SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 195, 1528 PRINTER'S NO. 1925
No. 77 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS AND GORDNER, FEBRUARY 4, 1997
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, JUNE 3, 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. 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 (b) The Department of Transportation shall erect and
21 maintain signs which shall display the name of Barry A. King
22 Memorial Bridge at each end of the bridge so designated in
1 subsection (a).
2 Section 2. Picklegate Crossing. <--
3 (a) The Pullman Viaduct (SR 3001) in Butler Township, Butler
4 County, which crosses over several railway tracks of the
5 Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad or of any successor, is hereby
6 redesignated and shall be known as the Picklegate Crossing.
7 (b) The Department of Transportation shall erect and
8 maintain appropriate markers or signs to indicate the
9 redesignation under subsection (a).
10 Section 3 2. Mifflin-South Centre Veterans Memorial Bridge. <--
11 (a) The bridge located on SR 2028 at Station 17+27.1 in
12 Mifflin Township and at Station 34+17.96 in South Centre
13 Township, Columbia County, is hereby designated and shall be
14 known as the Mifflin-South Centre Veterans Memorial Bridge.
15 (b) The Department of Transportation shall erect and
16 maintain signs which shall display the name of the Mifflin-South
17 Centre Veterans Memorial Bridge so designated in subsection (a).
18 Section 4. Forest W. Hopkins Memorial Highway. <--
19 (a) The eight-mile segment of Route 17 in Erie County, from
20 Greenfield Township to the New York State line, is hereby
21 designated and shall be known as the Forest W. Hopkins Memorial
22 Highway.
23 (b) Forest W. Hopkins was a committed community servant, who
24 served with distinction as a State Representative from the
25 Fourth Legislative District from 1967 to 1978. Mr. Hopkins died
26 in office in 1978.
27 (c) Within 60 days of completion of construction of the
28 highway segment described in subsection (a), the Department of
29 Transportation shall erect and maintain road signs displaying
30 the designation "Forest W. Hopkins Memorial Highway," at the
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1 beginning and end of the highway segment.
2 Section 5 3. Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Bridge. <--
3 (a) The bridge carrying Winola Road (SR 4024) over railroad
4 tracks, situated in the Borough of Clarks Summit, Lackawanna
5 County, shall hereafter be known as the Veterans of Foreign Wars
6 Memorial Bridge.
7 (b) The Department of Transportation shall erect appropriate
8 signs to indicate this designation.
9 Section 6 4. Effective date. <--
10 This act shall take effect immediately.
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