Picture of the Day: Jones Inlet Dredging Program (USA)

Jones Inlet Dredging Program

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, recently completed the maintenance dredging of nearly 680,000 cubic yards of sand from the Jones Inlet Federal Navigation Channel in Nassau County, to a depth of more than 14 feet.

The channel, approximately 2.3 miles long, separates Point Lookout and Jones Beach State Park on Long Island’s south shore. The $10.1 million contract was carried out by Weeks Marine of Cranford, N.J.

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Dredging Today Staff, May 15, 2014