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The 2 miles (3.2 km) long Jones Beach Boardwalk runs along the central section of the 10 mi (16.1 km) Jones Beach State Park, created during the administration of Robert Moses and opened in 1929. [25] [26] It is accessible from the mainland via the Meadowbrook State Parkway or the Wantagh State Parkway. Apart from a few amenities such as a two ...
At the northern parking lot of the park, there is bay beach swimming access along with a bathroom and showers. On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy slammed the greater Raritan Bayshore region. Its resulting storm surge, estimated to be in excess of 15 to 20 feet (4.6 to 6.1 m) above sea level, destroyed portions of the Old Bridge Waterfront Park.
Landry's, Inc. acquired property along the Kemah Waterfront in 1997 and opened the Kemah Boardwalk in 1998. In 2007, the Boardwalk Bullet, a high-speed wooden roller coaster opened on the boardwalk. The 96-foot-tall, 3,236-foot-long roller coaster is built on a 1-acre footprint, making it one of the most compact roller coasters in the world.
Gregory Road Bridge at Duck Creek: 1923 2004-01-14 Sanger: Denton: Warren pony truss Hays Street Bridge: 1908 2012-9-10 San Antonio: Bexar: Truss. Included in Historic Bridges of Texas MPS Hill Street Bridge over Buffalo Bayou: 1938 2007-10-31
The old bridge was relocated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) upstream in 1934 and extended from 200 to 225 feet (61 to 69 m). [3] The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1977. The bridge is on Preservation Texas' 2009 list of most endangered places due to its poor condition and lack of funds for restoration.
The Texas Open Beaches Act is a U.S. state of Texas law, passed in 1959 and amended in 1991, which guarantees free public access to beaches on the Gulf of Mexico: . The public... shall have the free and unrestricted right of ingress and egress to and from the state-owned beaches bordering on the seaward shore of the Gulf of Mexico... extending from the line of mean low tide to the line of ...
Bryan Beach was most likely named for local landowner James Perry Bryan during the second half of the 20th century. It served fishermen and beachgoers. Bryan Beach State Recreation Area is located a couple of miles down the beach and opened in 1973. No businesses were operating in the community, but it did have 14 residents in 2000.
Alamo Beach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calhoun County, Texas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 254. [2] It is located just north of the junction of Farm Roads 2717 and 2760, approximately two miles southeast of Port Lavaca and northwest of Magnolia Beach.