PRINTER'S NO. 2010
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1773
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY COOK, BURGOS, BURNS, KINSEY, SCHMITT, BERNSTINE
AND MILLARD, AUGUST 9, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, AUGUST 9, 2021
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 35000, on that
portion of State Route 2040 over Pigeon Creek in Bentleyville
Borough, Washington County, as the Mrs. Madeline Finney
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Mrs. Madeline Finney Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) In 1966, Mrs. Madeline (Madge) Finney decided that
something must be done about a small bridge, built in 1908,
to span Pigeon Creek, in her town of Bentleyville,
Pennsylvania, that was simply too small for what was then
"modern traffic."
(2) Mrs. Finney recognized how unsafe the bridge was for
the more than 60 children that crossed the bridge twice daily
to go to and from school, including six of her own children.
(3) Mrs. Finney spearheaded the four-year campaign to
expand the bridge.
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(4) In a letter to then State Senator William J. Lane,
she wrote, "I do not intend to let this Highway Department
have any peace until something is done about this bridge."
(5) Mrs. Finney also oversaw a letter writing campaign
of 95 children and numerous adults to Governor William
Scranton.
(6) The bridge expansion was completed in 1970.
(7) Mrs. Finney died on July 12, 2020.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
35000, on that portion of State Route 2040 over Pigeon Creek in
Bentleyville Borough, Washington County, is designated the Mrs.
Madeline Finney 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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