Long Beach Township BY ERIN MCFEETERS
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ravel through the New Jersey Pine Barrens to the causeway bridge over the bay to this seaside island township on Long Beach Island. In the early years, traveling to Long Beach Island was hazardous, and many visitors experienced flat tires, mechanical breakdowns, and even highway robbery. Despite the harsh travel conditions, “everyone who ever came to this island…came out of pure enjoyment and returned year after year for the same reason,” wrote John Baily Lloyd in his book, Six Miles At Sea.
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