| SENATE AMENDED |
| PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3709, 4078 | PRINTER'S NO. 4220 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BLOOM, AUMENT, BAKER, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, BROOKS, CAUSER, CLYMER, COX, EVERETT, FLECK, FREEMAN, GABLER, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, GROVE, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KORTZ, MAJOR, MARSHALL, MARSICO, METZGAR, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, PERRY, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, ROAE, ROCK, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STABACK, STEVENSON, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, HAHN, GILLEN, HESS, BRADFORD, GEIST AND DENLINGER, JUNE 11, 2012 |
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| AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, OCTOBER 15, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Designating State Route 233 from the western corporate limits of |
2 | Newville Borough to State Route 11 in Cumberland County as |
3 | the Marine Lance Corporal Nicholas B. Morrison Memorial |
4 | Highway; designating a portion of State Route 2038 in Horsham | <-- |
5 | Township, Montgomery County, as the 2LT James P. Kelly |
6 | Memorial Highway; designating a bridge carrying State Route |
7 | 94 over Bermudian Creek in Latimore Township, Adams County, |
8 | as the Sgt. Michael C. Weigand Memorial Bridge; and | <-- |
9 | designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 268 and |
10 | State Route 368 over the Allegheny River, in the City of |
11 | Parker, Armstrong County, commonly known as the State Bridge, |
12 | as the Veterans Memorial Bridge; designating the Claysville | <-- |
13 | Interchange of Exit 6 on Interstate 70 in Washington County |
14 | as the Sergeant Nathan P. Kennedy Memorial Interchange; |
15 | designating a bridge in Carroll Township, Washington County, |
16 | as the Stanley Jurgaitis Memorial Bridge; redesignating the |
17 | Davis Street Bridge, over Interstate 81 at Exit 182, Moosic |
18 | Borough, Lackawanna County, as the Andrew A. Pompey and |
19 | Durando J. Pompey Memorial Bridge; designating the eastbound |
20 | bridge carrying Interstate 90 over Six-Mile Creek in |
21 | Harborcreek Township, Erie County, as the Senior Airman Bryan |
22 | R. Bell Memorial Bridge; redesignating Duboistown Bridge, |
23 | connecting Williamsport and Duboistown over the Susquehanna |
24 | River, Lycoming County, as the Lance Corporal Abram Howard |
25 | Memorial Bridge; designating State Bridge No. |
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1 | 36-4009-0030-0000, the bridge on Dillerville Road in the City |
2 | of Lancaster, Lancaster County, as the Captain Edward Anthony |
3 | Davis Memorial Bridge; designating the bridge that carries |
4 | Pennsylvania Turnpike Route 43 over the Monongahela River |
5 | between Denbo in the Borough of Centerville, County of |
6 | Washington, and Alicia in the Township of Luzerne, County of |
7 | Fayette, as the PFC Ronald C. "Smokey" Bakewell Memorial |
8 | Bridge; designating the bridge carrying Bridge Street (State |
9 | Route 4021) over Brubaker Run in the Borough of Hasting, |
10 | Cambria County, as the Sergeant Derek Lee Shanfield Memorial |
11 | Bridge; designating the bridge carrying Torresdale Avenue, |
12 | State Route 1004, over the Pennypack Creek, in Philadelphia |
13 | County, as the Paul W. Kauffman Memorial Bridge; designating |
14 | a highway on a portion of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia |
15 | County as the Officers O'Hanlon and Lorenzo Memorial Highway; |
16 | designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 376 in Moon |
17 | Township, Allegheny County, commonly known as the Ewing Road |
18 | interchange, as the Jack W. Wise Interchange; designating |
19 | U.S. Route 62 in Venango County as the Venango County |
20 | Veterans Highway; designating U.S. Route 62 in Forest County |
21 | as the Forest County Veterans Highway; designating U.S. Route |
22 | 62 in Warren County as the Warren County Veterans Highway; |
23 | designating the portion of State Route 30, from Church Road |
24 | to Rittenhouse Place, in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery |
25 | County, as the Master Sergeant Scott Ball Memorial Avenue; |
26 | designating the bridge that crosses over the Frankstown |
27 | Branch of the Juniata River on State Route 2015, also known |
28 | as Yellow Springs Drive, in Catharine Township and |
29 | Williamsburg Borough, Blair County, as the Williamsburg |
30 | Memorial Bridge; designating a portion of State Route 837 in |
31 | Union Township and New Eagle Borough, Washington County, as |
32 | the Mayor George Bugaile Memorial Highway; designating the |
33 | bridge carrying State Route 896 over Mill Creek in East |
34 | Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, as the PFC Brandon M. |
35 | Styer Memorial Bridge; designating the Uniontown to |
36 | Brownsville link of Pennsylvania Turnpike Route 43, beginning |
37 | with the intersection of State Route 119 in Uniontown, |
38 | Fayette County, and ending at the intersection with State |
39 | Route 40 in Brownsville, Fayette County, as the POW/MIA/KIA |
40 | Memorial Highway; designating the bridge carrying Morris Road |
41 | over the Wissahickon Creek in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery |
42 | County, as the Jack Turner Bridge; designating the Mid-County |
43 | Interchange, Exit 20, on Interstate 476 on the Pennsylvania |
44 | Turnpike Northeast Extension located in Plymouth Township, |
45 | Montgomery County, as the Morris Gerber and A. Richard Gerber |
46 | Memorial Interchange; designating the Marshalls Creek Bypass, |
47 | U.S. Route 209 from Twin Falls Road in Smithfield Township, |
48 | Monroe County, to Oak Grove Drive in Middle Smithfield |
49 | Township, Monroe County, as the Joseph W. Battisto Bypass; |
50 | designating State Route 739 in Pike County as Pike County |
51 | Veterans' Way; designating a bridge on that portion of State |
52 | Route 4002, Clarence Road, in Snow Shoe Township, Centre |
53 | County, as the Clarence Bridge of Freedom for All Veterans; |
54 | and making a related repeal. |
55 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
56 | hereby enacts as follows: |
57 | Section 1. Marine Lance Corporal Nicholas B. Morrison Memorial |
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1 | Highway. |
2 | (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and |
3 | declares as follows: |
4 | (1) Nicholas B. Morrison, was born June 23, 1981, in |
5 | Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Big Spring High |
6 | School, Newville, Class of 2000. Upon graduation, he entered |
7 | the United States Marine Corps in 2003, after the events of |
8 | 9/11, where he served for two years. |
9 | (2) Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas B. Morrison was assigned |
10 | to the Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, |
11 | 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp |
12 | Lejeune, North Carolina. On August 13, 2004, at 23 years of |
13 | age, Lance Corporal Morrison was killed while on patrol with |
14 | the Combined Anti-Armor Team Blue as a tow gunner in the Al |
15 | Anbar Province of Iraq when an IED struck his Humvee. |
16 | (3) Marine Lance Cpl. Morrison was awarded the Purple |
17 | Heart for his wounds sustained in combat against an enemy of |
18 | the United States. He was also awarded the Navy & Marine |
19 | Corps Commendation Medal with the Combat V for his sustained |
20 | and valorous actions in combat. He received the National |
21 | Defense Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary |
22 | Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Medal, the Combat Action |
23 | Ribbon and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. |
24 | (4) Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Morrison, beloved son of |
25 | Joey L. and Peggy J. Morrison, Sr., of Newville, PA, was |
26 | courageously serving his country at the time of his death and |
27 | his excellence as a soldier has been extolled by many. |
28 | (b) Designation.--State Route 233, from the western |
29 | corporate limits of Newville Borough to State Route 11 in |
30 | Cumberland County is hereby designated as the Marine Lance |
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1 | Corporal Nicholas B. Morrison Memorial Highway. |
2 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
3 | maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under |
4 | subsection (b). |
5 | Section 2. 2LT James P. Kelly Memorial Highway. | <-- |
6 | (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as |
7 | follows: |
8 | (1) Upon graduating from LaSalle College in June 1964, |
9 | James P. Kelly was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the |
10 | Army Field Artillery and served as Field Artillery Unit |
11 | Commander, A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Artillery, 101st |
12 | Airborne Division, USARV. |
13 | (2) Second Lieutenant James P. Kelly was killed on |
14 | September 27, 1965, by an explosive device while serving his |
15 | country in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam. |
16 | (b) Designation.--The section of State Route 2038 in Horsham |
17 | Township, Montgomery County, from Maple Avenue to Meetinghouse |
18 | Road is hereby designated the 2LT James P. Kelly Memorial |
19 | Highway. |
20 | (c) Signs.–-The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
21 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to |
22 | traffic in both directions on the highway. |
23 | Section 3. Sgt. Michael C. Weigand Memorial Bridge. |
24 | (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and |
25 | declares as follows: |
26 | (1) Sergeant Michael C. Weigand graduated from Bermudian |
27 | Springs High School in 2002. |
28 | (2) After graduating high school Sergeant Weigand |
29 | attended the Allegheny County Police Academy and graduated in |
30 | 2003. |
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1 | (3) Sergeant Weigand joined the York Springs/Latimore |
2 | Township Regional Police Department and Littlestown Police |
3 | Department. |
4 | (4) Sergeant Weigand went back to school to become a |
5 | D.A.R.E. officer for Bermudian Springs School District. |
6 | (5) Sergeant Weigand was later promoted to sergeant at |
7 | the Latimore Township Police Department, where his father is |
8 | chief. |
9 | (6) On September 14, 2008, while on duty escorting a |
10 | charity event, Sergeant Weigand was killed by a pickup truck |
11 | which was out of control. |
12 | (7) Sergeant Weigand is survived by his wife, Amanda; |
13 | daughter, Lanie; parents, Michael and Kimberly Weigand; and |
14 | two sisters, Melanie Karpinski and Erin Jo Bevenour. |
15 | (b) Designation.--The bridge that carries State Route 94 |
16 | over Bermudian Creek in Latimore Township, Adams County, is |
17 | designated as the Sgt. Michael C. Weigand Memorial Bridge. |
18 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
19 | maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under |
20 | subsection (b). |
21 | Section 4. Veterans Memorial Bridge. |
22 | (a) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 268 and |
23 | State Route 368 in the City of Parker, Armstrong County, over |
24 | the Allegheny River, commonly known as the State Bridge, is |
25 | hereby designated as the Veterans Memorial Bridge. |
26 | (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
27 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to |
28 | traffic in both directions on the bridge. |
29 | Section 5. Sergeant Nathan P. Kennedy Memorial Interchange. | <-- |
30 | (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and |
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1 | declares as follows: |
2 | (1) Sergeant Nathan P. Kennedy, 24, from Claysville, |
3 | Washington County, died on April 27, 2010, from injuries |
4 | sustained when he was tragically shot while on foot patrol |
5 | with the United States Army in Afghanistan. |
6 | (2) Having recently reenlisted for another four years, |
7 | Sergeant Kennedy was killed just three weeks shy of the date |
8 | he was expected to return home from his second tour of duty, |
9 | the first having been in Iraq. |
10 | (3) Sergeant Kennedy was a United States Army Ranger, |
11 | serving as a sniper assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th |
12 | Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division |
13 | based at Fort Carson, Colorado. |
14 | (4) A 2004 graduate of McGuffey High School, Sergeant |
15 | Kennedy was a three-time section wrestling champion. |
16 | (5) Sergeant Kennedy was a loving son, brother, |
17 | grandson, nephew and friend who served his country with |
18 | devotion and pride. |
19 | (6) Sergeant Kennedy, beloved son of Joseph Kennedy and |
20 | the late Penelope Henry Kennedy, courageously sacrificed his |
21 | life to protect his country. |
22 | (b) Designation.--The interchange of Exit 6 on Interstate 70 |
23 | in Claysville, Washington County, in both directions, is |
24 | designated as the Sergeant Nathan P. Kennedy Memorial |
25 | Interchange. |
26 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall, in |
27 | appropriate locations, erect and maintain appropriate signs |
28 | displaying the name designated under subsection (b). |
29 | Section 6. Stanley Jurgaitis Memorial Bridge. |
30 | (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and |
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1 | declares as follows: |
2 | (1) Stanley Jurgaitis was a dedicated, active and |
3 | prominent member of the Carroll Township community. |
4 | (2) Born in 1926 in the village of Hazel Kirk, Mr. |
5 | Jurgaitis served this country in World War II and was awarded |
6 | the Bronze Star for gallantry. |
7 | (3) Mr. Jurgaitis worked as a coal miner for more than |
8 | 20 years for Bethlehem Mines until its closing. |
9 | (4) Mr. Jurgaitis spent the next 28 years working at |
10 | Fisher and Porter Company in Hatboro until his retirement. |
11 | (5) Following his retirement, Mr. Jurgaitis returned to |
12 | Hazel Kirk where he resided for the remainder of his life, |
13 | passing away in 2008. |
14 | (6) Mr. Jurgaitis was a member of the Dunkirk, |
15 | Pennsylvania, American Legion and personally maintained the |
16 | Hazel Kirk Honor Roll for many years. |
17 | (7) Mr. Jurgaitis was a member of St. Anthony Catholic |
18 | Church in Monongahela. |
19 | (b) Designation.--The bridge in Carroll Township, Washington |
20 | County, on SR 2023 over Pigeon Creek is designated as the |
21 | Stanley Jurgaitis Memorial Bridge. |
22 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
23 | maintain signs displaying the name of the bridge to traffic in |
24 | both directions on the bridge. |
25 | Section 7. Andrew A. Pompey and Durando J. Pompey Memorial |
26 | Bridge. |
27 | (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and |
28 | declares as follows: |
29 | (1) Andrew A. Pompey was the oldest son of Louis and |
30 | Regina Parlanti Pompey, born on May 1, 1917, in Minooka. |
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1 | (2) He volunteered for service in the United States Army |
2 | days after Pearl Harbor and was inducted on February 7, 1942. |
3 | (3) After basic training, he volunteered for a new |
4 | branch of the service, the parachute infantry. |
5 | (4) He became part of the first parachute division in |
6 | United States Army history, the 82nd Airborne, and was |
7 | assigned to its first regiment, 504th PIR, nicknamed the |
8 | "devils in baggy pants" from a German officer's diary. |
9 | (5) After parachute training, he and the rest of the |
10 | 82nd Airborne were shipped to North Africa. |
11 | (6) He participated in two combat jumps in active |
12 | combat, first in Sicily, Italy, where his plane was hit by |
13 | friendly fire, and next at Salerno, Italy, where he assisted |
14 | in saving the Allied beachhead, and he was promoted to the |
15 | rank of staff sergeant. |
16 | (7) On January 26, 1944, Staff Sergeant Andrew A. Pompey |
17 | led his squad on an assault of a bridge spanning the |
18 | Mussolini Canal near Sassano, Italy, and was killed by |
19 | artillery. |
20 | (8) Initially, he was buried at the American Cemetery at |
21 | Nettuno, Italy. |
22 | (9) Later, he was exhumed and reinterred at the Italian- |
23 | American Cemetery adjacent to Davis Street, Scranton, near |
24 | the Davis Street Bridge. |
25 | (10) Durando J. Pompey was born on September 1, 1921, to |
26 | Louis and Regina Parlanti Pompey in Minooka. |
27 | (11) He also volunteered for the United States Army and |
28 | was inducted on September 7, 1942. |
29 | (12) After basic training, he married Helen Rovinski on |
30 | May 3, 1943. |
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1 | (13) In February 1944, he was shipped to England in |
2 | anticipation of the invasion of Europe. |
3 | (14) He landed with his division on June 8, 1944, on |
4 | Omaha Beach. |
5 | (15) Shortly after landing on Omaha Beach, the division |
6 | went on attack through the French hedgerows toward Pont |
7 | Hebert and St. Lo. |
8 | (16) On July 13, 1944, the Germans preceded a |
9 | counterattack with a concentrated artillery barrage, and |
10 | Private First Class Durando J. Pompey was killed in that |
11 | barrage. |
12 | (17) He was initially buried in Le Combe Cemetery in |
13 | France and later exhumed at the request of his wife and |
14 | reinterred in the American Cemetery in Long Island, New York. |
15 | (b) Redesignation.--The Davis Street Bridge, over Interstate |
16 | 81 at Exit 182, Moosic Borough, Lackawanna County, is |
17 | redesignated as the Andrew A. Pompey and Durando J. Pompey |
18 | Memorial Bridge. |
19 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
20 | maintain appropriate road signs displaying the name of the |
21 | bridge to traffic in both directions on the bridge. |
22 | Section 8. Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell Memorial Bridge. |
23 | (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as |
24 | follows: |
25 | (1) United States Air Force Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell, |
26 | age 23, was killed in action on January 5, 2012, while |
27 | serving in Afghanistan with the Air Force's Explosive |
28 | Ordnance Disposal Division. |
29 | (2) Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell was killed when his |
30 | vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Shir |
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1 | ghazi, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. |
2 | (3) Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell was a 2006 graduate of |
3 | Harborcreek High School in Harborcreek, Pennsylvania. |
4 | (4) Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell enlisted in the Air |
5 | Force in 2006 and was assigned to the 2nd Civil Engineer |
6 | Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. He had been |
7 | serving in Afghanistan since November of 2011. |
8 | (5) Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell is survived by his wife, |
9 | Alaina, and his parents. |
10 | (b) Designation.--The eastbound bridge carrying Interstate |
11 | 90 over Six-Mile Creek in Harborcreek Township, Erie County, is |
12 | hereby designated the Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell Memorial |
13 | Bridge. |
14 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
15 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to |
16 | traffic in both directions on the bridge. |
17 | Section 9. Lance Corporal Abram Howard Memorial Bridge. |
18 | (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as |
19 | follows: |
20 | (1) United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Abram L. |
21 | Howard, from Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was killed in action |
22 | at 21 years of age on July 27, 2010, Helmand Province, |
23 | Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. |
24 | (2) Lance Corporal Howard enlisted in the United States |
25 | Marine Corps on April 9, 2007, and graduated in June 2007 |
26 | from Williamsport High School where he played football and |
27 | wrestled. |
28 | (3) Lance Corporal Howard entered boot camp at Parris |
29 | Island, South Carolina, on January 8, 2008. |
30 | (4) Lance Corporal Howard was a third generation Marine |
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1 | and the 12th member of his family to enlist and serve. |
2 | (5) Following his graduation from Marine Combat Training |
3 | at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Lance Corporal Howard |
4 | graduated from Military Police School at Fort Leonard Wood, |
5 | Missouri, in September 2008. |
6 | (6) Lance Corporal Howard volunteered for deployment to |
7 | Afghanistan in December of 2009 and made the ultimate |
8 | sacrifice on July 27, 2010. |
9 | (7) While on a partnered patrol with Afghan National |
10 | Police and the United States Marines, his team was ambushed |
11 | and Lance Corporal Howard was fatally wounded. |
12 | (8) Without his judgment and decisive actions prior to |
13 | the attack, the rest of his team would have proceeded |
14 | directly into the enemy ambush, which would have ultimately |
15 | wounded or killed other members of his patrol. |
16 | (9) For his bravery, Lance Corporal Howard received the |
17 | Purple Heart, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with |
18 | distinguished "V" device, Combat Action Ribbon, National |
19 | Defense Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on |
20 | Terrorism Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Armed Forces |
21 | Service Medal and NATO Medal. |
22 | (b) Redesignation.--The Duboistown Bridge located on Arch |
23 | Street connecting Williamsport and Duboistown over the West |
24 | Branch of the Susquehanna River, Lycoming County, is hereby |
25 | redesignated the Lance Corporal Abram Howard Memorial Bridge. |
26 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
27 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to |
28 | traffic in both directions on the bridge. |
29 | Section 10. Captain Edward Anthony Davis Memorial Bridge. |
30 | (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as |
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1 | follows: |
2 | (1) United States Navy Captain Edward Anthony Davis of |
3 | Lancaster County, ex-prisoner of war, was awarded three |
4 | Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit with Combat Citation, four |
5 | Bronze Stars with Valor Device, five Air Medals, two Purple |
6 | Hearts and three Navy Commendation Medals with Valor Device |
7 | for military service during the Vietnam Conflict. |
8 | (2) Born in Norristown and raised in Roxborough, |
9 | Montgomery County, Captain Davis was a champion rower at St. |
10 | Joseph's Preparatory School, attended Villanova University |
11 | and was a 1962 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. |
12 | (3) Captain Davis was shot down over North Vietnam on |
13 | August 26, 1965, during his 57th combat mission off the |
14 | aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. |
15 | (4) Captain Davis endured captivity at the prisoner-of- |
16 | war camp known as the Hanoi Hilton through February 12, 1973. |
17 | (5) Released with other long-serving prisoners of war as |
18 | part of Operation Homecoming, Captain Davis returned with a |
19 | puppy he had liberated from his captors. |
20 | (6) After repatriation,Captain Davis completed graduate |
21 | studies in international relations at the University of |
22 | Virginia. |
23 | (7) Captain Davis was the Navy's Director of Advertising |
24 | and then Commanding Officer of Navy Recruiting District, |
25 | Harrisburg, before retiring in 1987. |
26 | (8) An outstanding public speaker, Captain Davis was POW |
27 | consultant to the National Vietnam War Museum and a member of |
28 | the Lancaster Airport Authority, the Sertoma Club of |
29 | Lancaster and the Penn Manor School District Board of |
30 | Directors. |
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1 | (9) Captain Davis died November 7, 2006, at 67 years of |
2 | age. |
3 | (10) Captain Davis was buried with full military honors |
4 | in Arlington National Cemetery. |
5 | (b) Designation.--The bridge on Dillerville Road in the City |
6 | of Lancaster, Lancaster County, State Bridge No. |
7 | 36-4009-0030-000, is designated and shall be known as the |
8 | Captain Edward Anthony Davis Memorial Bridge. |
9 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
10 | maintain appropriate signs which shall display the name of the |
11 | bridge designated in subsection (b) at each end of the bridge. |
12 | Section 11. PFC Ronald C. "Smokey" Bakewell Memorial Bridge. |
13 | (a) Declaration.--The General Assembly declares that Private |
14 | First Class Ronald C. "Smokey" Bakewell made the ultimate |
15 | sacrifice for this Commonwealth on August 2, 1968, when he died |
16 | from hostile, small arms fire while serving in the Army of the |
17 | United States in South Vietnam. On June 16, 1968, PFC Bakewell, |
18 | age 20, was assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, |
19 | 1st Air Cavalry Division, when less than two months later his |
20 | life ended in the service of his country. |
21 | (b) Designation.--The bridge that carries Pennsylvania |
22 | Turnpike Route 43 over the Monongahela River between Denbo in |
23 | the Borough of Centerville, County of Washington, and Alicia in |
24 | the Township of Luzerne, County of Fayette, is designated the |
25 | PFC Ronald C. "Smokey" Bakewell Memorial Bridge. |
26 | (c) Signs.--The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall place |
27 | and maintain appropriate signs at both ends of the bridge as |
28 | designated in subsection (b). |
29 | Section 12. Sergeant Derek Lee Shanfield Memorial Bridge. |
30 | (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as |
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1 | follows: |
2 | (1) Derek Lee Shanfield was born in Indiana, |
3 | Pennsylvania, on April 27, 1988, and graduated from Cambria |
4 | Heights High School in 2006. |
5 | (2) Derek L. Shanfield and his twin brother, Marine Cpl. |
6 | Devin L. Shanfield, joined the Marines in 2005. Both were |
7 | stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, but in different |
8 | units. |
9 | (3) Derek L. Shanfield's older brother, Sydney, had |
10 | enlisted in the Marines in 2001. |
11 | (4) Derek L. Shanfield was promoted to Sergeant in April |
12 | 2010 and deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in |
13 | May 2010. |
14 | (5) Sergeant Derek L. Shanfield passed away on June 8, |
15 | 2010, at the age of 22 while supporting combat operations in |
16 | Helmand Province, Afghanistan. |
17 | (6) Sergeant Derek L. Shanfield was part of the 2nd |
18 | Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division and the |
19 | II Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Camp Lejeune, North |
20 | Carolina. |
21 | (7) Sergeant Derek L. Shanfield was awarded the Marine |
22 | Corps Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, |
23 | the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global |
24 | War on Terror Medal, the Purple Heart, the NATO Non-Article 5 |
25 | Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal, the Sea Service Deployment |
26 | Ribbon and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal. |
27 | (8) Sergeant Derek L. Shanfield served his country with |
28 | honor and distinction as a member of the United States |
29 | Marines and is the first service member from Cambria County |
30 | to die in Operation Enduring Freedom. |
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1 | (b) Designation.--The bridge carrying Bridge Street (State |
2 | Route 4021) over Brubaker Run in the Borough of Hasting, Cambria |
3 | County, is hereby designated as the Sergeant Derek Lee Shanfield |
4 | Memorial Bridge. |
5 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
6 | maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under |
7 | subsection (b) to traffic in both directions. |
8 | Section 13. Paul W. Kauffman Memorial Bridge. |
9 | (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and |
10 | declares as follows: |
11 | (1) Paul W. Kauffman was a resident of Upper Holmesburg |
12 | for 52 years along with his wife Lorraine. |
13 | (2) Mr. Kaufmann was the driving force behind an effort |
14 | to turn a vacant lot into the Trumbette Playground that now |
15 | has three ball fields, a basketball court and climbing |
16 | equipment for children. Mr. Kauffmann maintained the park |
17 | every day by cleaning up waste and locking and unlocking the |
18 | gate. |
19 | (3) Mr. Kauffman was a community activist who became the |
20 | face of the Upper Holmesburg Civic Association after it was |
21 | reformed in 2004. His involvement in the Upper Holmesburg |
22 | Civic Association led to involvement in other Northeastern |
23 | Philadelphia civic associations as well as the 8th Police |
24 | District Advisory Committee. |
25 | (4) Mr. Kauffmann also led Upper Holmesburg |
26 | beautification projects that included the planting of trees |
27 | and the installation of benches, banners and additional |
28 | lighting along Frankford Avenue. |
29 | (5) Mr. Kauffman served as a Democratic committeeman in |
30 | the 65th Ward and was a frequent sight at the offices of his |
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1 | city and State representatives. |
2 | (6) Mr. Kauffmann passed away August 22, 2011. |
3 | (b) Designation.--The bridge carrying Torresdale Avenue, |
4 | State Route 1004, over the Pennypack Creek in Philadelphia |
5 | County, is designated as the Paul W. Kauffman Memorial Bridge. |
6 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
7 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to |
8 | traffic in both directions. |
9 | Section 14. Officers O'Hanlon and Lorenzo Memorial Highway. |
10 | (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and |
11 | declares as follows: |
12 | (1) Police Officer Charles P. O'Hanlon, assigned to the |
13 | Highway Patrol Unit, was fatally injured on November 13, |
14 | 1985, when a tractor-trailer carrying hazardous materials |
15 | crashed into the rear of his unmarked patrol vehicle. He was |
16 | stopped northbound on Interstate 95, north of Bridge Street, |
17 | at 9:10 a.m., after having stopped a vehicle for a traffic |
18 | violation. He was 40 years of age, had served with the |
19 | department for 19 years and is survived by a wife and four |
20 | children. |
21 | (2) Officer Brian Lorenzo served for 23 years on the |
22 | Philadelphia Police Department and was assigned to the |
23 | Highway Patrol. On July 8, 2012, Officer Lorenzo died as a |
24 | result of a tragic accident. While he was patrolling on his |
25 | department motorcycle, Officer Lorenzo was struck head-on by |
26 | a drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 95 near |
27 | mile marker 29.4. |
28 | (b) Designation.--The section of Interstate 95 from mile |
29 | marker 23 to mile marker 35 in Philadelphia County is hereby |
30 | designated as the Officers O'Hanlon and Lorenzo Memorial |
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1 | Highway. |
2 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
3 | maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under |
4 | subsection (b) to traffic in both directions. |
5 | Section 15. Jack W. Wise Interchange. |
6 | (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as |
7 | follows: |
8 | (1) Jack W. Wise has been involved in numerous community |
9 | and regional economic development organizations for decades. |
10 | (2) Jack W. Wise served as chairman of the Moon Township |
11 | Board of Supervisors and the Redevelopment Authority of |
12 | Allegheny County, as treasurer of the Allegheny County |
13 | Finance and Development Commission and as a leader of several |
14 | other community organizations. |
15 | (3) As a cofounder of the Moon Transportation Authority |
16 | and the Thorn Run Interchange Group, Jack W. Wise fostered |
17 | private sector support that led to the improvement of a |
18 | dangerous intersection in his community. |
19 | (4) Because of the role played by Jack W. Wise, a |
20 | tremendous amount of economic development has occurred in |
21 | Moon Township, and the area will reap a significant benefit |
22 | for years to come. |
23 | (b) Designation.--The portion of Pennsylvania Route 376 in |
24 | Moon Township, Allegheny County, at Ewing Road, commonly known |
25 | as the Ewing Road interchange, is hereby designated the Jack W. |
26 | Wise Interchange. |
27 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
28 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to |
29 | traffic in both directions on the highway. |
30 | Section 16. Venango County Veterans Highway. |
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1 | (a) Designation.--U.S. Route 62 in Venango County is hereby |
2 | designated as the Venango County Veterans Highway. |
3 | (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
4 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway |
5 | designated in subsection (a) to traffic in both directions. |
6 | Section 17. Forest County Veterans Highway. |
7 | (a) Designation.--U.S. Route 62 in Forest County is hereby |
8 | designated as the Forest County Veterans Highway. |
9 | (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
10 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway |
11 | designated in subsection (a) to traffic in both directions. |
12 | Section 18. Warren County Veterans Highway. |
13 | (a) Designation.--U.S. Route 62 in Warren County is hereby |
14 | designated as the Warren County Veterans Highway. |
15 | (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
16 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway |
17 | designated in subsection (a) to traffic in both directions. |
18 | Section 19. Master Sergeant Scott Ball Memorial Avenue. |
19 | (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as |
20 | follows: |
21 | (1) Master Sergeant Scott Ball was killed on August 27, |
22 | 2007, when, while serving with the Pennsylvania Army National |
23 | Guard in Afghanistan, the embedded training team in which he |
24 | served was ambushed while assisting the Afghan National Army. |
25 | (2) Master Sgt. Ball was a Pennsylvania State Police |
26 | trooper assigned to Troop H, Carlisle. |
27 | (3) Prior to enlisting in the Pennsylvania State Police, |
28 | Master Sgt. Ball served the citizens of Lower Merion |
29 | Township, Montgomery County, as a Lower Merion Township |
30 | police officer from 1995-2000. |
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1 | (b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 30, from Church |
2 | Road to Rittenhouse Place, in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery |
3 | County, is hereby designated as the Master Sergeant Scott Ball |
4 | Memorial Avenue. |
5 | (c) Signs.–-The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
6 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to |
7 | traffic in both directions on the highway. |
8 | Section 20. Williamsburg Memorial Bridge. |
9 | (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as |
10 | follows: |
11 | (1) The newly constructed two-lane bridge that crosses |
12 | over the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River on State |
13 | Route 2015, also known as Yellow Springs Drive, in Catharine |
14 | Township and Williamsburg Borough, Blair County, replaces a |
15 | single-lane bridge originally built in 1936. |
16 | (2) The citizens of Williamsburg Borough were asked by |
17 | the Williamsburg Borough Council to vote on a name for the |
18 | new bridge and chose the name "Williamsburg Memorial Bridge". |
19 | (b) Designation.--The bridge that crosses over the |
20 | Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River on State Route 2015, also |
21 | known as Yellow Springs Drive, in Catharine Township and |
22 | Williamsburg Borough, Blair County, is hereby designated the |
23 | Williamsburg Memorial Bridge. |
24 | (c) Signs.–-The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
25 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to |
26 | traffic in both directions on the bridge. |
27 | Section 21. Mayor George Bugaile Memorial Highway. |
28 | (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and |
29 | declares as follows: |
30 | (1) George Bugaile was born in 1911 and raised in the |
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1 | Village of Courtney, Union Township, Washington County, with |
2 | his parents, who were immigrants from Lithuania, and three |
3 | brothers, Charles, Joseph and Frank "Browney", and later |
4 | moved to adjoining New Eagle Borough. |
5 | (2) He served in the United States Marine Corps at the |
6 | end of World War II. |
7 | (3) He served as a New Eagle Borough councilman for |
8 | eight years, elected for the first time in 1952 and again in |
9 | 1956, and also served as council president for a time. |
10 | (4) He was active in numerous civic organizations where |
11 | he selflessly worked to improve the community for future |
12 | generations. |
13 | (5) He was instrumental in bringing infrastructure |
14 | improvements, including street lighting, sidewalk and |
15 | curbing, to the community and worked successfully to convince |
16 | the postal service to bring home-delivered mail service to |
17 | New Eagle residents. |
18 | (6) He was elected mayor in 1960, took office in 1961 |
19 | and served with distinction for 20 years, until the end of |
20 | 1981. |
21 | (7) Mayor Bugaile and his wife of 35 years, Nellie, had |
22 | two daughters, the late Joanne Frances Muia and Diane Lynn |
23 | Garry. |
24 | (8) Mayor Bugaile passed away on November 1, 1996. |
25 | (b) Designation.--State Route 837, beginning at the |
26 | intersection with State Route 1065, Courtney Hill Road in the |
27 | Village of Courtney, Union Township, to the intersection with |
28 | State Route 1069, Memorial Avenue in New Eagle Borough, |
29 | Washington County, is hereby designated as the Mayor George |
30 | Bugaile Memorial Highway. |
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1 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
2 | maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under |
3 | subsection (b). |
4 | Section 22. PFC Brandon M. Styer Memorial Bridge. |
5 | (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and |
6 | declares as follows: |
7 | (1) Private First Class Brandon M. Styer enlisted in the |
8 | United States Army during his senior year of high school. |
9 | (2) PFC Styer served as a combat engineer with the 569th |
10 | Mobility Augmentation Company, 4th Engineer Battalion, Fort |
11 | Carson, Colorado. |
12 | (3) PFC Styer had previously served a tour of duty in |
13 | Iraq. |
14 | (4) PFC Styer and his comrades were patrolling in a |
15 | vehicle in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on October 15, |
16 | 2009, when their vehicle was attacked with an improvised |
17 | explosive device, wounding four soldiers. |
18 | (5) PFC Styer died from the grievous wounds he sustained |
19 | in the attack. |
20 | (6) For his bravery and heroism, PFC Styer was |
21 | posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and The Bronze Star. |
22 | (7) A 2008 graduate of Conestoga Valley High School, PFC |
23 | Styer enjoyed cars, animals, especially German Shepherd dogs, |
24 | and playing sports with his family and friends. |
25 | (8) PFC Styer was a role model to his family and |
26 | friends, as well as to the students at Lancaster Christian |
27 | School, where his stepmother was a teacher's assistant. |
28 | (9) PFC Styer was a loving son, brother, grandson, |
29 | nephew and friend who served his country with devotion and |
30 | pride. |
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1 | (10) PFC Styer paid the supreme sacrifice on behalf of |
2 | this nation and this Commonwealth. |
3 | (b) Designation.--The bridge carrying State Route 896 over |
4 | Mill Creek in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County is hereby |
5 | designated as the PFC Brandon M. Styer Memorial Bridge. |
6 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
7 | maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under |
8 | subsection (b). |
9 | Section 23. POW/MIA/KIA Memorial Highway. |
10 | (a) Designation.--The Uniontown to Brownsville link of |
11 | Pennsylvania Turnpike Route 43, beginning with the intersection |
12 | of State Route 119 in Uniontown, Fayette County, and ending at |
13 | the intersection with State Route 40 in Brownsville, Fayette |
14 | County, is hereby designated as the POW/MIA/KIA Memorial |
15 | Highway. |
16 | (b) Signs.--The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall erect |
17 | and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the |
18 | highway designated under subsection (a). |
19 | Section 24. Jack Turner Bridge. |
20 | (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and |
21 | declares as follows: |
22 | (1) Mr. John J. "Jack" Turner was born in Philadelphia |
23 | on August 31, 1937. |
24 | (2) Mr. Turner was a standout student-athlete in |
25 | multiple sports at Germantown Academy. |
26 | (3) Mr. Turner graduated from Germantown Academy in |
27 | 1956. |
28 | (4) Mr. Turner earned a full scholarship to attend the |
29 | University of Delaware, where he led the Fighting Blue Hens |
30 | as a two-way star for four years. |
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1 | (5) Upon graduating from the University of Delaware, Mr. |
2 | Turner was drafted by the Houston Oilers of the American |
3 | Football League and played half-back on their 1960 football |
4 | team. |
5 | (6) Mr. Turner served as the athletic director, head |
6 | football coach and teacher at Germantown Academy following a |
7 | short but successful career in the insurance industry. |
8 | (7) Mr. Turner's impressive career at Germantown Academy |
9 | spanned three decades, and during his 24 years, he produced a |
10 | 104-89-2 football record and two Inter-Ac League |
11 | Championships while he taught, coached and mentored hundreds |
12 | of students and athletes, helping them achieve their goals. |
13 | (8) Mr. Turner has been a resident of Fort Washington |
14 | since 1965 and was a transformational figure who helped shape |
15 | thousands of lives by positively impacting students, parents, |
16 | coaches, teachers and the community. |
17 | (b) Designation.--The bridge carrying Morris Road over the |
18 | Wissahickon Creek in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, is |
19 | hereby designated as the Jack Turner Bridge. |
20 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
21 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge |
22 | designated under subsection (b). |
23 | Section 25. Morris Gerber and A. Richard Gerber Memorial |
24 | Interchange. |
25 | (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and |
26 | declares as follows: |
27 | (1) The Honorable Morris Gerber was a renowned civic |
28 | leader, lawyer and public servant, well known for his kind, |
29 | fair and good-natured demeanor, as well as a fierce |
30 | commitment to public service. |
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1 | (2) Mr. Morris Gerber was born in Philadelphia in 1908 |
2 | and graduated from Central High School in 1925, the |
3 | University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business in |
4 | 1929 and the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1932. |
5 | (3) Mr. Morris Gerber married Frances Cohen of Ambler, |
6 | Montgomery County, in 1933 and the couple had two sons, A. |
7 | Richard Gerber and David S. Gerber. |
8 | (4) Mr. Morris Gerber's service to this Commonwealth |
9 | spanned four decades. |
10 | (5) Mr. Morris Gerber served on the Montgomery County |
11 | Court of Common Pleas. |
12 | (6) Mr. Morris Gerber served as Deputy Auditor General, |
13 | Chief Counsel to the Auditor General, Deputy State Treasurer |
14 | and Chief Counsel to the State Treasurer. |
15 | (7) Mr. Morris Gerber served in many other civic, |
16 | professional and government roles, including Chair of the |
17 | State Board of Finance and Revenue, Chair of the Norristown |
18 | State Hospital Board of Trustees, member of the boards of the |
19 | Delaware River Port Authority and the Delaware River Joint |
20 | Toll Bridge Commission, President of the Norristown Jewish |
21 | Community Center and Tiferis Israel Synagogue, President of |
22 | the Montgomery Bar Association and as delegate in the House |
23 | of Delegates of the Pennsylvania and American Bar |
24 | Associations. |
25 | (8) Mr. Morris Gerber passed away in 1995 after 62 years |
26 | of marriage and an extraordinary lifetime of public service. |
27 | (9) Commissioner A. Richard Gerber, the eldest son of |
28 | the Honorable Morris Gerber, also was a renowned civic |
29 | leader, lawyer and public servant, known for his loyalty and |
30 | dynamic personality, as well as a fierce commitment to public |
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1 | service. |
2 | (10) Mr. A. Richard Gerber was born in 1934 in |
3 | Philadelphia, raised in Norristown and graduated from |
4 | Norristown High School in 1952, the University of |
5 | Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business in 1956 and the |
6 | Dickinson School of Law in 1961. |
7 | (11) Mr. A. Richard Gerber married Penelope Moses of |
8 | Winnetka, Illinois, in 1964 and the couple had three |
9 | children, Peter H. Gerber, Courtney Gerber Kunzelmann and the |
10 | Honorable Michael F. Gerber. |
11 | (12) Mr. A. Richard Gerber served in the United States |
12 | Army as a first lieutenant. |
13 | (13) Mr. A. Richard Gerber's service to this |
14 | Commonwealth spanned five decades. |
15 | (14) Mr. A. Richard Gerber helped draft Pennsylvania's |
16 | Constitution as a Delegate to Pennsylvania's most recent |
17 | Constitutional Convention in 1967-1968. |
18 | (15) Mr. A. Richard Gerber was appointed to the |
19 | Pennsylvania Securities Commission by Governor Robert P. |
20 | Casey in 1992, receiving reappointments from Governors Thomas |
21 | J. Ridge and Edward G. Rendell, who in 2004, named Mr. A. |
22 | Richard Gerber Chair of the Commission, a position he held |
23 | until his retirement in 2006. |
24 | (16) Mr. A. Richard Gerber served in many other civic, |
25 | professional and government roles, including as a Public |
26 | Defender in Montgomery County, Counsel to the Senate of |
27 | Pennsylvania, Trustee of the Dickinson School of Law, Trustee |
28 | of the Investor Protection Trust, Governor and Secretary of |
29 | the Pennsylvania Bar Association and President of the |
30 | Montgomery Bar Association. |
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1 | (17) Mr. A. Richard Gerber passed away in 2008 after 44 |
2 | years of marriage and a distinguished career in public |
3 | service. |
4 | (18) It is fitting to honor and recognize the Honorable |
5 | Morris Gerber and Commissioner A. Richard Gerber for their |
6 | outstanding contributions and dutiful service to this |
7 | Commonwealth. |
8 | (b) Designation.--The Mid-County Interchange, Exit 20, on |
9 | Interstate 476 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension |
10 | located in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County, is hereby |
11 | designated as the Morris Gerber and A. Richard Gerber Memorial |
12 | Interchange. |
13 | (c) Signs.--The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall erect |
14 | and maintain appropriate signs displaying the designation in |
15 | subsection (b). |
16 | Section 26. Joseph W. Battisto Bypass. |
17 | (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as |
18 | follows: |
19 | (1) Joseph W. Battisto, born June 27, 1931, in Mount |
20 | Pocono, Pennsylvania, represented the citizens of the 189th |
21 | Legislative District in the Pennsylvania House of |
22 | Representatives from January 4, 1983, to November 30, 2000. |
23 | (2) In the early part of the 1980s, Battisto played a |
24 | leading role in developing the idea of a bypass to alleviate |
25 | traffic congestion in the Marshalls Creek area of Monroe |
26 | County. The result is the U.S. Route 209 Bypass, which opened |
27 | to traffic in June 2012. |
28 | (3) Battisto graduated from Stroudsburg High School in |
29 | 1949. He earned a bachelor's degree from East Stroudsburg |
30 | State Teachers College in 1956 and a master's degree from the |
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1 | University of Scranton in 1966. |
2 | (4) Battisto resides in Paradise Township, Monroe |
3 | County. |
4 | (b) Designation.--The Marshalls Creek Bypass, U.S. Route 209 |
5 | from Twin Falls Road in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, to |
6 | Oak Grove Drive in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, is |
7 | hereby designated the Joseph W. Battisto Bypass. |
8 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
9 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to |
10 | traffic in both directions on the highway. |
11 | Section 27. Pike County Veterans' Way. |
12 | (a) Designation.--State Route 739 in Delaware Township, |
13 | Dingman Township and Blooming Grove Township, Pike County, from |
14 | the intersection of State Route 6 to the State line is hereby |
15 | designated as Pike County Veterans' Way. |
16 | (b) Signs.–-The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
17 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to |
18 | traffic in both directions on the highway. |
19 | Section 28. Clarence Bridge of Freedom for All Veterans. |
20 | (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and |
21 | declares as follows: |
22 | (1) Snow Shoe Township, Centre County, has had many |
23 | veterans who have served and died for our country. |
24 | (2) Many of them have passed through the bridge on that |
25 | portion of State Route 4002, Clarence Road, in the township. |
26 | (3) All of these veterans have given some service and |
27 | some of them have given all in service to their country. |
28 | (4) The bridge should be named for all of these veterans |
29 | who have served their country well. |
30 | (b) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 4002, |
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1 | Clarence Road, in Snow Shoe Township, Centre County, is hereby |
2 | designated the Clarence Bridge of Freedom for All Veterans. |
3 | (c) Signs.–-The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
4 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to |
5 | traffic in both directions on the bridge. |
6 | Section 29. Repeals. |
7 | Repeals are as follows: |
8 | (1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under |
9 | paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the addition of |
10 | section 10. |
11 | (2) The act of May 16, 2008 (P.L.152, No.18), entitled |
12 | "An act designating State Bridge No. 36-4009-0030-0000, the |
13 | newly replaced bridge on Dillerville Road in the City of |
14 | Lancaster, Lancaster County, as the Edward Anthony Davis |
15 | Memorial Bridge," is repealed. |
16 | Section 2 5 30. Effective date. | <-- |
17 | This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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