PRINTER'S NO. 3021
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2248
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY MARSHALL, APRIL 30, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 30, 2024
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 3795, carrying
Pennsylvania Route 251 over Interstate 376 in Chippewa
Township, Beaver County, as the Private Mahlon R. Evans
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Private Mahlon R. Evans Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Mahlon R. Evans was born in Ebensburg, Cambria
County, on May 4, 1922.
(2) Private Evans graduated from Cambria High School in
1940 and graduated from Geneva College in 1947.
(3) Private Evans served in World War II in the 9th
Infantry Division.
(4) Private Evans was wounded in the Battle of Saint-Lô
in July 1944 and received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star
for his valiant service.
(5) Private Evans was an active member of College Hill
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Presbyterian Church for more than 60 years where he served as
an elder and trustee, as well as the music director for more
than 20 years.
(6) Private Evans retired from Standard Steel Specialty
after 38 years of service in 1985.
(7) Private Evans passed away on July 14, 2012, at 90
years of age in the care of Sherwood Nursing Center.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 3795,
carrying Pennsylvania Route 251 over Interstate 376 in Chippewa
Township, Beaver County, is designated the Private Mahlon R.
Evans Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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