PRINTER'S NO. 4172
No. 2740 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY McILHATTAN, BALDWIN, BASTIAN, BEBKO-JONES,
BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER,
COHEN, CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALEY, DeLUCA,
GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS,
HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KOTIK, LEDERER, LEH, MAJOR,
MANN, MARKOSEK, MILLARD, MUSTIO, NAILOR, PALLONE, PARKER,
PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PISTELLA, PYLE, RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW,
REED, ROHRER, SAINATO, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH,
SOLOBAY, R. STEVENSON, SURRA, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TRUE, WALKO,
WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, HARPER, FABRIZIO, FICHTER AND
M. KELLER, JUNE 8, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 8, 2006
AN ACT
1 Designating the bridge to carry State Route 68 over the
2 Allegheny River from East Brady Borough, Clarion County, to
3 Bradys Bend Township, Armstrong County, as the Spc. Carl F.
4 Curran II Memorial Bridge.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Spc. Carl F. Curran II Memorial Bridge.
8 (a) Legislative findings.--The General Assembly finds and
9 declares as follows:
10 (1) Army Specialist Carl F. Curran II was assigned to
11 Battery C, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery Regiment,
12 Army National Guard in Oil City, Pennsylvania. He was killed
13 while serving his country on May 16, 2005, when his vehicle
14 hit an improvised explosive device in Karmah, Iraq.
1 (2) Mr. Curran was a devoted and loving husband to his
2 wife Dianna and father to his infant daughter Lillian. He
3 served his community and was a member of the St. Patrick
4 Roman Catholic Church in Sugarcreek Township, Armstrong
5 County. He was also an active member of the American Legion
6 Post 488.
7 (b) Designation.--The bridge currently under construction
8 that will carry State Route 68 over the Allegheny River from
9 East Brady, Clarion County, to Brady's Bend Township in
10 Armstrong County is designated as the "Spc. Carl F. Curran II
11 Memorial Bridge."
12 (c) Signage.--The Department of Transportation shall be
13 responsible for erecting and maintaining signs displaying the
14 designation under subsection (b) at both ends of the bridge upon
15 its completion.
16 Section 2. Effective date.
17 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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