headland) 



Ohio 



1990 



5 



823 



61 



76 





1.3 



Yes 



1 



USACE 



State of Ohio 





Lake Erie 



Sims Park (headland) 



Ohio 



1992 



3 



975 



38 



49 





2.5 



Yes 



1 



USACE 



City of Euclid 





Pacific 



Venice 



California 



1905 



1 



180 



180 







370 





No 



5 



Private 







Pacific 



Haleiwa Beach 



Hawaii 



1965 



1 



49 



49 







90 



2.1 (msll 



Yes 



3 



USACE/State of HI 



USACE 





Pacific 



Sand Island 



Hawaii 



1991 



3 



110 



21 



23 











USACE 



USACE 



'Beach response is coded i 



tombolos, 2-penodic tombolos, 3-well developed salients, 4-subdued salients, 5 i 



Chapter 1 Introduction 



