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United States : Georgia

1.5 miles (2.4 km) W of Mendes, Tattnall, GA, USA
Approx. altitude: 52 m (170 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 32°S 98°E

Quality: better pictures needed

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#2: A blurry GPS and the confluence site #3: Matthew pointing at the site #4: Michael, the truck, and the intersection of county roads to the SW #5: Looking North #6: The John C. Beasley Memorial Bridge

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  32°N 82°W (visit #1)  

#1: Looking ESE, down County Road 253

(visited by Matthew W. Younce and Michael K. Younce)

13-Mar-2001 -- On our way to this confluence, we crossed the Altamaha River on the John C. Beasley Memorial Bridge (Photo 6). This bridge was named for our great-uncle, a former director of the Georgia Highway Department. It was originally built in the 1940s to replace a wooden bridge named the Mills Lane bridge. It was named for the grandfather of the judge and referee of the infamous Mike Tyson/Evander Holifield ear-biting boxing match.

Photo 1 was our attempt to show the GPS reading, but unfortunately it didn’t come out. Behind it, you can see the tilled ground of the field at the confluence site. Photo 2 shows Matthew pointing at the site of the confluence in a field just off the road. Photo 3 looks back to the southwest at Michael and the truck. This is the intersection of two dirt county roads (Co. Rd. 253 and Co. Rd. 256). Photo 4 is looking to the North, and Photo 5 looks down 253 toward the East, and a home with some barking dogs. We found an old "for deposit" Pepsi-Cola bottle in the ditch at the confluence. We got back in the truck just as the rain started.


 All pictures
#1: Looking ESE, down County Road 253
#2: A blurry GPS and the confluence site
#3: Matthew pointing at the site
#4: Michael, the truck, and the intersection of county roads to the SW
#5: Looking North
#6: The John C. Beasley Memorial Bridge
ALL: All pictures on one page