THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, MARCH 2, 2011

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 2, 2011  

AN ACT

Designating a bridge on that portion of Interstate 99 in Freedom

Township, Blair County, as the Cpl. Harry Raymond Harr

Memorial Bridge.

The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1)  Cpl. Harry Raymond Harr, United States Army, from

East Freedom, PA, was killed in action at 24 years of age on

June 5, 1945, Mindanao, Pacific, during World War II.

(2)  Cpl. Harr smothered a Japanese hand grenade with his

body and saved the lives of four of his fellow soldiers, thus

enabling the four remaining soldiers to repair their machine

guns and hold their position at the Battle of Mindanao

Island.

(3)  Cpl. Harr received the Congressional Medal of Honor

for his bravery.

(4)  There are many accidents on the bridge, located on

I-99 at mile marker 19 in the southern end of Freedom

Township and passing over old State Route 220 near the

Greenfield Township line, and the lack of a designation has

caused confusion for emergency responders.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Cpl. Harry Raymond Harr Memorial Bridge.

(a)  Designation.--The bridge located on I-99 at mile marker

19 in the southern end of Freedom Township and passing over old

State Route 220 near the Greenfield Township line, Blair County,

is hereby designated the Cpl. Harry Raymond Harr Memorial

Bridge.

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

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.