HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1461, 2193, 2257 PRINTER'S NO. 2289
No. 1193 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY KITCHEN, TARTAGLIONE, KUKOVICH, BELAN, AFFLERBACH,
LAVALLE, O'PAKE, BODACK, TOMLINSON, COSTA, WILLIAMS, STOUT,
STAPLETON, WOZNIAK, MELLOW, FUMO, GERLACH, BELL, SCHWARTZ,
GREENLEAF, RHOADES, BRIGHTBILL, KASUNIC, THOMPSON, CORMAN AND
EARLL, NOVEMBER 17, 1997
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
NOVEMBER 16, 1998
AN ACT
1 Designating a section of Allegheny Avenue (SR 1013) in
2 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, as Roxanne H. Jones
3 Avenue; DESIGNATING ROUTE 78 IN LEBANON, BERKS, LEHIGH AND <--
4 NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES COUNTY AS THE 78TH DIVISION HIGHWAY; <--
5 DESIGNATING A SECTION OF ROUTE 248 AS THE POW/MIA REMEMBRANCE <--
6 HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE IN LEBANON COUNTY AS THE
7 SENATOR CLARENCE F. MANBECK BRIDGE; AND DESIGNATING A PORTION <--
8 OF STATE ROUTE 0094 IN YORK AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES AS THE
9 94TH INFANTRY DIVISION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING THE <--
10 MOUNT UNION BYPASS IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY AS THE JAMES DICOSIMO
11 BYPASS; AND DESIGNATING THE BEN WEAVER BRIDGE IN CHESTER <--
12 COUNTY; DESIGNATING A SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 222 AS THE
13 PRISONER OF WAR/MISSING IN ACTION HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A <--
14 SECTION OF THE BAY FRONT PARKWAY IN ERIE COUNTY,
15 PENNSYLVANIA, AS THE BERNARD (BENNY) J. DOMBROWSKI MEMORIAL
16 HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING THE ARTHUR F. DETISCH MEMORIAL BRIDGE IN
17 ERIE COUNTY; AND DESIGNATING A SECTION OF THE SOUTHERN TIER
18 EXPRESSWAY IN ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AS THE FOREST W.
19 HOPKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. That section of Allegheny Avenue (SR 1013) in <--
23 SECTION 1. ROXANNE H. JONES AVENUE. <--
24 (A) DESIGNATION.--THAT SECTION OF ALLEGHENY AVENUE (SR 1013)
1 IN Philadelphia County, beginning on Ridge Avenue and ending at
2 Sedgley Avenue, is hereby designated and shall also be known as
3 Roxanne H. Jones Avenue.
4 Section 2. (B) SIGNS.--The Department of Transportation <--
5 shall erect and maintain road signs, which shall display the
6 name of Roxanne H. Jones Avenue, at the beginning and the end of
7 the section of the avenue designated in section 1 SUBSECTION <--
8 (A).
9 SECTION 2. 78TH DIVISION HIGHWAY. <--
10 (A) DESIGNATION.--ROUTE 78 IN LEBANON, BERKS, LEHIGH AND <--
11 NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES, BEGINNING AT THE I-81 INTERCHANGE IN
12 LEBANON COUNTY AND ENDING AT THE NEW JERSEY STATE LINE, COUNTY <--
13 IS HEREBY REDESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE 78TH DIVISION
14 HIGHWAY.
15 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
16 MAINTAIN ROAD SIGNS, WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME 78TH DIVISION
17 HIGHWAY AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE HIGHWAY DESIGNATED
18 IN SUBSECTION (A).
19 SECTION 3. POW/MIA REMEMBRANCE HIGHWAY.
20 (A) DESIGNATION.--THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 248 SITUATE IN <--
21 CARBON COUNTY STATE ROUTE 248 IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE POW/MIA <--
22 REMEMBRANCE HIGHWAY.
23 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
24 MAINTAIN THE APPROPRIATE SIGNS TO INDICATE THIS DESIGNATION TO
25 MOTORISTS.
26 SECTION 4. SENATOR CLARENCE F. MANBECK BRIDGE.
27 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE OVER MONROE CREEK WHICH CARRIES
28 CAMP STRAUSS ROAD, (SR 1022, SEGMENT 50, OFFSET 0064), BETHEL
29 TOWNSHIP, LEBANON COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE
30 KNOWN AS THE SENATOR CLARENCE F. MANBECK BRIDGE.
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1 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
2 MAINTAIN SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF SENATOR CLARENCE
3 F. MANBECK BRIDGE AT EACH END OF THE BRIDGE SO DESIGNATED IN
4 SUBSECTION (A).
5 SECTION 5. 94TH INFANTRY DIVISION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
6 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 0094 FROM THE
7 PENNSYLVANIA LINE TO ITS TERMINUS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IS
8 DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE 94TH INFANTRY DIVISION
9 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
10 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
11 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS IDENTIFYING THE ABOVE PORTION OF ROAD
12 AS THE 94TH INFANTRY DIVISION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
13 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. <--
14 SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. <--
15 THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60 DAYS.
16 SECTION 6. JAMES DICOSIMO BYPASS. <--
17 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE MOUNT UNION BYPASS IN HUNTINGDON
18 COUNTY BEGINNING AT JUNIATA AVENUE IN THE VILLAGE OF ALLENPORT,
19 SHIRLEY TOWNSHIP, AND PROCEEDING NORTH TO THE INTERSECTION OF
20 U.S. ROUTE 22 IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP, MIFFLIN COUNTY, IS HEREBY
21 DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE JAMES DICOSIMO BYPASS.
22 (B) SIGNS.--WITHIN 60 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION OF
23 THE HIGHWAY DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (A), THE DEPARTMENT OF
24 TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND MAINTAIN ROAD SIGNS DISPLAYING
25 THE DESIGNATION JAMES DICOSIMO BYPASS AT THE BEGINNING AND END
26 OF THE HIGHWAY.
27 SECTION 7. BEN WEAVER BRIDGE.
28 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE OVER AMTRAK/CONRAIL LINES WHICH
29 CARRIES LINCOLN HIGHWAY (SR 3070), IN VALLEY TOWNSHIP, JUST WEST
30 OF THE COATESVILLE CITY LINE, CHESTER COUNTY, IS HEREBY
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1 DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE BEN WEAVER BRIDGE.
2 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
3 MAINTAIN SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF BEN WEAVER BRIDGE
4 AT EACH END OF THE BRIDGE DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (A).
5 SECTION 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. <--
6 THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS FOLLOWS:
7 (1) SECTION 5 AND THIS SECTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT
8 NOVEMBER 30, 1998.
9 (2) THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60
10 DAYS.
11 SECTION 8. PRISONER OF WAR/MISSING IN ACTION HIGHWAY. <--
12 (A) DESIGNATION OF HIGHWAY.--STATE ROUTE 222 IN ONTELAUNEE
13 TOWNSHIP, BERKS COUNTY, FROM SEGMENT 362, AT THE KUTZTOWN
14 HIGHWAY TO THE INTERSECTION WITH WARREN STREET, SEGMENT 202, IN
15 WYOMISSING BOROUGH, BERKS COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL
16 ALSO BE KNOWN AS THE PRISONER OF WAR/MISSING IN ACTION HIGHWAY.
17 (B) ROAD SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL
18 ERECT AND MAINTAIN ROAD SIGNS, WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME
19 PRISONER OF WAR/MISSING IN ACTION HIGHWAY, AT THE BEGINNING AND
20 THE END OF THE ROAD DESIGNATED IN THIS SECTION.
21 SECTION 9. BERNARD (BENNY) J. DOMBROWSKI MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
22 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF THE BAY FRONT PARKWAY IN
23 ERIE COUNTY FROM STATE STREET EAST TO WAYNE STREET SOUTH TO THE
24 INTERSECTION OF BIRD DRIVE AND EAST GRANDVIEW BOULEVARD IS
25 HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE BERNARD (BENNY) J.
26 DOMBROWSKI MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
27 (B) SERVICE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.--BERNARD
28 (BENNY) J. DOMBROWSKI WAS A COMMITTED COMMUNITY SERVANT, WHO
29 SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FIRST
30 LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT FROM 1970 TO 1990. ALSO, DURING HIS TENURE
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1 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HE WAS ELECTED TO THE POSITION
2 OF MAJORITY CAUCUS ADMINISTRATOR.
3 (C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
4 MAINTAIN ROAD SIGNS, WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF BERNARD
5 (BENNY) J. DOMBROWSKI, AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE
6 SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (A).
7 (D) HIGHWAY COMPLETION DATE.--THE DEPARTMENT OF
8 TRANSPORTATION SHALL PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE HIGHWAY PROJECT
9 COMPLETION DATE IN THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN IN THE ISSUE NEXT
10 FOLLOWING THAT DATE.
11 SECTION 10. ARTHUR F. DETISCH MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
12 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE ON STATE ROUTE 832, ON
13 PENINSULA DRIVE, MILLCREEK TOWNSHIP, ERIE COUNTY, WHICH CROSSES
14 OVER THE RAILWAY TRACKS OF THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY OR OF
15 ANY SUCCESSOR, IS DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE ARTHUR F.
16 DETISCH MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
17 (B) MARKERS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT
18 AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS TO INDICATE THIS
19 DESIGNATION TO MOTORISTS.
20 SECTION 11. FOREST W. HOPKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
21 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE EIGHT-MILE SECTION OF ROUTE 17 IN ERIE
22 COUNTY, FROM GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP TO THE NEW YORK STATE LINE, IS
23 HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE FOREST W. HOPKINS
24 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
25 (B) SERVICE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.--FOREST W.
26 HOPKINS WAS A COMMITTED COMMUNITY SERVANT, WHO SERVED WITH
27 DISTINCTION AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FOURTH
28 LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT FROM 1967 TO 1978. MR. HOPKINS DIED IN
29 OFFICE IN 1978.
30 (C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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1 MAINTAIN ROAD SIGNS, WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF FOREST W.
2 HOPKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE
3 SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (A).
4 SECTION 12. EFFECTIVE DATE.
5 THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS FOLLOWS:
6 (1) SECTION 5 AND THIS SECTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT
7 NOVEMBER 30, 1998.
8 (2) SECTION 9 SHALL TAKE EFFECT 60 DAYS AFTER THE
9 PROJECT COMPLETION DATE, NOTICE OF WHICH SHALL BE PUBLISHED
10 IN THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN.
11 (3) THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60
12 DAYS.
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