BV1243
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Commander X
N 31° 38.308 W 089° 33.782
16R E 256925 N 3503216
Benchmark Survey Disk
Waymark Code: WM9P3H
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/12/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 2

MARK IS LOCATED ABOUT 0.5 MI (0.8 KM) WEST SOUTHWEST OF COLLINS, IN THE U.S. HIGHWAY 84 EAST BOUND BRIDGE OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 49 AND IS IN SECTION 24, T 8N, R 16W. TO REACH FROM THE COURTHOUSE IN COLLINS, GO SOUTHWEST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 84 FOR 0.5 MI (0.8 KM) TO THE BRIDGE AND THE MARK ON THE LEFT. MARK IS A MSHD DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN SOUTH END OF THE WEST ABUTMENT OF THE CONCRETE BRIDGE, 88 FT (26.8 M) WEST OF THE CENTER OF THE SOUTH BOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 49, 18.5 FT (5.6 M) SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF THE EAST BOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 84, 2 FT (0.6 M) EAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST AND IS ABOUT 4.5 FT (1.4 M) BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE HIGHWAY.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 84V73

Benchmark Agency: Miss. State Highway Dept. (MS)

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Collins, MS

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

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NGS PID: BV1243

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed

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