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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 172
PRINTER'S NO. 308
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
178
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SNYDER, READSHAW, FREEMAN, KINSEY, KNOWLES,
DiGIROLAMO, THOMAS, HENNESSEY, CONKLIN, CAUSER, COHEN,
TOEPEL, YOUNGBLOOD, CALTAGIRONE, BROWNLEE, BARRAR, HAHN,
McNEILL, KAUFFMAN, WATSON, MARSICO, COX, TALLMAN, W. KELLER,
PAYNE, LONGIETTI, DONATUCCI, A. HARRIS, GILLEN, MATZIE,
MILLARD, DUSH, GRELL, O'NEILL, D. COSTA, MURT, FARINA,
SCHWEYER, JOZWIAK, GABLER, M. K. KELLER, MAJOR, GIBBONS AND
McCARTER, JANUARY 23, 2015
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 3, 2015
AN ACT
Designating a section THE INTERCHANGE of State Route 43 at the
Mon-Fayette Expressway Interchange with State Route 88, known
as Exit 28, in Fayette WASHINGTON County as the Marine Cpl.
Thomas R. Matty Memorial Interchange.; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE
ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 1013, KNOWN AS KNUPP ROAD,
OVER THE HYPOCRITE CREEK, FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, WESTMORELAND
COUNTY, AS THE PFC LEROY D. "WHITEY" SCHALLER BRIDGE; AND
DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 711 IN NEW FLORENCE
BOROUGH THROUGH ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, AS
THE VETERANS HIGHWAY.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Marine Cpl. Thomas R. Matty Memorial Interchange.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Thomas Richard Matty was born on October 4, 1945, in
Denbo, Pennsylvania.
(2) He was a 1963 graduate of Bethlehem Center High
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School where he excelled in many sports, especially baseball.
He received a business administration degree from the
Educational Institute of Pittsburgh in 1965.
(3) Thomas R. Matty enlisted in the United States Marine
Corps in 1966. He attended boot camp training at Parris
Island and additional training at Camp Lejeune and at El
Toro, California. He arrived in Vietnam on November 9, 1967.
(4) Marine Cpl. Thomas R. Matty made the ultimate
sacrifice for his country when he was killed in the vicinity
of Quang Nam Province in South Vietnam on December 21, 1967,
at 22 years of age.
(5) Bethlehem Center High School continues to honor
Marine Cpl. Thomas R. Matty by giving an award to a senior
class member in his honor.
(b) Designation.--The section INTERCHANGE of State Route 43
in Fayette WASHINGTON County at the Mon-Fayette Expressway
Interchange with State Route 88, known as Exit 28, is hereby
designated the Marine Cpl. Thomas R. Matty Memorial Interchange.
(c) Signs.--The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall erect
and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the
interchange.
SECTION 2. PFC LEROY D. "WHITEY" SCHALLER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 1013,
KNOWN AS KNUPP ROAD, OVER THE HYPOCRITE CREEK, IN FAIRFIELD
TOWNSHIP, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE PFC
LEROY D. "WHITEY" SCHALLER BRIDGE.
(B) 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 3. VETERANS HIGHWAY.
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(A) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 711 COMMENCING
AT THE INTERSECTION OF LIGONIER STREET AND 13TH STREET IN NEW
FLORENCE BOROUGH, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, AND CONTINUING THROUGH
ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP AT THE SEWARD BOROUGH LINE, IS HEREBY
DESIGNATED THE VETERANS HIGHWAY.
(B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
Section 2 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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