A boardwalk (alternatively board walk , boarded path , or promenade ) is an elevated footpath , walkway , or causeway typically built with wooden planks , which functions as a type of low water bridge or small viaduct that enables pedestrians to better cross wet, muddy or marshy lands. Such timber trackways have existed since at least Neolithic times.
7-662: The CityDeck is a riverfront boardwalk / promenade along the edge of the Fox River in downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin . It is about one-quarter-mile in length and situated between the Walnut Street bridge and the Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge with multiple platforms extending out over the Fox River. There is 720 lineal feet of dock space amongst the platforms. It operates as a City park but also
14-643: A key part of the Fox River State Recreational Trail . It was designed by Boston landscape architects Stoss Landscape Urbanism. Shopko Landing is located next to the Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge at the foot of Admiral Flatley Court. This area is 2,500 square feet and extends 30 feet over the water. It serves as a fishing pier with 174 feet of fishing locations along its perimeter. The Main Stage falls near
21-721: The beach provide access to shops, hotels, and tourist attractions. The Jersey Shore in the United States is especially noted for its abundance of boardwalks. Some wooden boardwalks have had sections replaced by concrete and even "a type of recycled plastic that looks like wood." An early example is the Sweet Track that Neolithic people built in the Somerset levels , England, around 6000 years ago. This track consisted mainly of planks of oak laid end-to-end, supported by crossed pegs of ash , oak, and lime , driven into
28-466: The middle of the CityDeck in line with Pine Street. It is 3,500 square feet with bleacher-style seating and 5 tiered rows and theatrical lighting. Cherry Street Landing is situated on the southern portion of the deck running congruent with Cherry Street. It is 4,900 square feet with bench seating for rest stop and nature viewing. Boardwalk In many seaside resort locations, boardwalks along
35-706: The period of the Roman Empire is on display at the permanent exhibition of the Archaeological Museum Hamburg in Harburg borough, Hamburg . A duckboard is a type of boardwalk placed over muddy and wet ground. During World War I , duckboards were used to line the bottom of trenches on the Western Front because these were regularly flooded, and mud and water would lie in the trenches for months on end. The boards helped to keep
42-505: The soldiers' feet dry and prevent the development of trench foot , caused by prolonged standing in waterlogged conditions. They also allowed for troops' easier movement through the trench systems. Combat troops on nearly all sides routinely wore hobnail -style trench boots that often slipped on the new duck boards when they were wet, and required extra caution. Falling or slipping off the duckboards could often be dangerous, even fatal. Unfortunate soldiers were left struggling to rise under
49-487: The underlying peat. The Wittmoor bog trackway is the name given to each of two prehistoric plank roads , or boardwalks, trackway No. I being discovered in 1898 and trackway No. II in 1904 in the Wittmoor bog in northern Hamburg , Germany. The trackways date to the 4th and 7th century AD, both linked the eastern and western shores of the formerly inaccessible, swampy bog. A part of the older trackway No. II dating to
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