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PRINTER'S NO. 603
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
93
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MILLARD, DiGIROLAMO, PICKETT, HAHN, LONGIETTI,
DRISCOLL, MURT, FREEMAN, HENNESSEY, DUSH, SONNEY, HILL-EVANS,
GABLER, WARD, CALTAGIRONE, READSHAW, PEIFER, SAYLOR, JOZWIAK,
D. COSTA AND WHEELAND, FEBRUARY 23, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 23, 2017
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 93 from the boundary line
between Berwick Borough and Briar Creek Borough, Columbia
County, to the boundary line between Orangeville Borough and
Orange Township, Columbia County, as the Stuart Tank Memorial
Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Stuart Tank Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) The American Car and Foundry Company in Berwick
employed 9,135 workers from 177 municipalities throughout
northeastern Pennsylvania during the World War II era.
(2) These workers produced 15,224 Stuart Light Tanks as
their contribution to the Arsenal of Democracy and to the
thousands of soldiers, Marines and Allied forces who rode
those tanks to victory over tyranny.
(3) The United States Ordnance Department required road
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testing of each Stuart Light Tank prior to government
acceptance.
(4) State Route 93 from the American Car and Foundry
Company - Berwick plant to the outskirts of Orangeville
Borough was the route selected for this road testing.
(5) From 1940 through 1944, Stuart Light Tanks were road
tested on this route at a rate of up to 40 tanks per day.
(6) Stuart Light Tanks have been recognized by the
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission with a
historical marker at the current entrance to what had been
the American Car and Foundry Company complex in Berwick.
(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 93 from the
boundary line between Berwick Borough and Briar Creek Borough,
Columbia County, to the boundary line between Orangeville
Borough and Orange Township, Columbia County, is designated as
the Stuart Tank Memorial Highway.
(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 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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