PRINTER'S NO. 1053
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1039
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY RIGBY, SMITH, STAATS, JAMES, KINSEY, KEPHART,
FREEMAN, ROWE, MOUL, KAUFFMAN, SCHMITT, MARSHALL AND CAUSER,
APRIL 28, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 28, 2023
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8553, carrying
State Route 1006 on Syberton Road over Clearfield Creek in
Gallitzin Township, Cambria County, as the Private Martin J.
Hanlon Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Private Martin J. Hanlon Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Martin Joseph Hanlon was born May 28, 1950, in
Allegheny Township.
(2) Private Hanlon attended Cresson High School and
graduated in 1968. He was a member of the Future Farmers of
America and worked at a logging company.
(3) Private Hanlon joined the United States Marine Corps
and served as a Private in the 1st Marine Division, 11th
Mountain Battalion, A Company, 3rd Marine Amphibious Force.
(4) On December 27, 1970, in the Quang Nam Province of
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South Vietnam, Private Hanlon was positioned as a gunner on a
truck. He was killed in action when the vehicle struck a land
mine on the roadway.
(5) Private Hanlon received the National Defense Service
Medal, the Purple Heart, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the
Vietnam Service Medal and the Combat Action Ribbon for his
bravery and sacrifice.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8553,
carrying State Route 1006 on Syberton Road over Clearfield Creek
in Gallitzin Township, Cambria County, is designated the Private
Martin J. Hanlon 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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