THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY STOUT, WARD AND KASUNIC, MARCH 24, 2010

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 24, 2010  

AN ACT

Designating the bridge that carries State Route 2018 over the

Monongahela River from the Borough of North Charleroi,

Washington County, to the City of Monessen, Westmoreland

County, as the Governor John K. Tener Memorial Bridge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Governor John K. Tener Memorial Bridge.

(a)  Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and

declares as follows:

(1)  John K. Tener moved to Charleroi on April 20, 1891

and became the President of the First National Bank of

Charleroi by 1898. He organized the Charleroi Savings & Trust

company being its Secretary/Treasurer as well as being

President of the Mercantile Bridge Company and was the

Director of the Webster-Monessen, Belle Vernon, Fayette City

Street Railway Co. (Trolleys) and of the Westside Street

Railway Company.

(2)  John K. Tener served as Governor of Pennsylvania

from 1911 to 1915 and was considered a highway czar signing

into law the "Sproul Road Bill." This law facilitated the

improvement of State roads across this Commonwealth. He was

also instrumental in having the Charleroi-Monessen Bridge

built.

(b)  Designation.--The bridge that carries State Route 2018

over the Monongahela River from the Borough of North Charleroi,

Washington County, to the City of Monessen, Westmoreland County,

shall be designated as the Governor John K. Tener Memorial

Bridge.

(c)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall place and

maintain appropriate signs at both ends of the bridge designated

in subsection (b).

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.