Riverview 1996
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N 42° 51.085 W 072° 33.363
18T E 699686 N 4747212
This benchmark disk is easily found on the concrete sidewalk leading to the pedestrian walkway of the Brattleboro-Hinsdale bridge over the Connecticut River, and by the Riverview Cafe.
Waymark Code: WM3HW0
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2008
Views: 8
Mark found in good condition, though due to exposure to the elements and pedestrian traffic, wear is visible on the face.
The top of the mark identifies it as a "State of Vermont Survey Mark", Agency of Transportation, with the name "Riverview 1996" embossed around a triagle surrounding a point.
To find the mark, from Brattleboro Center, go south on US 5 to the intersection with Route 119 and Route 142. Turn left toward Route 119 (West), following the road down hill past the Brattleboro Art Museum on the right and to the Brattleboro-Hinsdale Bridge and the mark, at the entrance to the bridge, on the left about 1/10 mile from the intersection. The mark is on a concrete sidewalk slab at the west end of the bridge in front of the pedestrian walkway on the north (up river) side of the bridge, near the Riverview Cafe.
The mark is not on any known accessible database, but is near a mark AB7405 (NGS database and Geocaching Benchmark database), which is on an abutment on the south side of the west end of the bridge (not personally recovered, but others have logged recoveries).
I had mistaken this for the above marker and, rather than read the description for AB7405, I stopped, took my pictures, and moved on.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: Riverview 1996
Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)
Benchmark Agency (if other): Vermont Agency of Transportation (VT)
Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk
County: The City of Brattleboro in Windham County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Brattleboro [VT]
Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed
NGS PID: Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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