Delaware State officials are working on putting up a sheet pile wall around 740 feet long…along the northbound lanes of Route 1 and the northeast side of the Indian River Inlet Bridge.
The $1.4 million project is part an effort to deal with the beach erosion that has been occurring at a faster rate than usual at the approach to the roadway to the new bridge.
The Salisbury Daily Times reports that a tie-back system will be installed for the bridge with anchors that will extend behind the wall to help support it in an upright position.
Then the wall will be back-filled with sand so it will not be exposed.
Dan Brower, program manager for with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Shoreline & Waterway Management Section, said that the sheet pile wall serves as – what is being called – a last-ditch protection -- for the north side of the bridge.
The area has been hit by a series of recent storms including Hurricane Sandy.
