New Jersey built a massive seawall to protect a highway and beach houses from erosion; USGS says the wall concentrated wave energy until the beach it was meant to defend disappeared completely
New Jersey built a massive seawall A massive concrete seawall constructed along the northern New Jersey coastline to shield a public highway and beachfront properties achieved its goal of protecting landward structures, but caused the complete loss of the sandy shoreline it sat upon. According to a coastal hazard report published by the United States…