AE8233 - BRIDGE - Benchmark
Posted by: NCDaywalker
N 35° 13.259 W 080° 00.367
17S E 590450 N 3898002
This benchmark is located midway across the bridge on the pedestrian walk, north bound side.
Waymark Code: WM845X
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/24/2010
Views: 7
1/1/1983 by NCGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 (GWT) STATION IS LOCATED IN MT. GILEAD AT THE NC 73 BRIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD. ALONG NC 73 FOR 0.3 KM (0.20 MI) NORTHWEST FROM NC 109, IN A DRILLED HOLE IN THE BRIDGE WALKWAY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BRIDGE, ABOUT 1-FOOT HIGHER THAN THE HIGHWAY. LOCATED 7.3 M (24.0 FT) NORTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF NC 73, 0.8 M (2.6 FT) SOUTHWEST OF THE BRIDGE RAIL, 9.3 M (30.5 FT) SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHWEST END OF THE BRIDGE--AND 16.0 M (52.5 FT) NORTH-NORTHWEST OF A POWER POLE (71), 11.2 M (36.7 FT) SOUTHEAST OF A POWER POLE (78)--BOTH WITH REFERENCE TAGS.
5/8/1996 by NCGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1996 (JGG) RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. MARK IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BRIDGE, NOT WEST SIDE. LOCATED 55.2 FT (16.8 M) NORTH-NORTHWEST OF A POWER POLE (AZ39R)WITH A LIGHT, AND 38.8 FT (11.8 M) SOUTHEAST OF A POWER POLE (AZ40R)--BOTH WITH REFERENCE TAGS.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: BRIDGE
Benchmark Agency: Not listed
Monumentation type: TRAVERSE STATION Disk
County: Montgomery
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Mount Gilead West
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: AE8233
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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