PDH

NGS PID: LY1365
Coordinates: N 41.48795° W 75.68075°
Location: Pennsylvania
   Lackawanna County
      Scranton Quad
Elevation: 1160.58 ft.
Type: Elevation Mark
Setting: Bridge Abutment
Monumented: Unknown
Monumented By: PA Dept. of Highways
Status: Recovered
Condition: Good as of May 9, 2003
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Tonight I hurried over after work (and before dinner) to look for this benchmark. The description of its location on the bridge is accurate, though I don’t recommend reaching this area by traveling on the Turnpike! I turned east onto Edella Road from Abington Road (Route 407), and followed Edella Road until I passed under the Turnpike. There’s a convenient parking area on the southeast side of Edella Road, just after the Turnpike overpass and just south of the bridge. The posted coordinates were approximately 0.25 miles from the coordinates I recorded at the site. The disk is in very good condition with no stamping, as the description indicates.

PA Dept. of Highways Elevation Mark PDH The benchmark disk on the bridge abutment. It was a tricky spot, but at least I wasn’t hit by a car, and I didn’t slide down into the creek.