THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY QUINN, CLYMER, DAVIS, DiGIROLAMO, FARRY, GALLOWAY, O'NEILL, PETRI, SANTARSIERO AND WATSON, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 9, 2012  

AN ACT

Designating a bridge carrying U.S. Route 202 over an unnamed

branch of the Neshaminy Creek in Doylestown Township, Bucks

County, in honor of First Lieutenant Colby J. Umbrell.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  First Lieutenant Colby J. Umbrell Memorial Bridge.       

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

declares as follows:

(1)  First Lieutenant Colby J. Umbrell was a resident of

Doylestown and was a 1999 graduate of Central Bucks East High

School, where he was cocaptain of the football team, a member

of the track team and an outstanding leader and all-around

student-athlete.

(2)  First Lieutenant Umbrell continued his studies at

Wyoming Seminary and Johns Hopkins University, where he

played football and graduated in 2004 with a degree in

political science.

(3)  Following graduation from Johns Hopkins University,  

First Lieutenant Umbrell enlisted in the United States Army

and was stationed for a year in Alaska before deploying for

Iraq.

(4)  First Lieutenant Umbrell, a marathon runner and

triathlete, trimmed down 50 pounds to convert himself from a

defensive lineman to a parachutist and further undertook a

mission to bring school supplies to children in Iraq.

(5)  First Lieutenant Colby J. Umbrell, 25th Infantry

Division, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,

4th Brigade Combat Team, died on May 3, 2007, from wounds

inflicted by an improvised explosive device which detonated

near his vehicle in Musayyib, Iraq.

(b)  Designation.--U.S. Route 202, Parkway Bridge, also

carrying a 12-foot-wide shared-use path, over an unnamed branch

of the Neshaminy Creek in Doylestown Township, Bucks County, is

hereby designated as the First Lieutenant Colby J. Umbrell

Memorial Bridge.

(c)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and

maintain appropriate signs with the inscription "In Honor of

First Lieutenant Colby J. Umbrell-KIA, Iraq 2007" to indicate

the designation under subsection (b).

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.