PRINTER'S NO. 2242
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1562
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SANKEY, BENNINGHOFF, BIZZARRO, CAUSER, COHEN,
CONKLIN, D. COSTA, DIAMOND, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL,
DUSH, FARINA, GILLEN, GROVE, HAHN, A. HARRIS, HEFFLEY,
HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, IRVIN, KNOWLES, MAHONEY, MAJOR,
MARSICO, METZGAR, MILLARD, MURT, O'NEILL, RAPP, READSHAW,
SCHWEYER, SIMMONS, SNYDER, SONNEY, THOMAS, VEREB, WARD AND
WHEELAND, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
AN ACT
Designating the viaduct bridges located on Interstate 80,
Eastbound, Segment Number 1382, Offset 0000, and Westbound,
Segment Number 1383, Offset 0000, in Cooper Township,
Clearfield County, over Moshannon Creek as the Richard B.
Whitehead Memorial Bridges.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Richard B. Whitehead Memorial Bridges.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Richard Byrd Whitehead was born on April 15, 1930,
in the small mountain community of Philipsburg. He was one of
10 children born to Mae and Leslie Whitehead, who were
lifelong residents of the town. He graduated from Philipsburg
High School in 1949, where he participated in a number of
sports, including football and baseball.
(2) In 1951, he entered the United States Air Force and
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attained the rank of Airman Second Class. He completed a
successful tenure in the service, including time spent in
Japan. He returned on October 3, 1953, aboard the USS James
O'Hara.
(3) Through Iron Workers Local Union No. 772, currently
Iron Workers Local Union No. 3, of Clearfield, he was
recruited to work on the Interstate 80 construction project,
a part of which included the viaduct bridge construction near
Kylertown.
(4) Richard Byrd Whitehead was tragically killed at the
viaduct bridge construction site on July 29, 1966, as a
result of a fall, leaving behind his beloved wife and two
young children, Richard Byrd and Julie Kay. He was a devoted
husband, father, son, brother, uncle and cousin and a friend
to many in his close-knit community.
(b) Designation.--The viaduct bridges located on Interstate
80, Eastbound, Segment Number 1382, Offset 0000, and Westbound,
Segment Number 1383, Offset 0000, in Cooper Township, Clearfield
County, over Moshannon Creek are hereby designated the Richard
B. Whitehead Memorial Bridges.
(c) Signs.–-The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridges to
traffic in both directions on the bridges.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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