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PRINTER'S NO. 1623
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1493
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BOROWICZ, HENNESSEY, MALONEY, DAVANZO, SCHMITT,
BURNS, STRUZZI, HILL-EVANS, COX, VITALI, ROZZI, HAMM,
MILLARD, CAUSER, MOUL, NEILSON AND ROWE, MAY 26, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 26, 2021
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 12165, carrying
Pennsylvania Route 150 over the Bald Eagle Creek, in Bald
Eagle Township, Clinton County, as the Colonel Henry Bossert
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Colonel Henry Bossert Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Colonel Henry Bossert was born January 15, 1825, in
Northampton County.
(2) Colonel Bossert attended Lafayette College in
Easton.
(3) During the Civil War, Colonel Bossert commanded the
11th PA Infantry Regiment, the 137th PA Infantry Regiment,
the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps of the Army of
the Potomac and the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps
of the Army of the Potomac.
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(4) Colonel Bossert engaged in battle at Fredericksburg
and Antietam during the Maryland Campaign.
(5) Colonel Bossert's calmness and bravery at the Battle
of Antietam in the face of harsh combat and adversity was
critical to the Union's strategic victory on that day.
(6) Colonel Bossert died on January 23, 1892, in
Westport.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
12165, carrying Pennsylvania Route 150 over the Bald Eagle
Creek, in Bald Eagle Township, Clinton County, is designated the
Colonel Henry Bossert 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 on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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