PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 195 PRINTER'S NO. 1528
No. 77 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS, FEBRUARY 4, 1997
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
APRIL 16, 1997
AN ACT
1 Designating a certain bridge on SR 0011 over the West Branch of
2 the Susquehanna River connecting Point Township,
3 Northumberland County and Monroe Township, Snyder County, as
4 the Barry A. King Memorial Bridge; REDESIGNATING THE PULLMAN <--
5 VIADUCT (SR 3001) IN BUTLER COUNTY AS THE PICKLEGATE
6 CROSSING; DESIGNATING A CERTAIN BRIDGE ON SR 2028 IN MIFFLIN
7 TOWNSHIP AND SOUTH CENTRE TOWNSHIP, COLUMBIA COUNTY, AS THE
8 MIFFLIN-SOUTH CENTRE VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
9 SECTION OF THE SOUTHERN TIER EXPRESSWAY IN ERIE COUNTY AS THE
10 FOREST W. HOPKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; AND DESIGNATING A CERTAIN
11 BRIDGE IN THE BOROUGH OF CLARKS SUMMIT, LACKAWANNA COUNTY, AS
12 THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Bridge designation BARRY A. KING MEMORIAL BRIDGE. <--
16 (A) The bridge over the West Branch of the Susquehanna River <--
17 which carries SR 0011 from Point Township, Northumberland County
18 to Monroe Township, Snyder County, is hereby designated and
19 shall be known as the Barry A. King Memorial Bridge.
20 Section 2. Signs. <--
21 (B) The Department of Transportation shall erect and <--
22 maintain signs which shall display the name of Barry A. King
1 Memorial Bridge at each end of the bridge so designated in
2 section 1 SUBSECTION (A). <--
3 SECTION 2. PICKLEGATE CROSSING. <--
4 (A) THE PULLMAN VIADUCT (SR 3001) IN BUTLER TOWNSHIP, BUTLER
5 COUNTY, WHICH CROSSES OVER SEVERAL RAILWAY TRACKS OF THE
6 BESSEMER AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD OR OF ANY SUCCESSOR, IS HEREBY
7 REDESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE PICKLEGATE CROSSING.
8 (B) THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
9 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS TO INDICATE THE
10 REDESIGNATION UNDER SUBSECTION (A).
11 SECTION 3. MIFFLIN-SOUTH CENTRE VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
12 (A) THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON SR 2028 AT STATION 17+27.1 IN
13 MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP AND AT STATION 34+17.96 IN SOUTH CENTRE
14 TOWNSHIP, COLUMBIA COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE
15 KNOWN AS THE MIFFLIN-SOUTH CENTRE VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
16 (B) THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
17 MAINTAIN SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE MIFFLIN-SOUTH
18 CENTRE VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE SO DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (A).
19 SECTION 4. FOREST W. HOPKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
20 (A) THE EIGHT-MILE SEGMENT OF ROUTE 17 IN ERIE COUNTY, FROM
21 GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP TO THE NEW YORK STATE LINE, IS HEREBY
22 DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE FOREST W. HOPKINS MEMORIAL
23 HIGHWAY.
24 (B) FOREST W. HOPKINS WAS A COMMITTED COMMUNITY SERVANT, WHO
25 SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
26 FOURTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT FROM 1967 TO 1978. MR. HOPKINS DIED
27 IN OFFICE IN 1978.
28 (C) WITHIN 60 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE
29 HIGHWAY SEGMENT DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (A), THE DEPARTMENT OF
30 TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND MAINTAIN ROAD SIGNS DISPLAYING
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1 THE DESIGNATION "FOREST W. HOPKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY," AT THE
2 BEGINNING AND END OF THE HIGHWAY SEGMENT.
3 SECTION 5. VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
4 (A) THE BRIDGE CARRYING WINOLA ROAD (SR 4024) OVER RAILROAD
5 TRACKS, SITUATED IN THE BOROUGH OF CLARKS SUMMIT, LACKAWANNA
6 COUNTY, SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
7 MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
8 (B) THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT APPROPRIATE
9 SIGNS TO INDICATE THIS DESIGNATION.
10 Section 3 6. Effective date. <--
11 This act shall take effect immediately.
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