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Above: The Mantoloking Bridge
breach closed, as seen from the roof
of a nearby home just south of the
bridge. The land in view was covered
by the Atlantic Ocean and Barnegat
Bay just days before. Mantoloking
was one of the most catastrophically
damaged towns at the Jersey Shore.
This was the largest of three major
breaches of the barrier island in the
town. This violent breach, along with
the two others, caused the flooding
of thousands of homes along Barnegat Bay and rivers off the bay. It was
reported that this new inlet had become twenty feet deep at one point.
If Sandy had hit one hundred years
ago, it is likely that these new inlets
would have remained and quickly
eroded away the rest of the barrier
island, destroying Barnegat Bay and
making the new beachfront somewhere in the bay or on its west side.
Right: Oceanfront homes in ruin
along Route 35 in Mantoloking at the
Princeton Avenue area and south.
Some of the contents of the home on
the far right are exposed and seemingly "stood still" through the storm.
Photos by David Turton from his new book "Aftermath
- Images Of Superstorm Sandy At The Jersey Shore"
(Volume I - Ocean County).
Please see page 27 for more information.
