PRINTER'S NO. 2957
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2088
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SNYDER, BURNS, HENNESSEY, PICKETT, KORTZ, COX,
MURT, KOSIEROWSKI, MILLARD, LONGIETTI, HILL-EVANS, RYAN,
T. DAVIS, WARREN, KAUFFMAN, BERNSTINE, POLINCHOCK, McNEILL,
DiGIROLAMO, STRUZZI, STAATS, MERSKI, SAINATO, GILLEN AND
CIRESI, NOVEMBER 22, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 22, 2019
AN ACT
Designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 53827, on that
portion of State Route 2003, also known as S. Porter Street,
over the South Fork Tenmile Creek in Waynesburg, Greene
County, as the Sheriff Brian A. Tennant Memorial Bridge;
designating the interchange of State Route 43, also known as
the Mon-Fayette Expressway, with U.S. Route 40, known as Exit
22, in Redstone Township, Fayette County, as the PFC Joseph
Frank Duda Memorial Interchange; and designating the
interchange of U.S. Route 40 with State Route 4035, also
known as Market Street and Spring Street, in Brownsville,
Fayette County, as the CPL Denny Ray Easter Memorial
Interchange.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sheriff Brian A. Tennant Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) A native of Waynesburg, Sheriff Brian A. Tennant
began his lifetime of public service as a member of the
Waynesburg Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company.
(2) Sheriff Tennant also worked as an emergency medical
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technician with EMS Southwest, Inc., an ambulance and chair
service.
(3) In 2007, Sheriff Tennant graduated from the Indiana
University of Pennsylvania Criminal Justice Training Center
and began serving as a police officer with the Fallowfield
Township Police Department and later with the Waynesburg
Borough Police Department.
(4) In January of 2010, Sheriff Tennant was hailed as a
hero for helping to save several lives during a house fire in
Waynesburg that killed two children.
(5) In 2013, Sheriff Tennant was elected Sheriff of
Greene County.
(6) In 2017, Sheriff Tennant was re-elected Sheriff of
Greene County and served in this position until his death.
(7) Sheriff Tennant died on February 27, 2019, at the
age of 35.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
53827, located on that portion of State Route 2003, also known
as S. Porter Street, over the South Fork of Tenmile Creek in
Waynesburg, Greene County, is designated as the Sheriff Brian A.
Tennant Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions.
Section 2. PFC Joseph Frank Duda Memorial Interchange.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) PFC Joseph Frank Duda was born on March 14, 1921, in
Lamberton, Fayette County.
(2) On January 26, 1942, PFC Duda enlisted as a Private
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in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
(3) PFC Duda served during World War II as a member of
the First Battalion, Seventh Marines, Third Marine Brigade,
Fleet Marine Force aboard the USS Fuller.
(4) On April 10, 1942, PFC Duda was appointed Private
First Class.
(5) On January 9, 1944, PFC Duda was killed in the line
of duty as the result of a gunshot wound received in action
at Cape Glouchester, New Britain.
(b) Designation.--The interchange of State Route 43, also
known as the Mon-Fayette Expressway, with U.S. Route 40, known
as Exit 22, in Redstone Township, Fayette County, is designated
as the PFC Joseph Frank Duda Memorial Interchange.
(c) Signs.--The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall erect
and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the
interchange to traffic in both directions.
Section 3. CPL Denny Ray Easter Memorial Interchange.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) CPL Denny Ray Easter was born August 28, 1950, in
Brownsville, Fayette County.
(2) On November 11, 1970, CPL Easter joined the United
States Army and earned the rank of Corporal.
(3) CPL Easter served during the Vietnam War as an
Infantryman with B Company, 5th Battalion, 198th Light
Infantry Brigade, 46th Infantry, with a specialty of Light
Weapons Infantry.
(4) On January 13, 1971, at the age of 20, CPL Easter
was killed in the line of duty in Quang Tin province, South
Vietnam.
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(b) Designation.--The interchange of U.S. Route 40 with
State Route 4035, also known as Market Street and Spring Street,
in Brownsville, Fayette County, is designated as the CPL Denny
Ray Easter Memorial Interchange.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the
interchange to traffic in both directions.
Section 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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