Atlantic City Boardwalk - Atlantic City NJ
Posted by: nomadwillie
N 39° 21.252 W 074° 26.218
18S E 548510 N 4356234
The first boardwalk was built in 1870, along a portion of the beach to help hotel owners keep sand out of their lobbies.
Waymark Code: WM7TRP
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 12/03/2009
Views: 35
The idea caught on, and the boardwalk was expanded and modified several times in the following years. The historic length of the boardwalk, before the 1944 hurricane, was about 7 miles (11 km) and it extended from Atlantic City to Longport, through Ventnor and Margate. Today, it is 4.12 miles (6.63 km) long and 60 feet (18 m) wide, reinforced with steel and concrete. The combined length of the Atlantic City and Ventnor boardwalks—the boardwalk now ends at the Ventnor/Margate border—is approximately 5.75 miles (9.25 km), currently the world's longest boardwalk.
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