PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1489, 1825, 2063, PRINTER'S NO. 2259
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No. 1200 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY MOWERY, NOVEMBER 21, 1997
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENTS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
NOVEMBER 9, 1998
AN ACT
1 Designating Route 581 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, as the
2 American Ex-Prisoners of War Highway; and designating a <--
3 section of the Bay Front Parkway in Erie County,
4 Pennsylvania, as the Bernard (Benny) J. Dombrowski Memorial
5 Highway; DESIGNATING A SECTION OF ROUTE 26 IN CENTRE COUNTY <--
6 AND HUNTINGDON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AS THE NITTANY PARKWAY; <--
7 DESIGNATING A BRIDGE IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP, LEBANON COUNTY, AS
8 THE SENATOR CLARENCE F. MANBECK BRIDGE; AND DESIGNATING STATE <--
9 ROAD 3055 AND STATE ROAD 3040 IN BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
10 AS THE POW/MIA HIGHWAY. DESIGNATING THE MOUNT UNION BYPASS IN <--
11 HUNTINGDON COUNTY AS THE JAMES DICOSIMO BYPASS; DESIGNATING A
12 PORTION OF ROUTE 26 IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY AS THE STANDING
13 STONE PARKWAY; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 0094 IN
14 YORK AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES AS THE 94TH INFANTRY DIVISION
15 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; AND DESIGNATING A BRIDGE IN CHESTER COUNTY
16 AS THE BEN WEAVER BRIDGE.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. American Ex-Prisoners of War Highway.
20 (a) Designation.--Route 581 in Cumberland County, beginning
21 at Interstate 81 and ending at Interstate 83, is hereby
22 designated and shall be known as the American Ex-Prisoners of
23 War Highway.
1 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
2 maintain road signs, which shall display the name of American
3 Ex-Prisoners of War Highway, at the beginning and the end of the
4 section of the highway designated in subsection (a).
5 Section 2. Bernard (Benny) J. Dombrowski Memorial Highway.
6 (a) Designation.--The section of the Bay Front Parkway in
7 Erie County from State Street east to Wayne Street south to the
8 intersection of Bird Drive and East Grandview Boulevard is
9 hereby designated and shall be known as the Bernard (Benny) J.
10 Dombrowski Memorial Highway.
11 (b) Service in the House of Representatives.--Bernard
12 (Benny) J. Dombrowski was a committed community servant, who
13 served with distinction as a State Representative from the First
14 Legislative District from 1970 to 1990. Also, during his tenure
15 in the House of Representatives he was elected to the position
16 of Majority Caucus Administrator.
17 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
18 maintain road signs, which shall display the name of Bernard
19 (Benny) J. Dombrowski, at the beginning and the end of the
20 section of the highway designated in subsection (a).
21 SECTION 3. NITTANY PARKWAY. <--
22 (A) DESIGNATION OF PARKWAY.--THE SECTION OF ROUTE 26 IN
23 CENTRE COUNTY AND HUNTINGDON COUNTY, WHICH CONNECTS THE <--
24 COMMUNITY OF HUNTINGDON WITH THE COMMUNITY OF FROM THE CENTRE <--
25 COUNTY, HUNTINGDON COUNTY BORDER TO STATE COLLEGE, IS HEREBY
26 DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE NITTANY PARKWAY.
27 (B) ROAD SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL
28 ERECT AND MAINTAIN ROAD SIGNS, WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF
29 NITTANY PARKWAY, AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE SECTION OF
30 THE HIGHWAY DESIGNATED IN THIS SECTION.
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1 SECTION 4. SENATOR CLARENCE F. MANBECK BRIDGE.
2 (A) BRIDGE DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON SR 1022, ALSO
3 KNOWN AS CAMP STRAUSS ROAD, AND THAT CROSSES MONROE CREEK IN
4 BETHEL TOWNSHIP, LEBANON COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL
5 BE KNOWN AS THE SENATOR CLARENCE F. MANBECK BRIDGE.
6 (B) BRIDGE SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL
7 ERECT AND MAINTAIN BRIDGE SIGNS, WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF
8 SENATOR CLARENCE F. MANBECK BRIDGE, AT BOTH ENDS OF THE BRIDGE
9 DESIGNATED IN THIS SECTION.
10 SECTION 5. DESIGNATION OF POW/MIA HIGHWAY. <--
11 (A) DESIGNATION OF HIGHWAY.--STATE ROAD 3055 FROM US 222 IN
12 ONTELAUNEE TOWNSHIP, BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, TO THE
13 INTERSECTION OF SUCH STATE ROAD AND STATE ROAD 3040 IN BERN
14 TOWNSHIP, BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AND THEN CONTINUING ALONG
15 STATE ROAD 3040 TO US 222 IN WYOMISSING BOROUGH, BERKS COUNTY,
16 PENNSYLVANIA, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL ALSO BE KNOWN AS
17 THE POW/MIA HIGHWAY.
18 (B) ROAD SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL
19 ERECT AND MAINTAIN ROAD SIGNS, WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME
20 POW/MIA HIGHWAY, AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE ROAD
21 DESIGNATED IN THIS SECTION.
22 SECTION 5. JAMES DICOSIMO BYPASS. <--
23 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE MOUNT UNION BYPASS IN HUNTINGDON
24 COUNTY, BEGINNING AT JUNIATA AVENUE IN THE VILLAGE OF ALLENPORT,
25 SHIRLEY TOWNSHIP, AND PROCEEDING NORTH TO THE INTERSECTION OF US
26 22 IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP, MIFFLIN COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND
27 SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE JAMES DICOSIMO BYPASS.
28 (B) SIGNS.--WITHIN 60 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION OF
29 THE HIGHWAY DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (A), THE DEPARTMENT OF
30 TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND MAINTAIN ROAD SIGNS DISPLAYING
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1 THE DESIGNATION "JAMES DICOSIMO BYPASS" AT THE BEGINNING AND END
2 OF THE HIGHWAY.
3 SECTION 6. DESIGNATION OF STANDING STONE PARKWAY.
4 (A) DESIGNATION.--THAT PORTION OF ROUTE 26 IN HUNTINGDON
5 COUNTY FROM THE BOROUGH OF HUNTINGDON TO THE CENTRE COUNTY LINE
6 IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE STANDING STONE
7 PARKWAY.
8 (B) SIGNS.--WITHIN 60 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION OF
9 THE HIGHWAY DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (A), THE DEPARTMENT OF
10 TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND MAINTAIN ROAD SIGNS DISPLAYING
11 THE DESIGNATION "STANDING STONE PARKWAY" AT THE BEGINNING AND
12 END OF THE HIGHWAY.
13 SECTION 7. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN HIGHWAY.
14 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 0094 FROM THE
15 PENNSYLVANIA LINE TO ITS TERMINUS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IS
16 DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE 94TH INFANTRY DIVISION
17 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
18 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
19 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS IDENTIFYING THE ABOVE PORTION OF ROAD
20 AS THE 94TH INFANTRY DIVISION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
21 SECTION 8. BEN WEAVER BRIDGE.
22 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE OVER AMTRAK/CONRAIL LINES WHICH
23 CARRIES LINCOLN HIGHWAY, STATE ROUTE 3070, IN VALLEY TOWNSHIP,
24 JUST WEST OF THE COATESVILLE CITY LINE, CHESTER COUNTY, IS
25 HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE BEN WEAVER BRIDGE.
26 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
27 MAINTAIN SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF BEN WEAVER BRIDGE
28 AT EACH END OF THE BRIDGE SO DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (A).
29 Section 3 6 9. Effective date. <--
30 This act shall take effect as follows:
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1 (1) Section 1 shall take effect in 60 days.
2 (2) Section 2 shall take effect 60 days after the
3 project completion date, notice of which shall be published
4 in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
5 (3) This section THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT shall take <--
6 effect immediately.
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