1Designating a bridge in Greene County as the Lieutenant Colonel
2Cephus Lee Roupe Memorial Bridge.

3The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4hereby enacts as follows:

5Section 1. Lieutenant Colonel Cephus Lee Roupe Memorial Bridge.

6(a) Findings and declarations.--The General Assembly finds
7and declares as follows:

8(1) Lieutenant Colonel Cephus Lee Roupe was born on
9November 7, 1957, in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, and passed
10away at 54 years of age on March 2, 2012, of natural causes.

11(2) Lieutenant Colonel Roupe proudly and courageously
12served his country in the United States Army for 36 years.

13(3) Lieutenant Colonel Roupe began his career as an
14enlisted soldier and excelled through the ranks. When

1Lieutenant Colonel Roupe was an E-5 (SGT) he applied and was
2accepted into flight school in which he received his aviation
3wings at Fort Rucker, Alabama, as a Warrant Officer.

4(4) Lieutenant Colonel Roupe was a former Warrant
5Officer who received a direct commission appointment to the
6Medical Service Corps and was qualified in the UH-1, AH-1,
7UH-60, T-42, U-21 and C-12 aircraft.

8(5) Lieutenant Colonel Roupe was one of the most
9experienced Medical Service Corps aviators and was a Master
10Army Aviator and a combat veteran of Operation Desert Storm,
11the Bosnian War -- Operation Joint Endeavor and two tours in
12Iraq - Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Afghanistan - Operation
13Enduring Freedom.

14(b) Designation.--The bridge that carries State Route 18,
15Section D10, Segment 0070, Offset 0038, over Fish Creek in New
16Freeport Township, Greene County, is designated as the
17Lieutenant Colonel Cephus Lee Roupe Memorial Bridge.

18(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
19maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
20traffic in both directions on the bridge.

21Section 2. Effective date.

22This act shall take effect <-immediately in 60 days.