Bridge Of Honor Multi-Cache

This cache has been archived.

honeychile: As both cache and owner are MIA, I'm archiving this listing, with regret. It can be unarchived if the owner maintains the final stage and assuming the guidelines can still be met.

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Hidden : 4/30/2010
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: large (large)

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Geocache Description:

A 2 stage Multi cache designed to showcase the newly built Pomeroy Mason Bridge Of Honor. Stage #1 is a micro with the coords to stage #2 NO LOG REQUIRED @ Stage #1.
Stage #2 is a VERY LARGE ammo can and gives a wonderful view of the bridge and surrounding areas.

Copied from (visit link)

The Bridge of Honor, commonly known as the Pomeroy–Mason Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Ohio River between the American cities of Pomeroy, Ohio and Mason, West Virginia. With construction being carried out by the C.J. Mahan Construction Company and overseen by the Ohio Department of Transportation, it was completed on December 30, 2008. The crossing carries Ohio State Route 833 which connects to West Virginia Route 62.

The bridge was originally scheduled to open in 2006. However, numerous unforeseen issues delayed the construction. Although work began in 2003, river flooding, poor soil stability, a rock slide, and potentially problematic formwork all caused setbacks in the building process. The final cost of the bridge was approximately US$65,000,000.
At night, the bridge is illuminated by blue lights shining on the cables and towers as shown here (visit link)

Former Bridge

Constructed in 1928, the two-lane Cantilever bridge span once carried U.S. Highway 33. In 2003, it was renumbered to State Route 833 when US 33 was relocated along a new super-two highway to the Ravenswood Bridge. The original two-lane span's center span was demolished on at 8:49 a.m. EDT on April 21, 2009, with several hundred spectators viewing from the Pomeroy levee. The demolition was also broadcast live via an Internet feed on WSAZ from Huntington, West Virginia. An eight-year-old boy was selected to press the detonation button. River traffic was halted for twenty-four hours to allow for clean-up. The remainder of the bridge is to be removed in the days following. The cost to remove the center span was approximately $1 million US.

The Original contents of the cache are:
FTF Prize - A large black National Guard backpack filled with Recruiting goodies. Rain poncho, NG wallet, Wilson golf balls, Zippered notepad, NG keychain, and NG window clings. PLEASE TAKE THE ENTIRE BACKPACK...LOL. It takes up ALOT of room in the cache and we are wanting to turn this into a book exchange and TB hotel.

Other Swag/Goodies:
deck of playing cards
erasers
refrigerator notepad
pull string Pittsburgh Steelers bag
star sunglasses
silver sharpie
Logbook, Pen and Geonote
A disposable 35mm camera (please take a photo and leave in the cache)
info pages on the Bridge Of Honor (please leave for the next geocacher)

Books:
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
The Face by Dean Koontz
Surviving Twilight by Shane Bernskoetter (this is an account of a soldiers daily life in Iraq and closely resembles my time I spent in the sandbox)

LOL..like I said it is a pretty big ammo can.

Please rehide VERY well. I am unsure of the amount of muggle traffic in this area.

CONGRATULATIONS - White Feather - FTF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Orfvqr n snyyra ybt gb gur evtug bs gur oevqtr ivrj.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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