An aerial photo from April 2024 of the Route 71 drawbridge between Avon and Belmar shows it was left in the open position after it malfunctioned in early March. Summer is the time when drawbridges get the most use and tend to breakdown from the stress of too much traffic, an engineer said. Agencies have been replacing them with "fixed" bridges, such as the Route 35 bridge in the foreground. Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Vacationers usually know they are close to their Jersey Shore destinations when they hear the rhythmic hum of their car tires on the steel deck of the many drawbridges that lead to and from the beach.
That visual and auditory signal has been the answer to the question “are we there yet” that has been part of beach goers experience for decades.
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