96-36-1016-3
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State: PA County: Lackawanna Quad: Olyphant Location: N 41° 28.507' W075° 34.548' Elevation: Unknown Designation: 96-36-1016-3 Setting: Concrete Bridge Sidewall Type: Survey Mark Year: Unknown Established By: PennDOT Recovered: 12 August 2007 |
It's probably best if I quote my e-mail to Rich, sent right after I found this mark:
"The weirdest thing just happened. I was working on my site for too long, and needed to get out for a little walk around the block. Well, you won't believe this, but on the little bridge over Sterry Creek just down the road (across from the In & Out Mart), there is a benchmark! It's sitting right on top of the side wall of the bridge. I don't see how I could possibly have missed it before, it's that obvious — and I pass that bridge at least twice a day (and probably at least once a week on foot). In fact, I was standing there just a few weeks ago when my father and I went for dinner, showing him the creek, and didn't notice it. I could understand it if it looked like a newly-set mark, but it looks like it has been there a long time! It's a PennDOT mark (the newer kind, not the old PDH style)."
PennDOT Official Description:
Official description unavailable.
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...PennDOT Survey Mark 96-36-1016-3N 41° 28.507' W075° 34.548' |
...An eyelevel view of the disk on the bridge side wall. |
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...Looking SW along Constitution Ave. This is the same view of the bridge I always have when I walk home from the post office. I have no idea how I could have missed this mark in the past, if it was in fact there. |
...Looking NE along Constitution Ave. There's also a benchmark (LY1343) on the hideous chartreuse "Lackawanna Wonderful" bridge in the background. Fortunately I found and logged that mark before they repainted the bridge. |
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