THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY SACCONE, DALEY, AUMENT, BENNINGHOFF, BRADFORD, BROOKS, CAUSER, CLYMER, CUTLER, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, FARRY, FLECK, GABLER, GEORGE, GILLEN, GROVE, HAHN, HARHAI, HARHART, HEFFLEY, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, KNOWLES, MAHER, MAJOR, MALONEY, MARSHALL, METZGAR, MICCARELLI, MILLARD, MOUL, MULLERY, O'NEILL, PERRY, RAPP, ROAE, ROCK, SAYLOR, SONNEY, STEVENSON, VULAKOVICH AND YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 3, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 3, 2011  

AN ACT

Designating the bridge carrying State Route 136 over the

Monongahela River connecting Forward Township, Allegheny

County, to the City of Monongahela, Washington County, as the

General Carl E. Vuono Bridge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  General Carl E. Vuono Bridge.

(a)  Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and

declares as follows:

(1)  General Carl E. Vuono, following graduation from

Monongahela High School, attended the United States Military

Academy in West Point, New York, and graduated in 1957.

(2)  General Vuono served in the United States Army and

served three tours of duty in Vietnam.

(3)  General Vuono rose in the ranks of the United States

Army to reach the rank of four star general.

(4)  From 1987 to 1991, General Vuono was the Chief of

Staff to the United States Army.

(5)  During General Vuono's career with the United States

Army, he received numerous medals, including the Legion of

Merit, the Bronze Star and the Army Distinguished Service

Medal, among others.

(b)  Designation.--The bridge carrying State Route 136 over

the Monongahela River connecting Forward Township, Allegheny

County, to the City of Monongahela, Washington County, is

designated the General Carl E. Vuono 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.