INDIAN RIVER INLET, DE - The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) has announced upcoming lane closures on Route 1 as sheet pile walls are installed near the Indian River Inlet Bridge to ...

After the ocean breached the dune on the north side of the Indian River Inlet bridge Sunday night, temporarily shutting down Coastal Highway for the second time this year, riprap is being used to ...

(This story has been updated to add new information. ) To protect Route 1 on the north side of the Indian River Inlet, Delaware is finally doing something that won't wash away with the next high tide.

INDIAN RIVER INLET, DE - Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has announced the closure of parts of the North Indian River Inlet Beach due to safety concerns.

The project will dredge up to 400,000 cubic yards of sand from the Indian River Inlet Flood Shoal, just west of the Charles W. Cullen Bridge, to replenish up to 5,000 linear feet of the north side ...

Riprap being used to fortify the dune at the northern foot of the Indian River Inlet bridge in Delaware Seashore State Park, Aug. 22, 2024.

The dune on the northeast end of the bridge was breached Aug. 18 during the aftermath of Hurricane Ernesto, which caused high tides, and strong winds and waves. The breach caused road closures on ...

The Indian River Inlet will get $10 million in federal funding for a large-scale beach replenishment project — that’s on top of the $15 million the state gave to the effort earlier this month.

Since active dredging began on December 2, the contractor, DredgIt Corp., has made impressive strides. By December 22, approximately 130,737 cubic yards (CY) of sand had been successfully dredged ...

Why emergency replenishment is necessary The area of the Indian River Inlet, within Delaware Seashore, is highly complex. The inlet serves as a connection between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian ...