After a 1962 storm battered Fire Island, Robert Moses proposed a highway along the New York barrier island; residents fought it and 17 private communities now sit inside a national seashore
- Robert Moses at the placing of final steel, Fire Island Inlet Bridge 1962.
- A powerful nor’easter hit the eastern coast of the United States in March 1962.
- The storm destroyed dunes, swept nearly 100 homes into the Atlantic Ocean, and cut through the narrow barrier island off Long Island’s south shore.
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- Robert Moses at the placing of final steel, Fire Island Inlet Bridge 1962.
- A powerful nor’easter hit the eastern coast of the United States in March 1962.
- The storm destroyed dunes, swept nearly 100 homes into the Atlantic Ocean, and cut through the narrow barrier island off Long Island’s south shore.
Sources: Times of India