STATE AZ MK - Ohio - Azimuth Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

DESCRIBED BY CLEVELAND REGIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 (APR) STATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE CLEVELAND REGIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY AND SITUATED ABOUT 2.0 MILES N OF THE VILLAGE OF INDEPENDENCE AND S EDGE OF GREATER CLEVELAND. THE DISK IS A STANDARD CLEVELAND REGIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY DISK SET IN A 6-INCH CONCRETE CYLINDER, ENCLOSED BY A CONCRETE BOX ABOUT 1 FOOT SQUARE AND FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. THE MARK IS SITUATED 212 FEET W OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF A T-INTERSECTION AND 98 FEET SW OF A TELEPHONE POLE WITH TRANSFORMER. THE DISK IS STAMPED 108. REFERENCE MARK 1 IS 162.88 FEET E OF THE STATION AND 49 FEET W OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE T-INTERSECTION. IT IS A BRONZE REFERENCE DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST WITH ARROW POINTING TO STATION AND STAMPED STATE NO. 1 1943. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS 95.46 FEET S OF THE STATION AND 210 FEET W OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER LINE OF THE N-S ROAD. IT IS A BRONZE REFERENCE DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST WITH ARROW POINTING TO STATION AND STAMPED STATE NO. 2 1943. AZIMUTH MARK IS APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILE SW OF THE STATION, 82.9 FEET N OF THE NE CORNER OF SIDOTI GROCERY, AND 24.4 FEET W OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER LINE OF TURNEY ROAD. THE DISK IS STAMPED STATE 1943. IT IS A BRONZE AZIMUTH DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST. TO REACH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 17 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 21 (THIS INTERSECTION IS ABOUT 2.0 MILES N OF INDEPENDENCE), GO W ON HIGHWAY 17 FOR 0.5 MILE TO TRAFFIC LIGHT AND INTERSECTION OF CANAL ROAD, CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD ON HIGHWAY 17 FOR 1.4 MILES TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND INTERSECTION OF TURNEY ROAD, TURN RIGHT ON TURNEY ROAD AND GO 0.65 MILE TO CROFTON ROAD*, TURN RIGHT AND GO W ON CROFTON ROAD FOR 0.15 MILE TO A T-INTERSECTION AND STATION 212 FEET W. *TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THIS POINT CONTINUE S ON TURNEY ROAD FOR 0.45 MILE TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE RIGHT.

Azimuth Condition: Good Your Directions: From the intersection of Rockside Road and Turney Road in Garfield Heights, go north for about 0.2 mile on Turney Road to the mark on the left. It is 82.9 feet north of the northeast corner of Carlo's Barber Shop, 52.5 feet north of the centerline of Orme Road, 6.5 feet north of a power pole with a streetlamp, and 2.8 feet west of the west curb of Turney Road. It is set in the top of a concrete post projecting 2 inches in front of house number 5840. Station Link: [Web Link] Parking Coords: Not Listed

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