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  2. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk - Wikipedia

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    The wooden boardwalk, seen in 2008. Repairs costing $115,000 were made to the boardwalk in the late 1960s or early 1970s. However, by 1971, NYC Parks was considering replacing the wooden planks with plastic or concrete due to the high maintenance cost of the wooden planks, which were deteriorating.

  3. List of boardwalks in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Ocean City, a notable dry town, first built its wooden boardwalk in 1880 from the Second Street wharf to Fourth Street and West Avenue. In 1885, plans were made to extend the boardwalk the entire length of the beach after the first amusement pavilion opened on 11th Street into the 2.5-mile (4 km) length it is today.

  4. South Pointe Park - Wikipedia

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    Opening on October 25, 1985, it became the nineteenth public park in Miami Beach, built at a cost of $3.6 million (1984). Initial features included an amphitheater, two wooden observation towers, picnic pavilions, fitness courses and a 522-foot (159 m) wooden boardwalk over Miami Beach's last natural sand dune.

  5. 40 Iconic and Beautiful Boardwalks Across the Country - AOL

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    New Jersey New Jersey boasts the most boardwalks of any state by a long shot, and it all started with Atlantic City, which erected the nation's first boardwalk in 1870.

  6. Oceanside Pier - Wikipedia

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    Four iterations of the pier were built and then destroyed by heavy storms. The current pier was built and formally opened to the public in September 1987, at a cost of $5 million. [2] [3] At the foot of the pier is the Junior Seau Pier Amphitheatre, which hosts numerous events throughout the year.

  7. Giant Dipper - Wikipedia

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    The Giant Dipper is a historic wooden roller coaster located at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, an amusement park in Santa Cruz, California.The Giant Dipper, which replaced the Thompson's Scenic Railway, took 47 days to build and opened on May 17, 1924, at a cost of $50,000.

  8. Boardwalk - Wikipedia

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    A boardwalk (alternatively board walk, boarded path, or promenade) is an elevated footpath, walkway, or causeway typically built with wooden planks, which functions as a type of low water bridge or small viaduct that enables pedestrians to better cross wet, muddy or marshy lands. [1] Such timber trackways have existed since at least Neolithic ...

  9. Myrtle Beach Boardwalk - Wikipedia

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    The first boardwalk in what would later be called Myrtle Beach connected its first hotel, the Sea Side Inn, and the first of several pavilions. [11] Myrtle Beach had a wooden boardwalk in the 1930s. After being upgraded with concrete in 1940, with plans to expand it delayed by World War II, [12] it was destroyed by Hurricane Hazel in 1954.