Long Beach Island lagged behind other Jersey Shore resorts in development. Asbury Park to the north and Atlantic City to the south had long been connected to the major East Coast cities. The boom finally hit the Island with the opening of the auto bridge in 1914.
In the early 1920s, talk of the grand coastal boulevard running the length of the Jersey Shore and the promise of a Philadelphia to Manahawkin highway had dreamers and speculators on the edge of their seats.
In August 1927, the Monmouth Inquirer announced the vision of a direct route connecting the barrier islands along the…
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