PY0802 - NGS MEERTENS 2 - Wyoming - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This mark is located on the bridge across the Firehole River. The cap is located at the northeast end of the bridge in the south sidewalk about 16 feet south of highway centerline. The cap was set by the National Geodetic Servey in 1987 and was marked MEERTENS 2. About three feet to the west is a second cap. It appears that PY0779 (MEERTENS) must have been set in error on the bridge deck beyond the expansion joint so its location was not stable, so then PY0802 (MEERTENS 2) was set on the stable bridge abutment part of the bridge.
NGS PID PY0802 - (visit link)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1987 25.7 KM (15.95 MI) WEST FROM WEST THUMB. 25.7 KM (15.95 MI) WESTERLY ALONG MADISON JUNCTION-WEST THUMB HIGHWAY FROM THE SOUTH JUNCTION OF WEST THUMB-LAKE JUNCTION HIGHWAY IN WEST THUMB, IN TOP OF AND 0.7 M (2.3 FT) NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE SOUTHWEST WALKWAY OF A HIGHWAY BRIDGE SPANNING THE FIREHOLE RIVER, 4.7 M (15.4 FT) SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE HIGHWAY, AND 0.8 M (2.6 FT) NORTHEAST OF TRIANGULATION STATION MEERTENS. THE MARK IS 0.3 M ABOVE THE HIGHWAY.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: MEERTENS 2 Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: HORIZONTAL CONTROL Disk County: Teton USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Old Faithful Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: PY0802 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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