1Renaming the Main Street Bridge in Brockway Borough, Jefferson
2County, as the Ensign USN Connie Rita Esposito Memorial
3Bridge.

4The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5hereby enacts as follows:

6Section 1. Ensign USN Connie Rita Esposito Memorial Bridge.

7(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares that:

8(1) United States Navy Nurse Corps (NNC) Ensign (ENS)
9Constance Rita Esposito was born in Brockway, Pennsylvania,
10on September 7, 1923.

11(2) USN NNC ENS Constance Rita Esposito served our
12country in the United States Navy during the Korean War Era.

13(3) On September 19, 1950, USN NNC ENS Constance Rita
14Esposito was killed when the military transport plane she was
15on crashed into the Pacific Ocean while enroute to the United
16States Naval Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan. The aircraft
17crashed and exploded shortly after taking off from Kwajalein
18Island. All 26 naval personnel on board lost their lives in
19the crash.

1(4) USN NNC ENS Constance Rita Esposito will hereby be
2remembered for her strength and courage in serving others and
3defending America's freedoms.

4(b) Change of name.--The bridge in Brockway Borough,
5Jefferson County, known as the Main Street Bridge, is hereby
6renamed the Ensign USN Connie Rita Esposito Memorial Bridge.

7(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
8maintain appropriate signs displaying the changed name of the
9bridge to traffic in both directions on the bridge.

10Section 2. Effective date.

11This act shall take effect in 60 days.