PRINTER'S NO. 2280
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1695
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SANKEY, BIZZARRO, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL, DUSH, GABLER, GROVE,
A. HARRIS, HENNESSEY, MILLARD, MUSTIO, NEILSON, PICKETT,
READSHAW, ROZZI, RYAN, SOLOMON, SONNEY, WARD AND WHEELAND,
AUGUST 15, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, AUGUST 15, 2017
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
attained the rank of Airman Second Class. He completed a
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