A00526
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
289
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, JANUARY 31, 2017
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 31, 2017
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of old State Route 22 over
the Conemaugh River in Blairsville Borough, Indiana County,
as the Blairsville Area Veterans Memorial Bridge.; and
designating that portion of State Route 4027, also known as
Business U.S. Route 220, over the Norfolk Southern mainline
railroad tracks in Grazierville, Snyder Township, Blair
County, as the John Frederick Bridges Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Blairsville Area Veterans Memorial Bridge.
(a) Designation.--The bridge located on old State Route 22
that connects Blairsville Borough, Indiana County, and Derry
Township, Westmoreland County, over the Conemaugh River is
hereby designated the Blairsville Area Veterans Memorial 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 2. John Frederick Bridges Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) John Frederick Bridges graduated from the Tyrone
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Area School District and enlisted in the United States Army
in September 1942.
(2) Sergeant Bridges served with distinction in the
778th Tank Battalion, part of General George Patton's 3rd
Army Division, until his death on March 7, 1945, while in
action in Germany.
(3) Sergeant Bridges was awarded the Purple Heart with
Oak Leaf Cluster for giving his life and protecting his men.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on that portion of
State Route 4027, also known as Business U.S. Route 220, over
the Norfolk Southern mainline railroad tracks in Grazierville,
Snyder Township, Blair County, is hereby designated the John
Frederick Bridges 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 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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