Comments on: Extremely Long Jetties

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:52:45 +0000

Storm sewer outflow near Vancouver - 4 km long.

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Just south of there, two more: ferry dock about 3.5 km and Delta Superport about 5 km.

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By: squidman

squidman — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 04:39:32 +0000

hi there is a prety lone jettie in SA in rapid bay its about 1km long but it takes ages to get out there like 20 mins.

By: Daliel

Daliel — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:28:01 +0000

Berkeley Pier in the San Francisco Bay was a 3 mile long wooden structure extending out past the mudflats (the average depth of the Bay is only 14 feet) to allow trollies to reach incoming SF ferries. Currently 1 mile of it is paved and used for fishing.

By: Judy

Judy — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 15:42:45 +0000

Busselton jetty is a great place but it is in a bad state of repair so the train is no longer running. It is a long walk but the undersea observatory is well werth the effort.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 02:25:30 +0000

Try the Lucinda Sugar Jetty, near Ingham, 120km north of Townsville.
A little over 5 km long.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 18:40:18 +0000

scratch that. longest pleasure pier

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 18:39:36 +0000

http://www.southendpier.co.uk/

Southend pier? Says it is 1.34 miles/2158 meters

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:50:58 +0000

Southend Pier in Essex, England, is 2158m (over a mile) long.

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By: Bradley

Bradley — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:14:35 +0000

Those are not jetties. They are piers. A Jetty is a protective structure that blocks the tide and waves. (ussually made of rock or concrete) A pier is a floating, or fixed above the water structure that alows the water to pass undernieth. Six years in the Coast Guard, taught me something.

Here are the Galveston Texas Jetties, one of which is 7 miles long.
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Acording to the U.S. Army corps of engineers, they are the longest in the world: http://www.swg.usace.army.mil/items/whatwedo/10.asp Good fishin too!

By: Birdman of Malkatraz

Birdman of Malkatraz — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:46:46 +0000

The Pier at Southport, UK is really long as it starts inland somewhat - the image on google maps is not high res though but I worked it out as over 600 metres long. A train runs along that too.

When you get to the end there's a really boring visitors centre. It's such an anti climax.