THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY QUINN, CLYMER, DAVIS, DiGIROLAMO, FARRY, GALLOWAY, O'NEILL, PETRI, SANTARSIERO AND WATSON, MARCH 12, 2012

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 12, 2012  

AN ACT

Designating a bridge carrying U.S. Route 202 over the Neshaminy

Creek in Doylestown Township, Bucks County, as the First

Lieutenant Travis Lemma Manion Memorial Bridge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  First Lieutenant Travis Lemma Manion Memorial

Bridge.

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

declares as follows:

(1)  First Lieutenant Travis Lemma Manion was a resident

of Doylestown and was a decorated student athlete at LaSalle

College High School.

(2)  First Lieutenant Manion graduated from the United

States Naval Academy in 2004.

(3)  First Lieutenant Travis Lemma Manion was assigned to

the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I

Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Pendleton,

California.

(4)  First Lieutenant Manion was serving his second tour

of duty in the Al Anbar province, Iraq, when on April 29,

2007, he gave his life to save the lives of his entire patrol

of Marines.

(5)  First Lieutenant Travis Lemma Manion was awarded the

Bronze Star with Valor and the Silver Star for his actions in

Iraq.

(6)  First Lieutenant Travis Lemma Manion made the

ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country and its

freedoms.

(b)  Designation.--U.S. Route 202, Parkway Bridge, also

carrying a 12-foot-wide shared-use path, over the Neshaminy

Creek in Doylestown Township, Bucks County, is hereby designated

as the First Lieutenant Travis Lemma Manion Memorial Bridge.

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

maintain appropriate signs with the inscription "In Honor of

First Lieutenant Travis Lemma Manion, USMC - KIA, Operation

Iraqi Freedom 2007" to indicate the designation under subsection

(b).

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.