Editing Boardwalk (section)

{{Short description|Wooden footpath to cross wet land}}
{{About|walks made of boards|entertainment venues along an oceanfront|Boardwalk (entertainment district)|other uses|Boardwalk (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Atlantic City Boardwalk view north from Caesars Atlantic City by Silveira Neto June 24 2012.jpg|thumb|[[Atlantic City, New Jersey]] boardwalk, as seen from [[Caesars Atlantic City]], opened in 1870, as the first U.S. boardwalk. At {{Convert|5+1/2|mi|0}} long, it is also one of the world's longest, busiest, and oldest boardwalks. New Jersey is home to the world's highest concentration of boardwalks.|alt=Many people walking on a boardwalk at the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey]]

A '''boardwalk''' (alternatively '''board walk''', '''boarded path''', or '''[[promenade]]''') is an elevated [[footpath]], [[walkway]], or [[causeway]] typically built with wooden [[Plank (wood)|plank]]s, which functions as a type of [[low water bridge]] or small [[viaduct]] that enables [[pedestrian]]s to better cross wet, [[mud]]dy or [[marsh]]y lands.<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary''</ref> Such [[timber trackway]]s have existed since at least [[Neolithic]] times.

In many [[seaside resort]] locations, [[boardwalk (entertainment district)|boardwalks along 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."<ref>{{cite news
    |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
    |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/20/nyregion/on-coney-island-boardwalk-concrete-and-plastic-may-replace-wood.html
    |title=Wood May Give Way to Plastic on Coney Island Boardwalk
    |author=Liz Robbins  |date=February 19, 2012}}</ref>