PRINTER'S NO. 3094
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2581
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY RIGBY, RYAN, E. NELSON, MOUL, SONNEY, HILL-EVANS,
FREEMAN, KNOWLES, STAATS, CONKLIN, COX, SCHMITT, HENNESSEY,
LONGIETTI, NEILSON, KINSEY, JOZWIAK, T. DAVIS, ROWE,
BERNSTINE, SMITH AND STRUZZI, MAY 6, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 6, 2022
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8463, carrying
U.S. Route 219 over State Route 3043, known as Jackson
Street, in Summerhill Borough, Cambria County, as the PVT
Paul Regis Wilburn Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. PVT Paul Regis Wilburn Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Paul Regis Wilburn was born May 4, 1920, in
Duquesne, Allegheny County.
(2) Mr. Wilburn distinguished himself as an honorable
veteran with the notable military accomplishment of having
served as a Staff Sergeant in the United States Armed Forces,
10th Air Force, 341st Bomb Group, 490th Bomb Squadron.
(3) Before enlisting in the United States Air Force, Mr.
Wilburn was employed at the Glenn L. Martin Company aircraft
factory in Baltimore, Maryland.
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(4) Mr. Wilburn enlisted to serve in the United States
Air Force in December 1941.
(5) On January 18, 1945, Mr. Wilburn was serving as an
engineer-gunner of a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber and
the bomber went down in present-day Myanmar while returning
from bombing the Nawnghkio Air Strip.
(6) Mr. Wilburn went missing as the plane was downed in
Myanmar.
(7) Mr. Wilburn was awarded the Purple Heart.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8463,
carrying U.S. Route 219 over State Route 3043, known as Jackson
Street, in Summerhill Borough, Cambria County, is designated the
PVT Paul Regis Wilburn 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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