PRINTER'S NO. 3380
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2742
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, JULY 11, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 11, 2022
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 54168, carrying
U.S. Route 30 over Little Conewago Creek, between N. Grant
Road and Stone Lane in Thomasville, Jackson Township, York
County, as the Second Lieutenant John H. Sterner Memorial
Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Second Lieutenant John H. Sterner Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Second Lieutenant John H. Sterner of Thomasville
served in the 17th Airborne Infantry.
(2) Second Lieutenant Sterner fought in the attack on
Pearl Harbor, the Invasion of Normandy and Operation Varsity,
the largest airborne operation in history to be conducted on
a single day and in one location.
(3) Upon landing by parachute behind enemy lines with
the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Second Lieutenant
Sterner led his men in the attack of an enemy strong point.
(4) Second Lieutenant Sterner was killed in action on
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March 24, 1945, during Operation Varsity.
(5) Second Lieutenant Sterner was posthumously awarded
the Silver Star and Purple Heart for his bravery.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
54168, carrying U.S. Route 30 over Little Conewago Creek,
between N. Grant Road and Stone Lane in Thomasville, Jackson
Township, York County, is designated the Second Lieutenant John
H. Sterner 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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