A07230
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1002
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, DECEMBER 8, 2017
SENATOR RAFFERTY, TRANSPORTATION, AS AMENDED, JANUARY 24, 2018
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 1041 over
the Mahoning Creek in Grant Township and Canoe Township,
Indiana County, as the Army SPC Christine L. Mayes Memorial
Bridge.; AND DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE
ROUTE 286 OVER THE SOUTH BRANCH CUSH CREEK RIVER, MONTGOMERY
TOWNSHIP, INDIANA COUNTY, AS THE SGT. EDWARD JOHN PARADA
MEMORIAL BRIDGE.; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge
Key 19108, on that portion of Pennsylvania Route 286 over the
Two Lick Creek, Borough of Clymer, Indiana County, as the
Corporal Louis R. Tate Memorial Bridge; and designating a
bridge, identified as Bridge Key 19109, on that portion of
Pennsylvania Route 286 over the Two Lick Creek, at the east
end of the Borough of Clymer, Indiana County, as the Lance
Corporal Joshua T. Twigg Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Army SPC Christine L. Mayes Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) SPC Christine L. Mayes was a native of Rochester
Mills and a graduate of Marion Center Area High School.
(2) SPC Mayes enlisted in the United States Army
following graduation from high school and served on active
duty for three years in Germany.
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(3) After her release from active duty, SPC Mayes
continued to serve her country in the United States Army
Reserve with the 14th Quartermaster Detachment, 99th Army
Reserve Command in Greensburg. Her unit was activated in
support of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert
Storm.
(4) SPC Mayes was killed on February 25, 1991, when an
Iraqi scud missile destroyed a United States military
barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in the final days of the
Persian Gulf War.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on that portion of
State Route 1041 over the Mahoning Creek in Grant Township and
Canoe Township, Indiana County, is designated the Army SPC
Christine L. Mayes 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. SGT. EDWARD JOHN PARADA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) SGT. EDWARD JOHN PARADA WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, INDIANA COUNTY, AND GRADUATED FROM
PURCHASE LINE HIGH SCHOOL.
(2) ON AUGUST 27, 1970, SGT. PARADA WAS KILLED IN ACTION
IN VIETNAM WHILE SERVING WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY COMPANY
E, 327TH INFANTRY, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 286 OVER
THE SOUTH BRANCH CUSH CREEK RIVER, MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, INDIANA
COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE SGT. EDWARD JOHN PARADA MEMORIAL
BRIDGE.
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(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 3. Corporal Louis R. Tate Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Corporal Louis R. Tate was born on October 22, 1906,
in Arcadia and attended Clymer High School.
(2) Corporal Tate entered the service on March 17, 1943,
with the Hdq Company of the 304 Infantry Anti Tank Battalion,
United States Army.
(3) On February 7, 1945, Corporal Tate was killed in
action in the Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
19108, located on Pennsylvania Route 286 over the Two Lick
Creek, Borough of Clymer, Indiana County, is designated the
Corporal Louis R. Tate 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 4. Lance Corporal Joshua T. Twigg Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Lance Corporal Joshua T. Twigg was born on October
1, 1988, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Clymer
where he attended Penns Manor High School.
(2) Lance Corporal Joshua T. Twigg served his country
honorably with the United States Marine Corps 2nd Battalion,
9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division.
(3) On September 2, 2010, Lance Corporal Twigg was
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killed in action in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
19109, located on Pennsylvania Route 286 over the Two Lick
Creek, at the east end of the Borough of Clymer, Indiana County,
is designated the Lance Corporal Joshua T. Twigg 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 3 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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