IRIA (DELDOT, Indian River Inlet, DE)
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member NH2beers
N 38° 36.401 W 075° 03.961
18S E 494251 N 4273133
A Delaware DOT geodetic control disk, located in Delaware Seashore State Park, at Indian River Inlet, DE.
Waymark Code: WMRQ3T
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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This station is a Delaware DOT geodetic control disk, located at the south side of the Indian River Inlet of the Delaware Seashore State Park.

To access the mark, exit DE Rt1 at the south end of the Cullen Bridge. Go to Turn Point Road (Road 50A), at the west side of the bridge. Go north on Turn Point Road to a rotary adjacent a power transmission tower. Got west approximately 550-ft from the rotary on Turn Point Road to the mark on the right.

The mark is set on a steel rod, driven to refusal, and is flush with the ground. It is located 20-ft south from a sidewalk with an iron rail, 15-ft north from a paved roadway (Turn Point Road), 6-ft north from the east end of a galvanized steel highway fence, and 5-ft northwest from the west end of a wooden split rail fence. It is 1-ft south from a wooden witness post.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: IRIA

Benchmark Agency: Delaware Department of Transportation (DE)

Monumentation type: Disk (unspecified type)

County: Sussex

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Bethany beach

Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

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

Visit Instructions:
  1. A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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