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SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 172, 308, 663,
694
PRINTER'S NO. 1213
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
178
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SNYDER, READSHAW, FREEMAN, KINSEY, KNOWLES,
DiGIROLAMO, THOMAS, HENNESSEY, CONKLIN, CAUSER, COHEN,
TOEPEL, YOUNGBLOOD, CALTAGIRONE, BROWNLEE, BARRAR, HAHN,
McNEILL, KAUFFMAN, WATSON, MARSICO, COX, TALLMAN, W. KELLER,
PAYNE, LONGIETTI, DONATUCCI, A. HARRIS, GILLEN, MATZIE,
MILLARD, DUSH, GRELL, O'NEILL, D. COSTA, MURT, FARINA,
SCHWEYER, JOZWIAK, GABLER, M. K. KELLER, MAJOR, GIBBONS,
McCARTER, SONNEY, KORTZ, ENGLISH, DAVIS AND MARSHALL,
JANUARY 23, 2015
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, APRIL 14, 2015
AN ACT
Designating the interchange of State Route 43 at the Mon-Fayette
Expressway Interchange with State Route 88, known as Exit 28,
in Washington County as the Marine Cpl. Thomas R. Matty
Memorial Interchange; designating a bridge on that portion of
State Route 1013, known as Knupp Road, over the Hypocrite
Creek, Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, as the PFC
LeRoy D. "Whitey" Schaller Bridge; and designating a portion
of State Route 711 in New Florence Borough through St. Clair
Township, Westmoreland County, as the Veterans Highway.; AND
DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 88 OVER
MUDDY CREEK, CUMBERLAND TOWNSHIP, GREENE COUNTY, AS THE ARMY
CORPORAL RICHARD W. KOWALEWSKI, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.; AND
DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE CARRYING STATE U.S. ROUTE 322 OVER THE
EAST BRANCH OF THE BRANDYWINE CREEK IN WEST BRADFORD AND EAST
CALN TOWNSHIPS, CHESTER COUNTY, AS THE ROBBIE AND RYAN MILLER
MEMORIAL BRIDGE.; DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE
ROUTE 34 THAT CONNECTS THE BANKS OF THE JUNIATA RIVER IN
NEWPORT, PERRY COUNTY, AS THE PAUL REIDER BRIDGE; AND
DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 2029 AND 2049, ALSO
KNOWN AS BATH ROAD, IN BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, AS THE
SERGEANT GEORGE STUCKEY MEMORIAL ROAD.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
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Section 1. Marine Cpl. Thomas R. Matty Memorial Interchange.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Thomas Richard Matty was born on October 4, 1945, in
Denbo, Pennsylvania.
(2) He was a 1963 graduate of Bethlehem Center High
School where he excelled in many sports, especially baseball.
He received a business administration degree from the
Educational Institute of Pittsburgh in 1965.
(3) Thomas R. Matty enlisted in the United States Marine
Corps in 1966. He attended boot camp training at Parris
Island and additional training at Camp Lejeune and at El
Toro, California. He arrived in Vietnam on November 9, 1967.
(4) Marine Cpl. Thomas R. Matty made the ultimate
sacrifice for his country when he was killed in the vicinity
of Quang Nam Province in South Vietnam on December 21,
1967,at 22 years of age.
(5) Bethlehem Center High School continues to honor
Marine Cpl. Thomas R. Matty by giving an award to a senior
class member in his honor.
(b) Designation.--The interchange of State Route 43 in
Washington County at the Mon-Fayette Expressway Interchange with
State Route 88, known as Exit 28, is hereby designated the
Marine Cpl. Thomas R. Matty Memorial Interchange.
(c) Signs.--The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall erect
and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the
interchange.
Section 2. PFC LeRoy D. "Whitey" Schaller Memorial Bridge.
(a) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 1013,
known as Knupp Road, over the Hypocrite Creek, in Fairfield
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Township, Westmoreland County, is hereby designated the PFC
LeRoy D. "Whitey" Schaller 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 3. Veterans Highway.
(a) Designation.--The portion of State Route 711 commencing
at the intersection of Ligonier Street and 13th Street in New
Florence Borough, Westmoreland County, and continuing through
St. Clair Township at the Seward Borough line, is hereby
designated the Veterans Highway.
(b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
SECTION 4. ARMY CORPORAL RICHARD W. KOWALEWSKI, JR., MEMORIAL
BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) RICHARD W. KOWALEWSKI, JR., WAS BORN ON MARCH 31,
1973, IN WAYNESBURG.
(2) RICHARD W. KOWALEWSKI, JR., ENLISTED IN THE UNITED
STATES ARMY AND COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING IN JUNE 1992.
(3) CORPORAL KOWALEWSKI WAS LATER ASSIGNED TO THE 3RD
BATTALION, 75TH RANGER REGIMENT.
(4) AS PART OF A UNITED NATIONS PEACE KEEPING OPERATION,
CORPORAL KOWALEWSKI WAS DEPLOYED TO SOMALIA IN AUGUST 1993.
(5) ON OCTOBER 3, 1993, CORPORAL KOWALEWSKI, ALONG WITH
17 OTHER MEN, WERE KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF MOGADISHU. DURING
THE BATTLE, A GROUP OF SOMALIS, ARMED WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS
AND ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADES, AMBUSHED CORPORAL KOWALEWSKI'S
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CONVOY WHILE IN ROUTE TO RESCUE DOWNED PILOTS OF A BLACK HAWK
HELICOPTER.
(6) THE ENCOUNTER HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS ONE OF OUR
COUNTRY'S MOST VIOLENT FIREFIGHTS SINCE VIETNAM. THE BATTLE
WAS LATER DEPICTED IN THE FAMOUS NOVEL AND MOVIE "BLACK HAWK
DOWN."
(7) FOR HIS HEROIC ACTIONS DURING BATTLE, CORPORAL
KOWALEWSKI WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL WITH VALOR AND
THE PURPLE HEART.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 88 IN
CUMBERLAND TOWNSHIP, GREENE COUNTY, SECTION Q10, SEGMENT
0300/0000, STRUCTURE NUMBER S-31843, OVER MUDDY CREEK IS HEREBY
DESIGNATED THE ARMY CORPORAL RICHARD W. KOWALEWSKI, JR.,
MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE
BRIDGE DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (B).
SECTION 5. ROBBIE AND RYAN MILLER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) BROTHERS ROBERT "ROBBIE" AND RYAN MILLER WERE VERY
WELL-RESPECTED IN THEIR COMMUNITY FOR THEIR COURAGEOUS
DEVOTION TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
(2) ROBBIE AND RYAN MILLER SERVED AS VOLUNTEER
FIREFIGHTERS FOR THE WEST BRADFORD FIRE COMPANY, THE WEST
CHESTER GOOD WILL FIRE COMPANY AND THE EAST BRANDYWINE FIRE
COMPANY.
(3) ROBBIE MILLER WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT ON
MAY 2, 2013.
(4) TRAGICALLY, RYAN MILLER WAS ALSO KILLED IN A
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MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT ON JULY 19, 2014.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE CARRYING STATE U.S. ROUTE 322
OVER THE EAST BRANCH OF THE BRANDYWINE CREEK IN WEST BRADFORD
AND EAST CALN TOWNSHIPS, CHESTER COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED
THE ROBBIE AND RYAN MILLER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE
BRIDGE DESIGNATED UNDER SUBSECTION (B).
SECTION 6. PAUL REIDER BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) IN 1789, PAUL REIDER PURCHASED A TRACT OF LAND ON
THE BANKS OF THE JUNIATA RIVER FROM DAVID ENGLISH.
(2) OVER TIME, REIDER'S DESCENDANTS FOUNDED THE TOWN OF
REIDER'S FERRY AT THAT POINT ON THE JUNIATA RIVER, WHICH WAS
FORMALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1804 AS THE TOWN OF REIDERSVILLE.
(3) TODAY THE TOWN OF REIDERSVILLE IS KNOWN AS NEWPORT.
(4) THE REIDER'S FERRY BRIDGE COMPANY, FOUNDED IN 1838,
CONSTRUCTED A COVERED BRIDGE IN 1851 SPANNING THE JUNIATA
RIVER CONNECTING NEWPORT TO HOWE TOWNSHIP.
(5) THAT BRIDGE WAS DESTROYED IN AN 1889 FLOOD AND
REPLACED WITH ANOTHER COVERED BRIDGE.
(6) IN 1903, THE COVERED BRIDGE WAS REPLACED WITH AN
IRON BRIDGE.
(7) IN 1934, THE IRON BRIDGE WAS REPLACED WITH A STEEL
BRIDGE, WHICH HAS REMAINED UNNAMED.
(8) THE NEWPORT CELEBRATES 175 STEERING COMMITTEE AND
THE NEWPORT REVITALIZATION AND PRESERVATION SOCIETY BOTH HAVE
VOTED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THIS COMMUNITY FOUNDER IS DESERVING OF
COMMEMORATIVE ACTION.
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(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 34 THAT
CONNECTS THE BANKS OF THE JUNIATA RIVER IN NEWPORT, PERRY
COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AS THE PAUL REIDER BRIDGE.
(C) 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 7. SERGEANT GEORGE STUCKEY MEMORIAL ROAD.
(A) FINDINGS.--
(1) SERGEANT GEORGE F. STUCKEY WAS BORN JUNE 29, 1939,
IN MICHIGAN AND CAME TO THE BUCKS COUNTY AREA WHEN HE WAS A
CHILD. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF DELHAAS HIGH SCHOOL.
(2) SERGEANT STUCKEY WAS A POLICE OFFICER WITH THE
BRISTOL TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE SERVED FOR SEVEN
YEARS. HE HELD THE RANK OF DETECTIVE FOR FIVE YEARS BEFORE
BECOMING ACTING SERGEANT IN THE DETECTIVE DIVISION. HE SERVED
AS THE DEPARTMENT'S PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERT.
(3) SERGEANT STUCKEY MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE ON
MARCH 29, 1972, WHEN HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF
DUTY WHILE STOPPING A VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A BANK ROBBERY
ALONG BATH ROAD IN BRISTOL TOWNSHIP. THE SHOOTING OCCURRED
ONLY A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET FROM THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
(4) SERGEANT STUCKEY WAS THE FIRST POLICE OFFICER IN
BUCKS COUNTY TO BE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 2029, KNOWN AS
BATH ROAD, THAT RUNS BETWEEN US ROUTE 13 (SEGMENT 10) TO OXFORD
VALLEY ROAD (SEGMENT 40) AND THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 2049,
ALSO KNOWN AS BATH ROAD, THAT RUNS BETWEEN OXFORD VALLEY ROAD
(SEGMENT 10) TO STATE ROUTE 413 (SEGMENT 40) IN BRISTOL
TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, ARE HEREBY DESIGNATED AS THE SERGEANT
GEORGE STUCKEY MEMORIAL ROAD.
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(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
Section 4 5 6 8. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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