Description of Location

DESCRIBED BY CITY OF AKRON OHIO 1963 (VBM) THE STATION IS ABOUT 3/4 MILE EAST-SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN AKRON, IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF BUCHTEL AVENUE AND THE FOUNTAIN STREET RAMP THAT LEADS TO THE NORTH BOUND LANE OF THE AKRON EXPRESSWAY AND AT THE EAST END OF THE BRIDGE OVER THE EXPRESSWAY. IT IS 13 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF FOUNTAIN STREET EXPRESSWAY RAMP, 20 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF BUCHTEL AVENUE AND 24.5 FEET NORTHWEST OF A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE MARK IS A CITY OF AKRON DISK STAMPED BUCHTEL SET IN THE TOP OF A 6 INCH SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT 4 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF A 3 FOOT SQUARE CONCRETE AND COVERED WITH A 9 INCH IRON COVER. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1964 AT AKRON, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BUCHTEL AVENUE AND THE FOUNTAIN STREET RAMP TO THE AKRON EXPRESSWAY, NEAR THE EAST END OF THE BUCHTEL AVENUE BRIDGE OVER THE EXPRESSWAY, 20 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF BUCHTEL AVENUE, 24.5 FEET NORTHWEST OF A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT INTERSECTION, 13 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE FOUNTAIN STREET RAMP TO EXPRESSWAY, 12.5 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE EAST END OF THE NORTH CONCRETE BANNISTER OF BRIDGE, SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST 4 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF GROUND ACCESS TO WHICH IS HAD THROUGH A 9 INCH CAST IRON COVER MARKED AKRON SURVEY 1963. 2013-THERE IS A NEW BRIDGE AT THIS LOCATION. FOUNTAIN STREET HAS BEEN RELOCATED AND BUCHTEL AVE. WIDENED.