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A local scour evolution field study was conducted under this contract. One of the piers on the A1A Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway (ICCW) in Fort Pierce, Florida was selected for the test site. The existing local scour hole was filled with sand from a nearby channel dredging project and the pier instrumented and monitored for a period of 164 days (November 5, 2008 to April 17, 2009). The instrumentation consisted of three acoustic scour depth meters, a bottom mounted, upward looking ADCP for measuring the flow velocity profile, a bottom mounted pressure transducer for measuring water depths and wave parameters and a temperature gauge for measuring water temperatures. The installation was operational and collected data for 164 days.