Trial Engrossment of Amendment A02283 to Senate Bill 0621 P.N. 1115, Regular Session 2023-2024

HOUSE AMENDED

A02283

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

621

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY COMITTA, KANE, BREWSTER, SANTARSIERO, FONTANA,

BARTOLOTTA, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, HUTCHINSON, STEFANO, ROBINSON

AND STREET, APRIL 25, 2023

AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

AN ACT

Designating the portion of Pennsylvania Route 41 (Gap Newport

Pike) from the intersection with Bernard Avenue to the

intersection with Highland Road in West Fallowfield Township,

Chester County, as the Corporal Brandon Hardy Memorial

Highway; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key

13775, carrying Pennsylvania Route 641 over Big Spring Creek

on the border of Newville Borough and West Pennsboro

Township, Cumberland County, as the SFC Randall Shughart

Memorial Bridge; designating a portion of Johnson Mill Road

(State Route 1001) from the bridge over Buffalo Creek (Bridge

Key 33467) to the intersection of Colonel John Kelly Road

(State Route 1002) in Buffalo Township, Union County, as the

Sgt. Edward L. Shannon Memorial Highway; designating a

bridge, identified as Bridge Key 13617, carrying Pennsylvania

Route 34, over Mountain Creek in Mount Holly Springs Borough,

Cumberland County, as the Firefighter Jerome Guise Memorial

Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8553,

carrying State Route 1006 on Syberton Road over Clearfield

Creek in Gallitzin Township, Cambria County, as the Private

Martin J. Hanlon Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge,

identified as Bridge Key 36247, carrying Pennsylvania Route

711 over Loyalhanna Creek in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland

County, as the Sergeant Alvin P. Carey and Private John C.

Ewing Medal of Honor Memorial Bridge; designating the bridge,

identified as Bridge Keys 34474 and 34477, carrying

Interstate 70 over Pennsylvania Route 18, on the border of

Washington City and Canton Township, Washington County, as

the Corporal Frank J. Sworden Memorial Bridge; designating a

portion of Pennsylvania Route 310 between Knox Dale Road,

also known as State Route 2023, and Ash Street in McCalmont

Township, Jefferson County, as the Lance Cpl. Bernard Himes

Memorial Highway; and designating a bridge, identified as

Bridge Key 33758, carrying Pennsylvania Route 427 over Sugar

Creek in Sugarcreek Borough, Venango County, as the Staff

Sergeant Richard James Mulholland Memorial Bridge.;

DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8537, CARRYING

PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 869 OVER A TRIBUTARY OF THE LITTLE

CONEMAUGH RIVER IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE

SERGEANT VANCE STEPHAN KESLAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A

BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8392, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA

ROUTE 53 OVER BRUEBAKER RUN IN DEAN TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY,

AS THE U.S. ARMY TECHNICAL SERGEANT JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON

MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE

KEY 43267, ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 3041, ALSO KNOWN AS

DISHONG MOUNTAIN ROAD, OVER U.S. ROUTE 22 IN JACKSON

TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE TECHNICAL SERGEANT MIKE

CAPELLI MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS

BRIDGE KEY 45701, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 403 OVER THE

CONEMAUGH RIVER BETWEEN JOHNSTOWN CITY AND WEST TAYLOR

TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE CAPTAIN RAYMOND W. CALLAHAN,

JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS

BRIDGE KEY 8569, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1021 OVER GLENDALE LAKE

IN WHITE TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE CPL REID REX ROSS 3

BT 26 MARINE REG. MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,

IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 56008, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE

403 OVER STONYCREEK RIVER IN JOHNSTOWN CITY, CAMBRIA COUNTY,

AS THE SGT. JOHN C. ALAIMO MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A

BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8444, CARRYING US ROUTE 219

OVER PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 56, ALSO KNOWN AS SCALP AVENUE, IN

RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE PFC STANLEY ALBERT

STYS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS

BRIDGE KEY 8547, LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 1002, ALSO KNOWN AS

FRIEND LEA ROAD, OVER U.S. ROUTE 219 IN CAMBRIA TOWNSHIP,

CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE PFC CYRIL T. YECKLEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE;

DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8654, CARRYING

STATE ROUTE 3035 OVER THE LITTLE CONEMAUGH RIVER IN EAST

TAYLOR TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE EAST TAYLOR TOWNSHIP

VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS

BRIDGE KEY 43558, CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 22 OVER A TRIBUTARY OF

HINCKSTON RUN IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE

OFFICER MATTHEW KRUPA MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,

IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 55994, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4002

OVER CALIFORNIA RUN IN CAMBRIA TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS

THE SENIOR CHIEF STANLEY "STUSH" KUBAT, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE;

DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 46706,

CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4001, ALSO KNOWN AS IVERSON ROAD, OVER

STEVENS RUN IN BLACKLICK TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE PVT

DONALD D. MARSH MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,

IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 19716, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 2019

OVER MAHONING CREEK IN BELL TOWNSHIP, JEFFERSON COUNTY, AS

THE SP4 MICHAEL RAYMOND ISHMAN MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A

BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5550, CARRYING WOODBURY PIKE

(PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 36) OVER HALTER CREEK, SPANNING BLAIR AND

FREEDOM TOWNSHIPS, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE PVT. WILLIAM E. GREEN

MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE

KEY 41606, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 3011, ALSO KNOWN AS BRANCH

ROAD, OVER SPRING CREEK IN COLLEGE TOWNSHIP, CENTRE COUNTY,

AS THE PETTY OFFICER JOHN W. COBLE MEMORIAL BRIDGE;

DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 46159,

CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 36 ON CHARGER HIGHWAY, BLAIR

TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE MARINE LANCE CORPORAL RALPH

A02283 - 2 -

HAMMEL MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS

BRIDGE KEY 52767, CARRYING WEST HIGH STREET (STATE ROUTE

4031), CROSSING THE GHOST TOWN TRAIL, LOCATED IN EBENSBURG

BOROUGH, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE CORPSMAN CHARLES DOERR,

UNITED STATES NAVY, MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,

IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 11781, ON THAT PORTION OF STATE

ROUTE 3004 OVER THE WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, BURNSIDE

TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, AS THE UNITED STATES ARMY

SERGEANT HAROLD KOLLER MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,

IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8555, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1007 OVER

CHEST CREEK ON THE BORDER OF ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP AND EAST

CARROLL TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE SERGEANT REGIS H.

DRISKEL MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF

PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 143 IN LYNN TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY, FROM

THE INTERSECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 309 TO THE BORDER OF

BERKS COUNTY, AS HEROES HIGHWAY, IN HONOR OF FALLEN

FIREFIGHTER MARVIN GRUBER AND ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF ZACHARY

PARIS; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 47515,

CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 286 OVER BLACKLEGS CREEK IN

CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP, INDIANA COUNTY, AS THE CAPTAIN ROBERT M.

YOUNG MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS

BRIDGE KEY 8574, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1021 OVER CLEARFIELD

CREEK IN WHITE TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE CHARLES OWEN

JENKINS, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,

IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 45509, CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 40 OVER

PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 43 IN REDSTONE TOWNSHIP, FAYETTE COUNTY,

AS THE PFC JOHN BALOG MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,

IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 47947, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1054

OVER INDIAN CREEK IN SALTLICK TOWNSHIP, FAYETTE COUNTY, AS

THE SGT. EARL D. BARKLEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE

SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 403, ALSO KNOWN AS CRAMER PIKE, FROM

THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE 3041 IN WEST TAYLOR

TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, TO THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE

ROUTE 8010, SEGMENT 250 (RAMP E) IN EAST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP,

INDIANA COUNTY, AS THE CAPTAIN HARRY G. CRAMER MEMORIAL

HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 173

BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF SLIPPERY ROCK TOWNSHIP TO THE

SOUTHERN BORDER OF SLIPPERY ROCK BOROUGH IN SLIPPERY ROCK

TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY, AS THE 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE

HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

53848, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 36 OVER CANOE CREEK IN

BELL TOWNSHIP, JEFFERSON COUNTY, AS THE PFC LARRY E. FRANTZ

MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE INTERCHANGE OF U.S. ROUTE

22/322 WITH ARCH ROCK ROAD IN FERMANAGH TOWNSHIP, JUNIATA

COUNTY, AS THE TROOPER JACQUES F. ROUGEAU, JR., MEMORIAL

INTERCHANGE; DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

47695, CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 202 OVER ALMSHOUSE ROAD IN

DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, AS THE CPT CONNOR J.

BEDNARZYK, USA MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,

IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 12099, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE

120, ALSO KNOWN AS RENOVO ROAD, OVER YOUNG WOMEN'S CREEK IN

CHAPMAN TOWNSHIP, CLINTON COUNTY, AS THE STAFF SERGEANT JOHN

F. CURCIO MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED

AS BRIDGE KEY 44399, LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE

4049 OVER INTERSTATE 70 IN SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP,

WASHINGTON COUNTY, AS THE LOUIS E. WALLER MEMORIAL BRIDGE;

DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 9570, ON THAT

PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 3049 OVER THE MOSHANNON CREEK IN RUSH

TOWNSHIP, CENTRE COUNTY, AS THE LANCE CORPORAL MICHAEL P.

SEGICH MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS

A02283 - 3 -

BRIDGE KEY 5759, LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 3002

OVER SOUTH POPLAR RUN IN GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY,

AS THE CORPORAL CLYDE E. WALTER, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE;

DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 7178, CARRYING

STATE ROUTE 2018 OVER I-295 IN MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, BUCKS

COUNTY, AS THE STAFF SGT. JAE S. MOON MEMORIAL BRIDGE;

DESIGNATING A PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 445 FROM THE

INTERSECTION WITH PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 45 TO THE INTERSECTION

WITH PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 192 IN MILLHEIM BOROUGH AND PENN

TOWNSHIP, CENTRE COUNTY, AS THE LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT D.

SPRINGER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; designating a bridge, identified

as Bridge Key 55815, carrying State Route 1005 over Crooked

Creek in Rayne Township, Indiana County, as the Sergeant

Charles R. Learn Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge,

identified as Pennsylvania Route 443 bridge, over the Little

Schuylkill River, located in Walker Township, Schuylkill

County, as the William Hoffman Memorial Bridge; designating a

bridge, identified as Park Road Bridge, located in

Wyomissing, Berks County, as the Joseph Walker Memorial

Bridge; designating a bridge on U.S. Route 209 over Middle

Creek, located in Polk Township, Monroe County, as the

Charles Gardner Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, also

known as the Bridge Street Bridge, located in Weissport

Borough, Carbon County, as the Ralph Strubinger Memorial

Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as U.S. Route 422

Bridge, over the Little Cacoosing Creek, located in Lower

Heidelberg Township, Berks County, and South Heidelberg

Township, Berks County, as the Wilbur Bohn Memorial Bridge;

designating a bridge, on Little Mountain Road over the Little

Catawissa Creek, located in Union Township, Schuylkill

County, as the Joseph Zienkiewicz Memorial Bridge;

designating a bridge, on Pennsylvania Route 191 over Brodhead

Creek, located in Stroud Township, Monroe County, as the

Gordon Brink Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, on

Pennsylvania Route 924 over the railroad, located in

Gilberton Borough, Monroe County, as the Walter Skubel

Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, on Pennsylvania Route

512 over the Monocacy Creek, located in Bethlehem City,

Northampton County, as the Raphael Rivera Memorial Bridge;

designating a bridge on Pennsylvania Route 443 over the

Schuylkill River, located in Schuylkill Haven Borough,

Schuylkill County, as the Caitlin McGarry Memorial Bridge;

designating the portion of State Route 1013 (Academy Road)

from the intersection with Cromwell Road to the intersection

with Comly Road in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, as the

U.S. Army Ranger SPC Devin J. Kuhn Memorial Highway;

designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8660, carrying

State Route 3039 over the Conemaugh River in the City of

Johnstown, Cambria County, as the Corporal Robert J. Rusnak

Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge

Key 11476, on State Route 322, also known as Nichols Street

over the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in the Borough

of Clearfield, Clearfield County, as the Walter Lane Memorial

Bridge; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 5221,

carrying U.S. Route 422 Business, also known as Penn Street,

over the Schuylkill River in the City of Reading, Berks

County, as the Police Officer Scott A. Wertz Memorial Bridge;

designating a portion of State Route 2005, known as Lehigh

Street, in Allentown, Lehigh County, from Segment 0060/Offset

1800 to the intersection with Vultee Street, as the Chief

A02283 - 4 -

Christopher Kiskeravage Memorial Highway; AND MAKING REPEALS.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Corporal Brandon Hardy Memorial Highway.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds that:

(1) Brandon Michael Hardy, born March 8, 1981, was a

resident of Cochranville, Chester County, and was the oldest

of four children.

(2) Corporal Hardy graduated from Octorara High School

in 1999 and enrolled at CAT-Brandywine Vocational Technical

School in the culinary arts program and was awarded the

Outstanding Culinary Arts Co-Op Student Award.

(3) After seeing news coverage of Operation Desert Storm

in 1991, Corporal Hardy was inspired to join the military and

later decided to join the United States Air Force in 1999.

(4) Corporal Hardy was stationed in Germany for two

years and served three years at Fairchild Air Force Base in

Spokane, Washington.

(5) While serving at these duty stations, Corporal Hardy

was deployed three times to the Middle East, serving in Saudi

Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

(6) In an extraordinary move, Corporal Hardy decided to

forgo his rank and pay to basically start over and enlist as

a member of the United States Marine Corps.

(7) After advanced infantry training, Corporal Hardy

moved on to Camp Pendleton where he graduated at the top of

the class at the Assault Amphibian Training School, serving

as crew chief of an assault amphibian vehicle assigned to the

3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I

Marine Expeditionary Force.

A02283 - 5 -

(8) Corporal Hardy was deployed to Iraq on March 27,

2006.

(9) On April 28, 2006, in the early morning hours, at

the Haditha Dam area in Anbar Province, Iraq, Corporal Hardy

was returning to base camp after an aid and assist mission

when the vehicle in which he was a passenger struck an IED.

(10) Three of the five passengers of the Humvee were

mortally wounded, including Corporal Hardy, who was killed in

action.

(11) As a member of the United States Marine Corps,

Corporal Hardy received the following awards:

(i) Purple Heart.

(ii) Combat Action Ribbon.

(iii) Good Conduct Medal.

(iv) National Defense Service Medal.

(v) Iraq Campaign Medal.

(vi) Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

(vii) Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.

(viii) Hawaiian Medal of Honor by the State of

Hawaii.

(b) Designation.--The portion of Pennsylvania Route 41 (Gap

Newport Pike) from the intersection with Bernard Avenue to the

intersection with Highland Road in West Fallowfield Township,

Chester County, is designated as the Corporal Brandon Hardy

Memorial Highway.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to

traffic in both directions on the highway.

Section 2. SFC Randall Shughart Memorial Bridge.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

A02283 - 6 -

follows:

(1) Sergeant First Class Randall David "Randy" Shughart

was born August 13, 1958, in Lincoln, Nebraska, into an Air

Force family.

(2) The Shugharts moved to Newville, Pennsylvania, after

SFC Shughart's father left the United States Air Force,

living on and tending to a dairy farm.

(3) SFC Shughart joined the United States Army while

attending Big Spring High School in Newville and entered upon

graduation.

(4) SFC Shughart completed a pre-ranger course and was

granted a slot to attend Army Ranger School, from which he

graduated and earned the coveted Ranger Tab.

(5) SFC Shughart left the service for a time and then

reenlisted into the Army Rangers. He was later assigned to

"Delta Force" and transferred to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

(6) SFC Shughart was deployed to Mogadishu, Somalia,

with other Delta Force members in the summer of 1993 as part

of Task Force Ranger.

(7) On October 3, 1993, SFC Shughart was a member of the

sniper team during Operation Gothic Serpent, a joint-force

assault mission to apprehend key advisers to Somali warlord

Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

(8) During the assault, Super Six One and Four, two of

the Army's Black Hawk helicopters providing insertion and air

support to the assault team, were shot down and crashed in

the city.

(9) SFC Shughart and his Delta Sniper Team Leader,

Master Sergeant Gary Gordon, were inserted approximately 100

meters from the second crash site, armed with only their

A02283 - 7 -

sniper rifles and sidearms, and made their way to the

location of the downed Blackhawk.

(10) When Master Sergeant Gordon and SFC Shughart

reached Super Six Four, they extracted the pilot, Chief

Warrant Officer Mike Durant, and other crew members from the

aircraft and established defensive positions around the

crash.

(11) It is believed that Master Sergeant Gordon was

first to be shot by a mob, which had surrounded the crash

site.

(12) SFC Shughart retrieved Master Sergeant Gordon's

CAR-15 assault rifle and gave it to Chief Warrant Officer

Durant to use. Shortly after, SFC Shughart was killed, the

site was overrun and Chief Warrant Officer Durant was beaten

by the mob before being taken hostage.

(13) SFC Shughart posthumously received the Medal of

Honor for his heroic actions and sacrifice.

(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key

13775, carrying Pennsylvania Route 641 over Big Spring Creek on

the border of Newville Borough and West Pennsboro Township,

Cumberland County, is designated as the SFC Randall Shughart

Memorial Bridge.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

Section 3. Sgt. Edward L. Shannon Memorial Highway.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1) Edward L. Shannon was born March 6, 1895, in

Mazeppa, Union County.

A02283 - 8 -

(2) He served in World War I with the 103rd Trench

Mortar Battery in the United States Army.

(3) On September 26, 1918, Sgt. Shannon bravely gave his

life for his country after encountering hostile action in the

Argonne Forest of France.

(4) Before serving in World War I, Sgt. Shannon fought

in the Mexican Border War in 1917. For his actions there, he

was awarded the Mexican Service Medal.

(5) He is considered a hometown hero to many in the

community of Mazeppa.

(b) Designation.--The portion of Johnson Mill Road (State

Route 1001) from the bridge over Buffalo Creek (Bridge Key

33467) to the intersection of Colonel John Kelly Road (State

Route 1002) in Buffalo Township, Union County, is designated as

the Sgt. Edward L. Shannon Memorial Highway.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to

traffic in both directions on the highway.

Section 4. Firefighter Jerome Guise Memorial Bridge.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1) Jerome S. Guise was born February 15, 1986, in

Carlisle, Cumberland County.

(2) Mr. Guise was the father of three children: Kayla,

Wyatt and Zayden.

(3) Mr. Guise was a firefighter with the Citizen's Fire

Company No. 1 in Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland County. He

served as a live-in, full-time firefighter with the Citizen's

Fire Company No. 1 for 17 years.

(4) Over the course of his tenure with the department,

A02283 - 9 -

Mr. Guise ranked as one of the most responsive firefighters,

responding to nearly 150-200 fire calls per year.

(5) On March 9, 2020, Mr. Guise was dispatched to a

house fire. He entered the home to search for survivors, but

was killed when the home collapsed around him.

(6) For his outstanding service to the fire department

and for his bravery in responding to the March 9 house fire,

Mr. Guise was awarded the Firefighter of the Year award in

2020.

(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key

13617, carrying Pennsylvania Route 34, over Mountain Creek in

Mount Holly Springs Borough, Cumberland County, is designated as

the Firefighter Jerome Guise Memorial Bridge.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

Section 5. Private Martin J. Hanlon Memorial Bridge.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1) Martin Joseph Hanlon was born May 28, 1950, in

Allegheny Township.

(2) Private Hanlon attended Cresson High School and

graduated in 1968. He was a member of the Future Farmers of

America and worked at a logging company.

(3) Private Hanlon joined the United States Marine Corps

and served as a Private in the 1st Marine Division, 11th

Mountain Battalion, A Company, 3rd Marine Amphibious Force.

(4) On December 27, 1970, in the Quang Nam Province of

South Vietnam, Private Hanlon was positioned as a gunner on a

truck. He was killed in action when the vehicle struck a land

A02283 - 10 -

mine on the roadway.

(5) Private Hanlon received the National Defense Service

Medal, the Purple Heart, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the

Vietnam Service Medal and the Combat Action Ribbon for his

bravery and sacrifice.

(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8553,

carrying State Route 1006 on Syberton Road over Clearfield Creek

in Gallitzin Township, Cambria County, is designated as the

Private Martin J. Hanlon Memorial Bridge.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

Section 6. Sergeant Alvin P. Carey and Private John C. Ewing

Medal of Honor Memorial Bridge.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1) Alvin P. Carey was born August 16, 1916, in

Lycippus, Westmoreland County.

(2) Mr. Carey graduated from Ligonier High School in

1935.

(3) Mr. Carey enlisted in the United States Army in

January 1941, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

(4) Sergeant Carey landed at Utah Beach in Normandy on

June 7, 1944, with the 2nd Infantry Division. Initially

wounded in action and awarded the Purple Heart, he returned

to the front lines to fight the Germans in Brest, France.

While at Brest, Sergeant Carey was mortally wounded after

crawling up a fire-riddled hill alone to take on a German

pillbox. Due to his brave actions, the Allied soldiers were

able to quickly take over the pillbox, leading to the end of

A02283 - 11 -

Axis control in France.

(5) John C. Ewing was born March 4, 1843, in Donegal

Township, Westmoreland County.

(6) Mr. Ewing received no formal education and was self-

taught.

(7) Mr. Ewing volunteered for service with the

Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 211th on September 12, 1864.

(8) Private Ewing and his regiment took part in the

final assaults on Confederate positions in Petersburg,

Virginia. On April 2, 1865, he engaged in hostile hand-to-

hand combat, during which he captured the flags at the Battle

of Five Forks near Petersburg. The battle was a key turning

point, as it caused the fall of Richmond and led to the

surrender of the Northern Virginia Army.

(9) For their bravery, both men were awarded the

Congressional Medal of Honor. Both men are considered

hometown heroes to many in the Westmoreland County community.

(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key

36247, carrying Pennsylvania Route 711 over Loyalhanna Creek in

Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, is designated as the

Sergeant Alvin P. Carey and Private John C. Ewing Medal of Honor

Memorial Bridge.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

Section 7. Corporal Frank J. Sworden Memorial Bridge.

(a) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Keys

34474 and 34477, carrying Interstate 70 over Pennsylvania Route

18, on the border of Washington City and Canton Township,

Washington County, is designated as the Corporal Frank J.

A02283 - 12 -

Sworden Memorial Bridge.

(b) 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 8. Lance Cpl. Bernard Himes Memorial Highway.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1) Bernard Malcolm Himes was born November 25, 1949, in

Anita, Jefferson County.

(2) Mr. Himes was a student at Punxsutawney Area High

School. At the time of his graduation, he was 17 years of

age, which was too young to join the military without

parental consent. He presented his parents with the

documentation needed to enlist in the United States Marine

Corps and they signed.

(3) Mr. Himes was a member of I Company, 3rd Battalion,

27th Marines, 1st Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary

Force.

(4) Upon Mr. Himes' promotion to Lance Corporal, he was

deployed to Vietnam.

(5) On May 17, 1968, almost one year after his high

school graduation, Lance Corporal Himes was killed in action

on Go Noi Island in South Vietnam.

(6) For his valiant service, Lance Corporal Himes'

parents, Reed and Phyllis Himes, were presented with his

Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National

Defense Service Medal, Gallantry Cross with Palm, Military

Merit Medal and Purple Heart.

(b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 310

between Knox Dale Road, also known as State Route 2023, and Ash

A02283 - 13 -

Street in McCalmont Township, Jefferson County, is designated as

the Lance Cpl. Bernard Himes Memorial Highway.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to

traffic in both directions on the highway.

Section 9. Staff Sergeant Richard James Mulholland Memorial

Bridge.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1) Richard James Mulholland was born January 23, 1992,

in Franklin, Venango County, and was a 2010 graduate of

Venango Catholic High School.

(2) He served two deployments to Afghanistan with the

82nd Airborne, 2/504th Infantry Battalion in the United

States Army.

(3) Upon being honorably discharged from active-duty

service, Staff Sergeant Mulholland enlisted in the

Pennsylvania Army National Guard, serving in the HHC, 2nd

Brigade HQ in Washington, Pennsylvania, and later with the

HHC, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Battalion in Cambridge

Springs, Crawford County.

(4) For his service to the United States, Staff Sergeant

Mulholland was awarded the National Defense Service Medal,

the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Parachutist Badge, the Army

Good Conduct Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two

campaign stars, the NATO Medal, the Global War on Terrorism

Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Service Medal and

the Army Commendation Medal (3rd Award).

(5) Staff Sergeant Mulholland died on July 1, 2018. At

the time of his death, he resided in Oil City, Venango

A02283 - 14 -

County.

(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key

33758, carrying Pennsylvania Route 427 over Sugar Creek in

Sugarcreek Borough, Venango County, is designated as the Staff

Sergeant Richard James Mulholland Memorial Bridge.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

SECTION 10. SERGEANT VANCE STEPHAN KESLAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) SERGEANT VANCE STEPHAN KESLAR WAS BORN IN

BEAVERDALE, CAMBRIA COUNTY.

(2) SERGEANT KESLAR DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL AND JOINED THE

CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS.

(3) LATER, SERGEANT KESLAR JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY

AS A PRIVATE.

(4) SERGEANT KESLAR WAS AT SCHOFIELD BARRACKS ON

DECEMBER 7, 1941.

(5) AS THE JAPANESE REACHED PEARL HARBOR, SERGEANT

KESLAR LED A CHARGE TO THE AMMUNITION DEPOT WHERE THE GROUP

WAS TOLD BY THE SUPPLY SERGEANT THAT HE HAD NO ORDERS TO

RELEASE WEAPONS.

(6) SERGEANT KESLAR AND OTHERS PUSHED ASIDE THE SUPPLY

SERGEANT AND RAN INTO THE DEPOT, GRABBING OLD WATER-COOLED

MACHINE GUNS.

(7) SERGEANT KESLAR CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING

AND STARTED FIRING AT THE JAPANESE FORCES.

(8) SERGEANT KESLAR WAS AWARDED A BRONZE STAR FOR HIS

HEROIC ACTIONS DURING THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR.

A02283 - 15 -

(9) SERGEANT KESLAR RETURNED HOME AND ENROLLED IN THE

INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

(10) BEFORE RECEIVING HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE, SERGEANT

KESLAR EARNED HIS GED.

(11) SERGEANT KESLAR PASSED AWAY ON JULY 22, 2003.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8537,

CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 869, OVER A TRIBUTARY OF THE LITTLE

CONEMAUGH RIVER IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS

DESIGNATED AS THE SERGEANT VANCE STEPHAN KESLAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 11. U.S. ARMY TECHNICAL SERGEANT JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON

MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) TECHNICAL SERGEANT JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON WAS BORN

NOVEMBER 27, 1917, AND GREW UP IN DEAN, CAMBRIA COUNTY.

(2) HE WAS A 1938 GRADUATE OF CRESSON HIGH SCHOOL.

(3) IN JUNE 1941, TECHNICAL SERGEANT JOHNSTON ENLISTED

IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 9TH

DIVISION, 39TH INFANTRY REGIMENT WHERE HE BECAME A TECHNICAL

SERGEANT AND PLATOON LEADER.

(4) TECHNICAL SERGEANT JOHNSTON'S SERVICE TOOK HIM TO

EVERY ATLANTIC THEATER OF ACTION INCLUDING THE UNITED

KINGDOM, NORTH AFRICA AND MOST OF WESTERN EUROPE.

(5) TECHNICAL SERGEANT JOHNSTON FOUGHT IN ALGERIA,

MOROCCO, TUNISIA, SICILY, NORMANDY, ENGLAND, BELGIUM AND

GERMANY AND WAS AT THE INVASION OF NORMANDY ON JUNE 12, 1944.

(6) DURING THE BATTLES OF TUNISIA, TECHNICAL SERGEANT

A02283 - 16 -

JOHNSTON, THEN A CORPORAL, TOOK COMMAND OF HIS PLATOON IN THE

ABSENCE OF HIS PLATOON LEADER AND SERGEANT. IN BLACKOUT

CONDITIONS, TECHNICAL SERGEANT JOHNSTON LED HIS PLATOON UNDER

HEAVY ENEMY SHELLING AND MACHINE GUN FIRE AND THROUGH

DIFFICULT MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN TO DELIVER SUPPLIES TO THOSE

FIGHTING ON THE FRONT LINES.

(7) FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING THE BATTLES OF TUNISIA,

TECHNICAL SERGEANT JOHNSTON WAS AWARDED THE LEGION OF MERIT.

(8) TECHNICAL SERGEANT JOHNSTON ALSO RECEIVED A BRONZE

STAR AND SLIVER STAR FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.

(9) TECHNICAL SERGEANT JOHNSTON PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER

7, 2010.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8392,

CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 53, OVER BRUEBAKER RUN IN DEAN

TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE U.S. ARMY

TECHNICAL SERGEANT JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 12. TECHNICAL SERGEANT MIKE CAPELLI MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) TECHNICAL SERGEANT MIKE CAPELLI WAS BORN IN NANTY

GLO, CAMBRIA COUNTY, ON MAY 15, 1918.

(2) HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR

II AS PART OF COMPANY I, 180TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 45TH

INFANTRY DIVISION.

(3) HE WAS WOUNDED MANY TIMES AND PERFORMED MANY ACTS OF

HEROISM FOR WHICH HE WAS DECORATED DURING HIS TOURS OF ITALY,

GERMANY AND FRANCE.

A02283 - 17 -

(4) ON MAY 28, 1944, IN APRILIA, ITALY, TECHNICAL

SERGEANT CAPELLI'S SQUAD WAS IMPEDED BY THE ENEMY'S MACHINE

GUNS. TECHNICAL SERGEANT CAPELLI DEPLOYED HIS MEN AND LED

THEM IN AN ASSAULT ON THE ENEMY'S POSITION. ALTHOUGH

OUTNUMBERED AND FACED WITH INTENSE FIRE, HE SUCCEEDED AFTER

FIERCE HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING IN DESTROYING THE ENEMY

POSITION. FOR THESE ACTIONS, HE WAS AWARDED AN OAK LEAF

CLUSTER TO HIS SILVER STAR MEDAL.

(5) ON JANUARY 8, 1945, IN WILDENGUTH, FRANCE, TECHNICAL

SERGEANT CAPELLI WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE ORGANIZING HIS MEN

DURING AN ATTACK BY A REINFORCED BAND OF GERMAN SS TROOPERS.

(6) HIS AWARDS INCLUDE THE SILVER STAR WITH OAK LEAF

CLUSTER, BRONZE STAR AND PURPLE HEART WITH TWO OAK LEAF

CLUSTERS.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

43267, ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 3041, ALSO KNOWN AS

DISHONG MOUNTAIN ROAD, OVER U.S. ROUTE 22 IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP,

CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE TECHNICAL SERGEANT MIKE

CAPELLI MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE AND BOTH DIRECTIONS ON

THE CROSSING ROUTE.

SECTION 13. CAPTAIN RAYMOND W. CALLAHAN, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) CAPTAIN RAYMOND W. CALLAHAN, JR., WAS BORN SEPTEMBER

11, 1946.

(2) CAPTAIN CALLAHAN GRADUATED FROM GREATER JOHNSTOWN

HIGH SCHOOL IN 1964.

A02283 - 18 -

(3) FOLLOWING GRADUATION, CAPTAIN CALLAHAN ENROLLED AT

INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

(4) CAPTAIN CALLAHAN ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY

IN 1966.

(5) CAPTAIN CALLAHAN WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1967, FOLLOWING

HIS GRADUATION FROM OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT FORT KNOX,

KENTUCKY.

(6) CAPTAIN CALLAHAN COMPLETED HELICOPTER TRAINING AT

FORT WOLTERS, TEXAS, AND COMPLETED A COURSE IN SPECIAL

WELFARE AT THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH

CAROLINA.

(7) CAPTAIN CALLAHAN WAS PROMOTED TO FIRST LIEUTENANT IN

1968 AND WAS FURTHER PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN SHORTLY BEFORE HIS

DEATH.

(8) CAPTAIN CALLAHAN WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN

PHUOC LONG PROVINCE IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF SOUTH

VIETNAM, NEAR THE CAMBODIAN BORDER ON FEBRUARY 23, 1969.

(9) CAPTAIN CALLAHAN WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR, THE

PURPLE HEART, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE VIETNAM

SERVICE MEDAL AND THE VIETNAM CAMPAIGN RIBBON.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

45701, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 403 OVER THE CONEMAUGH RIVER

BETWEEN JOHNSTOWN CITY AND WEST TAYLOR TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY,

IS DESIGNATED AS THE CAPTAIN RAYMOND W. CALLAHAN, JR., MEMORIAL

BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 14. CPL REID REX ROSS 3 BT 26 MARINE REG. MEMORIAL

BRIDGE.

A02283 - 19 -

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) CPL REID REX ROSS WAS BORN APRIL 27, 1949.

(2) CPL ROSS SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

WITH COMPANY I, THIRD BATTALION, TWENTY-SIXTH MARINES, FIRST

MARINE DIVISION.

(3) ON DECEMBER 4, 1968, COMPANY I WAS PARTICIPATING IN

OPERATION MEADE RIVER SOUTH OF DANANG WHEN THE MARINES WERE

PINNED DOWN BY ENEMY FIRE. CPL ROSS MOVED FROM ONE POSITION

TO ANOTHER TO DETERMINE AMMUNITION REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE

ENCOURAGEMENT TO HIS MEN.

(4) CPL ROSS HEROICALLY MOVED THROUGH INTENSE FIRE AND

HURLED HAND GRENADES AND FIRED SEVERAL LIGHT ANTITANK ASSAULT

WEAPONS AT THE ENEMY.

(5) CPL ROSS DIRECTED HIS MEN TO A MORE SECURE AREA

WHILE PERSONALLY PROVIDING COVERING FIRE FOR THEM.

(6) CPL ROSS OBSERVED TWO CASUALTIES LYING IN AN AREA

EXPOSED TO THE ENEMY AND MANNED AN M-60 MACHINE GUN AND

RETURNED FIRE, ALLOWING FOR AN EVACUATION TEAM TO RETRIEVE

THE TWO INDIVIDUALS.

(7) CPL ROSS WAS KILLED WHILE PROVIDING RETURN FIRE TO

PROTECT HIS TEAM.

(8) CPL ROSS WAS AWARDED THE SILVER STAR FOR HIS SERVICE

AND SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8569,

CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1021 OVER GLENDALE LAKE IN WHITE TOWNSHIP,

CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE CPL REID REX ROSS 3 BT 26

MARINE REG. MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

A02283 - 20 -

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 15. SGT. JOHN C. ALAIMO MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) SGT. JOHN C. ALAIMO WAS BORN MAY 31, 1948.

(2) SGT. ALAIMO SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY WITH

COMPANY A, 2ND BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ND

BRIGADE, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

(3) SGT. ALAIMO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN BIEN HOA ON

APRIL 8, 1969.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

56008, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 403 OVER STONYCREEK RIVER IN

JOHNSTOWN CITY, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE SGT. JOHN

C. ALAIMO MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 16. PFC STANLEY ALBERT STYS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) PFC STANLEY ALBERT STYS WAS BORN OCTOBER 1, 1949.

(2) PFC STYS GRADUATED FROM JOHNSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL IN

1967.

(3) PFC STYS SERVED WITH COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 502ND

INFANTRY REGIMENT, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION IN THE UNITED

STATES ARMY.

(4) ON MARCH 6, 1968, PFC STYS WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN

THE THUA THIEN PROVINCE.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8444,

CARRYING US ROUTE 219 OVER PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 56, ALSO KNOWN AS

A02283 - 21 -

SCALP AVENUE, IN RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS

DESIGNATED AS THE PFC STANLEY ALBERT STYS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE CROSSING ROUTE.

SECTION 17. PFC CYRIL T. YECKLEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) PFC CYRIL T. YECKLEY WAS BORN OCTOBER 20, 1945, IN

CARROLLTOWN BOROUGH, CAMBRIA COUNTY.

(2) PFC YECKLEY ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE

CORPS AND BEGAN A TOUR OF DUTY IN QUANG NAM PROVINCE, SOUTH

VIETNAM, ON FEBRUARY 23, 1969, AS A RIFLEMAN WITH L COMPANY,

3RD BATTALION, 5TH MARINE REGIMENT, 1ST MARINE DIVISION.

(3) LESS THAN ONE MONTH LATER ON MARCH 13, 1969, PFC

YECKLEY WAS KILLED IN ACTION AFTER RECEIVING MULTIPLE

FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8547,

LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 1002, ALSO KNOWN AS FRIEND LEA ROAD, OVER

U.S. ROUTE 219 IN CAMBRIA TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS

DESIGNATED AS THE PFC CYRIL T. YECKLEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE AND BOTH DIRECTIONS ON

THE CROSSING ROUTE.

SECTION 18. EAST TAYLOR TOWNSHIP VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT

THIS COMMONWEALTH AND THE NATION ARE INDEBTED TO THE VETERANS OF

EAST TAYLOR TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, FOR THEIR BRAVERY, HEROISM

AND SACRIFICE IN PROTECTING FREEDOM AND LIBERTY BOTH AT HOME AND

A02283 - 22 -

ABROAD.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8654,

CARRYING STATE ROUTE 3035 OVER THE LITTLE CONEMAUGH RIVER IN

EAST TAYLOR TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE EAST

TAYLOR TOWNSHIP VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 19. OFFICER MATTHEW KRUPA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) OFFICER MATTHEW KRUPA WAS BORN JULY 25, 1993, IN

JOHNSTOWN.

(2) OFFICER KRUPA WAS RAISED IN NANTY GLO.

(3) OFFICER KRUPA GRADUATED FROM CENTRAL CAMBRIA HIGH

SCHOOL.

(4) OFFICER KRUPA SOUGHT OUT TO LIVE HIS CHILDHOOD DREAM

BY BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER.

(5) OFFICER KRUPA GRADUATED FROM THE POLICE ACADEMY AND

STARTED TO SERVE THE AREA AS A POLICE OFFICER.

(6) OFFICER KRUPA SERVED AS A POLICE OFFICER FOR PORTAGE

BOROUGH, FERNDALE BOROUGH, SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY, INDIANA

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND CONEMAUGH HOSPITAL.

(7) IN 2018, OFFICER KRUPA MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS,

WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE GONZALES COUNTY SHERIFF'S

OFFICE AND WITH THE SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

POLICE DEPARTMENT.

(8) ON FEBRUARY 4, 2021, OFFICER KRUPA WAS DRESSED IN

FULL UNIFORM AND ON HIS WAY TO WORK WHEN HE WAS INVOLVED IN A

LINE OF DUTY CAR CRASH THAT TOOK HIS LIFE.

A02283 - 23 -

(9) OFFICER KRUPA'S LIFELONG DREAM WAS TO BECOME A K-9

OFFICER, AND HE WAS IN TRAINING WHEN HE WAS KILLED.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

43558, CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 22 OVER A TRIBUTARY OF HINCKSTON RUN

IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE

OFFICER MATTHEW KRUPA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 20. SENIOR CHIEF STANLEY "STUSH" KUBAT, JR., MEMORIAL

BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) STANLEY KUBAT, JR., WAS BORN JUNE 29, 1973, IN

JOHNSTOWN.

(2) SENIOR CHIEF KUBAT SERVED OUR COUNTRY FOR 23 YEARS

IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

(3) SENIOR CHIEF KUBAT WAS AWARDED A BRONZE STAR FOR HIS

SERVICE TO OUR NATION.

(4) SENIOR CHIEF KUBAT ENJOYED GOLFING, HUNTING AND

FISHING.

(5) SENIOR CHIEF KUBAT PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 9, 2022.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

55994, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4002 OVER CALIFORNIA RUN IN CAMBRIA

TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE SENIOR CHIEF

STANLEY "STUSH" KUBAT, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 21. PVT DONALD D. MARSH MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

A02283 - 24 -

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) PVT DONALD D. MARSH WAS BORN APRIL 5, 1924.

(2) PVT MARSH WAS FROM NICKTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

(3) PVT MARSH ATTENDED BLACKLICK TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.

(4) PVT MARSH JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY ON NOVEMBER

8, 1943.

(5) PVT MARSH WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON OCTOBER 31, 1944,

DURING THE WORLD WAR II CONFLICT WITH AXIS FORCES IN FRANCE.

(6) PVT MARSH WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOLLOWING HIS

PASSING FOR HIS DEDICATED AND HONORABLE SERVICE TO THE UNITED

STATES.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

46706, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4001, ALSO KNOWN AS IVERSON ROAD,

OVER STEVENS RUN IN BLACKLICK TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS

DESIGNATED AS THE PVT DONALD D. MARSH MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 22. SP4 MICHAEL RAYMOND ISHMAN MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) MICHAEL RAYMOND ISHMAN WAS BORN JUNE 2, 1946, IN

PUNXSUTAWNEY, JEFFERSON COUNTY.

(2) HE SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR WITH C COMPANY, SECOND

BATTALION, MECHANIZED 22ND INFANTRY, 4TH PLATOON, 3RD BRIGADE

OF THE 4TH DIVISION IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

(3) ON JANUARY 12, 1967, SP4 ISHMAN WAS WORKING WITH HIS

PLATOON TO FIND AN ABANDONED VIET CONG CAMPSITE DURING

OPERATION CEDAR FALLS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY AN

A02283 - 25 -

ENEMY SNIPER.

(4) FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES, SP4 ISHMAN WAS

AWARDED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE VIETNAM

SERVICE MEDAL, THE VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL, A BRONZE STAR AND

THE PURPLE HEART.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

19716, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 2019 OVER MAHONING CREEK IN BELL

TOWNSHIP, JEFFERSON COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE SP4 MICHAEL

RAYMOND ISHMAN MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

SECTION 23. PVT. WILLIAM E. GREEN MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) WILLIAM E. GREEN WAS BORN FEBRUARY 9, 1930, IN

MCKEE, BLAIR COUNTY.

(2) HE SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR WITH COMPANY A, 27TH

INFANTRY REGIMENT, 25TH DIVISION IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

(3) ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1952, PVT. GREEN WAS STATIONED IN

THE SANDBAG CASTLE, A STRONG FORWARD OUTPOST NEAR THE SATAE-

RI/HEARTBREAK RIDGE AREA IN KOREA, WHEN HIS MACHINE GUN NEST

WAS DESTROYED BY AN ARTILLERY SHELL. HE DIED FROM HIS

INJURIES.

(4) FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES, PVT. GREEN WAS

AWARDED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE KOREAN WAR

SERVICE MEDAL, THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN'S BADGE, THE KOREAN

SERVICE MEDAL, THE UNITED NATIONS SERVICE MEDAL AND THE

PURPLE HEART.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5550,

A02283 - 26 -

CARRYING WOODBURY PIKE (PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 36) OVER HALTER

CREEK, SPANNING BLAIR AND FREEDOM TOWNSHIPS, BLAIR COUNTY, IS

DESIGNATED AS THE PVT. WILLIAM E. GREEN MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

SECTION 24. PETTY OFFICER JOHN W. COBLE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) JOHN W. COBLE WAS BORN MAY 6, 1912.

(2) MR. COBLE WAS MARRIED TO SARAH JOSEPHINE COBLE, AND

THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN: WILLIAM LUCAS COBLE, ROBERT HAROLD

COBLE, BARBARA LOUISE COBLE PARTNER, KAY FRANCES MELESHENKO,

JOHN ALLAN COBLE AND REBECCA ANN HOLTER.

(3) MR. COBLE ENTERED NAVAL SERVICE ON MAY 12, 1944, AND

WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVY ON

NOVEMBER 18, 1945.

(4) MR. COBLE WAS A PENNDOT EMPLOYEE WHO DIED WHILE ON

THE JOB ON JUNE 19, 1972.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

41606, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 3011, ALSO KNOWN AS BRANCH ROAD,

OVER SPRING CREEK IN COLLEGE TOWNSHIP, CENTRE COUNTY, IS

DESIGNATED AS THE PETTY OFFICER JOHN W. COBLE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 25. MARINE LANCE CORPORAL RALPH HAMMEL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) MARINE LANCE CORPORAL RALPH HAMMEL WAS BORN MAY 8,

A02283 - 27 -

1947, IN ROARING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA.

(2) PRIOR TO ENLISTING IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE

CORPS, MARINE LANCE CORPORAL HAMMEL ATTENDED HOLLIDAYSBURG

AREA HIGH SCHOOL.

(3) MARINE LANCE CORPORAL HAMMEL SERVED AS PART OF THE

1ST BATTALION, 3RD MARINE DIVISION.

(4) ON MARCH 7, 1968, MARINE LANCE CORPORAL HAMMEL DIED

AS A RESULT OF WOUNDS SUSTAINED IN COMBAT FROM ENEMY MORTAR

FIRE IN THE QUAN TRI PROVINCE OF SOUTH VIETNAM.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

46159, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 36 ON CHARGER HIGHWAY, BLAIR

TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE MARINE LANCE

CORPORAL RALPH HAMMEL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 26. CORPSMAN CHARLES DOERR, UNITED STATES NAVY,

MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) CORPSMAN CHARLES (CHUCK) WILLIAM DOERR WAS BORN IN

EBENSBURG ON JUNE 24, 1930.

(2) CORPSMAN DOERR ATTENDED EBENSBURG-CAMBRIA HIGH

SCHOOL WHERE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL AND RAN TRACK.

(3) PRIOR TO DEPARTING FOR KOREA, CORPSMAN DOERR WAS

NOTIFIED BY THE CAPTAIN OF HIS SHIP THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A

FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP FROM UCLA SET TO BEGIN AT THE CONCLUSION

OF HIS TOUR OF DUTY.

(4) CORPSMAN DOERR WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF HIS CLASS IN

HIS JUNIOR YEAR AND ALSO PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF HIS

A02283 - 28 -

HOMEROOM.

(5) AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL IN 1949, CORPSMAN DOERR

WAS EMPLOYED FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE UNITED

STATES NAVY.

(6) IN 1950, CORPSMAN DOERR MARRIED SALLY BALL AND THEY

HAD ONE SON, CHARLES ROBERT DOERR.

(7) CORPSMAN DOERR ENLISTED IN THE MILITARY IN SEPTEMBER

1950 AND COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, LATER

SERVING AT PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, AND BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND.

(8) CORPSMAN DOERR RECEIVED HIS 3RD CLASS RATING ON

OCTOBER 3 AND WAS SCHEDULED FOR A REST LEAVE WHEN THE

COMMUNIST PUSH CANCELED ALL LEAVES.

(9) CORPSMAN DOERR SERVED AS A HOSPITAL CORPSMAN WITH

THE FLEET MARINES, ASSIGNED TO THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION IN

KOREA.

(10) CORPSMAN DOERR WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON BUNKER HILL

WHILE VOLUNTEERING TO ACCOMPANY A RIFLE SQUAD ON A MISSION TO

REINFORCE A MORTAR AND ARTILLERY BARRAGE.

(11) CORPSMAN DOERR ADMINISTERED FIRST AID TO THE

NUMEROUS CASUALTIES STRUCK DOWN BY THE INITIAL BURST OF FIRE.

(12) AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, CORPSMAN DOERR'S BROTHER,

CHRISTIAN, WAS SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY 70 MILES

FROM WHERE CORPSMAN DOERR WAS KILLED.

(13) CORPSMAN DOERR'S TWIN BROTHER, ROBERT, WAS

STATIONED WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, AND

SHIPPED OUT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON THE DAY CORPSMAN DOERR

WAS KILLED.

(14) CORPSMAN DOERR WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE SILVER

STAR AND PURPLE HEART MEDALS, THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, THE

KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL, THE UNITED NATIONS SERVICE MEDAL, THE

A02283 - 29 -

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL UNIT

CITATION AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA WAR SERVICE MEDAL.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

52767, CARRYING WEST HIGH STREET (STATE ROUTE 4031), CROSSING

THE GHOST TOWN TRAIL, LOCATED IN EBENSBURG BOROUGH, CAMBRIA

COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE CORPSMAN CHARLES DOERR, UNITED

STATES NAVY, MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 27. UNITED STATES ARMY SERGEANT HAROLD KOLLER MEMORIAL

BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) SERGEANT KOLLER STARTED HIS SERVICE IN THE UNITED

STATES ARMY IN 1962.

(2) SERGEANT KOLLER'S PRIMARY UNIT WAS C COMPANY, 1ST

BATTALION, 327TH INFANTRY.

(3) SERGEANT KOLLER WAS ALSO KNOWN BY MANY AS "BUTCH."

(4) SERGEANT KOLLER WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN THE PHU YEN

PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1966.

(5) SERGEANT KOLLER'S NAME IS LOCATED ON THE VIETNAM

MEMORIAL WALL PANEL 10E LINE 62.

(6) SERGEANT KOLLER RECEIVED THE BRONZE STAR, THE PURPLE

HEART, THE ARMY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, THE ARMY GOOD

CONDUCT MEDAL, THE VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, THE VIETNAM

GALLANTRY CROSS UNIT CITATION, THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL.

(7) THIS DESIGNATION IS SUPPORTED BY THE CLYMER AMERICAN

LEGION POST 222.

A02283 - 30 -

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

11781, LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 3004 OVER THE WEST BRANCH OF THE

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, BURNSIDE TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, IS

DESIGNATED AS THE UNITED STATES ARMY SERGEANT HAROLD KOLLER

MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 28. SERGEANT REGIS H. DRISKEL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) SERGEANT REGIS H. DRISKEL WAS BORN OCTOBER 23, 1923,

IN LORETTO.

(2) PRIOR TO HIS MILITARY SERVICE, SERGEANT DRISKEL

WORKED AT SANCTIS CONSTRUCTION, INC., IN PITTSBURGH AND PAUL

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., IN CRESSON.

(3) SERGEANT DRISKEL ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY

ON JUNE 28, 1944, IN NEW CUMBERLAND.

(4) SERGEANT DRISKEL WAS SERVING WITH THE 309TH

INFANTRY, 78TH DIVISION, WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION.

(5) SERGEANT DRISKEL AND HIS UNIT WERE DRIVING TOWARD

GERMANY IN THE FINAL MONTHS OF WORLD WAR II, WITH THE

OBJECTIVE OF CAPTURING BRIDGES AND DAMS PRIOR TO THE GERMAN

FORCES DESTROYING THEM.

(6) SERGEANT DRISKEL AND HIS UNIT WERE ATTEMPTING TO

CAPTURE SCHWAMMENAUEL DAM WHEN THE UNIT SAW HEAVY COMBAT,

WHICH RESULTED IN SERGEANT DRISKEL'S DEATH ON FEBRUARY 6,

1945.

(7) SERGEANT DRISKEL WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE PURPLE

HEART FOR HIS SERVICE AND SACRIFICE FOR OUR NATION.

A02283 - 31 -

(8) SERGEANT DRISKEL IS BURIED AT THE NETHERLANDS

AMERICAN CEMETERY IN MARGRATEN, NETHERLANDS, WHICH MIA

WETZLER TOOK CARE OF FOR 52 YEARS AS A DISPLAY OF HER

GRATITUDE FOR THE SACRIFICE GIVEN FOR THE LIBERATION OF HER

COUNTRY, THE NETHERLANDS.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8555,

CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1007 OVER CHEST CREEK ON THE BORDER OF

ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP AND EAST CARROLL TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS

DESIGNATED AS THE SERGEANT REGIS H. DRISKEL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 29. HEROES HIGHWAY.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) FIREFIGHTER MARVIN GRUBER AND ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF

ZACHARY PARIS BELONGED TO THE COMMUNITY FIRE COMPANY OF NEW

TRIPOLI, IN LYNN TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY, AND SERVED AS

VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS.

(2) FIREFIGHTER GRUBER AND ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF PARIS

WERE AMONG SCORES OF FIREFIGHTERS CALLED TO A HOUSE FIRE ON

DECEMBER 7, 2022.

(3) FIREFIGHTER GRUBER AND ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF PARIS

WERE TRAPPED IN THE BLAZE AND TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR LIVES IN

THE LINE OF DUTY.

(4) FIREFIGHTER GRUBER AND ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF PARIS

WERE 59 YEARS OF AGE AND 36 YEARS OF AGE, RESPECTIVELY, AT

THE TIME OF THEIR DEATHS.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 143 IN

LYNN TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY, FROM THE INTERSECTION OF

A02283 - 32 -

PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 309 TO THE BORDER OF BERKS COUNTY, IS

DESIGNATED AS HEROES HIGHWAY, IN HONOR OF FALLEN FIREFIGHTER

MARVIN GRUBER AND ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF ZACHARY PARIS.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS, TO BE LOCATED AT SEGMENTS 0010 AND

0150 ALONG PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 143, DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE

HIGHWAY TO TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.

SECTION 30. CAPTAIN ROBERT M. YOUNG MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) ROBERT MILTON YOUNG WAS BORN JANUARY 17, 1945, IN

NEW ALEXANDRIA AND SPENT MOST OF HIS ADULT LIFE IN SALTSBURG,

WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS AUNT, CLAYRE ROCHELLA.

(2) CAPTAIN YOUNG GRADUATED FROM SALTSBURG HIGH SCHOOL

AND ATTENDED INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE HE WAS

COMMISSIONED THROUGH THE ARMY ROTC ON MAY 28, 1967.

(3) CAPTAIN YOUNG WENT ON TO ATTEND INFANTRY SCHOOL,

RANGER SCHOOL AND ARMOR SCHOOL BEFORE SERVING WITH COMPANY A,

2ND BATTALION, 36TH INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE 3RD ARMORED

DIVISION IN EUROPE FROM JANUARY 1968 TO AUGUST 1969.

(4) CAPTAIN YOUNG WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE 184TH ORDNANCE

BATTALION IN THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AND SERVED AS THE

COMMANDER OF THE 630TH ORDNANCE COMPANY FROM AUGUST 1969

UNTIL JANUARY 1970, WHEN HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE INFANTRY

BRANCH AND SERVED WITH HEADQUARTERS 2ND BATTALION, 34TH

ARMORED REGIMENT OF THE 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION.

(5) ON MAY 2, 1970, CAPTAIN YOUNG WAS A PASSENGER ABOARD

A UH-1H IROQUOIS HELICOPTER ON A LOGISTICAL SUPPORT MISSION

TO KATUM FIRE SUPPORT BASE IN VIETNAM.

(6) DURING ITS FLIGHT, THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED DAMAGE

A02283 - 33 -

FROM GROUND FIRE AND WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING

ALONG THE BORDER OF CAMBODIA AND SOUTH VIETNAM WHERE, UPON

LANDING, CAPTAIN YOUNG AND THE OTHERS ABOARD THE HELICOPTER

WERE CAPTURED AND TAKEN AS PRISONERS OF WAR IN CAMBODIA.

(7) WHILE SERVING AS A PRISONER OF WAR, CAPTAIN YOUNG

HELPED TO CARRY OUT A HUNGER STRIKE TO BACK THE SENIOR

RANKING OFFICER WHO HAD BEEN DENIED FOOD AND WATER FOR

REFUSING TO MAKE FUNGI STICKS.

(8) FOLLOWING SEVERAL DAYS OF THE HUNGER STRIKE, CAPTAIN

YOUNG BECAME SICK WITH MALARIA AND WAS UNABLE TO CONSUME ANY

FOOD UPON COMPLETION OF THE STRIKE.

(9) ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1972, CAPTAIN YOUNG SUCCUMBED TO

HIS ILLNESS WHILE IN CAPTIVITY.

(10) BECAUSE OF HIS VALOR AND COURAGE WHILE SERVING AS A

PRISONER OF WAR IN CAMBODIA, CAPTAIN YOUNG WAS AWARDED THE

SILVER STAR.

(11) CAPTAIN YOUNG'S REMAINS RETURNED TO THE UNITED

STATES ON DECEMBER 7, 1997, AND HE IS BURIED IN EDGEWOOD

CEMETERY IN SALTSBURG.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

47515, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 286 OVER BLACKLEGS CREEK IN

CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP, INDIANA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE CAPTAIN

ROBERT M. YOUNG MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 31. CHARLES OWEN JENKINS, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) CHARLES OWEN JENKINS, JR., WAS BORN JANUARY 14,

A02283 - 34 -

1941.

(2) SERGEANT JENKINS WAS A RESIDENT OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY

AND ATTENDED READE TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.

(3) SERGEANT JENKINS ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY,

OBTAINING THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVING DURING THE VIETNAM

WAR WHERE HE BEGAN HIS TOUR OF DUTY ON FEBRUARY 23, 1965.

(4) SERGEANT JENKINS' MILITARY OCCUPATION OR SPECIALTY

WAS LIGHT WEAPONS INFANTRY, AND HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE

SPECIAL FORCES, 5TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, A5 414.

(5) DURING HIS SERVICE IN THE VIETNAM WAR, SERGEANT

JENKINS WAS REPORTED MISSING NEAR DONG XOAI, PHUOC LONG

PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, AND DECLARED DEAD ON JUNE 10, 1965.

(6) FOR HIS BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE, SERGEANT JENKINS WAS

AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, BRONZE STAR AND SOUTH VIETNAM

GALLANTRY CROSS.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8574,

CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1021 OVER CLEARFIELD CREEK IN WHITE

TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE CHARLES OWEN

JENKINS, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 32. PFC JOHN BALOG MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) PFC JOHN BALOG WAS BORN OCTOBER 24, 1931, IN

BROWNSVILLE, FAYETTE COUNTY.

(2) PFC BALOG SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR WITH H COMPANY,

SECOND BATTALION, 38TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ND INFANTRY

DIVISION IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

A02283 - 35 -

(3) ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1950, PFC BALOG WAS DEFENDING HIS

POSITION AGAINST ENEMY FIRE NEAR AM-SIM, SOUTH KOREA. WHEN IT

BECAME NECESSARY FOR HIS RIFLE TEAM TO WITHDRAW, HE

VOLUNTEERED TO REMAIN AND COVER THE WITHDRAWAL. AFTER HIS

TEAM WITHDREW, HIS POSITION WAS OVERRUN AND HE DIED IN

ACTION. HE BRAVELY GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS BROTHERS IN ARMS AND

FOR HIS COUNTRY.

(4) FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES, PFC BALOG WAS

AWARDED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE KOREAN

SERVICE MEDAL, THE UNITED NATIONS SERVICE MEDAL, THE REPUBLIC

OF KOREA WAR SERVICE MEDAL, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, TWO SILVER STARS AND THE PURPLE

HEART.

(5) PFC BALOG IS SURVIVED BY NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS

AND COUSINS IN OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

45509, CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 40 OVER PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 43 IN

REDSTONE TOWNSHIP, FAYETTE COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE PFC JOHN

BALOG MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 33. SGT. EARL D. BARKLEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) SGT. EARL D. BARKLEY WAS BORN OCTOBER 15, 1950, IN

CONNELLSVILLE, FAYETTE COUNTY.

(2) SGT. BARKLEY SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR WITH E

COMPANY, FIRST BATTALION, 501ST INFANTRY IN THE UNITED STATES

ARMY.

A02283 - 36 -

(3) ON NOVEMBER 9, 1971, SGT. BARKLEY BRAVELY GAVE HIS

LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY. HE DIED IN AN EXPLOSION IN THUA THIEN

PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM.

(4) FOR HIS VALIANT SERVICE, SGT. BARKLEY WAS AWARDED

THE PURPLE HEART ALONG WITH THE NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL, THE

VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL AND THE VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

47947, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1054 OVER INDIAN CREEK IN SALTLICK

TOWNSHIP, FAYETTE COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE SGT. EARL D.

BARKLEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 34. CAPTAIN HARRY G. CRAMER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) CAPTAIN CRAMER WAS BORN MAY 24, 1926, IN JOHNSTOWN.

(2) CAPTAIN CRAMER GRADUATED FROM WESTMONT-UPPER YODER

HIGH SCHOOL IN 1942 AND FROM WEST POINT IN 1946.

(3) IN THE KOREAN WAR, CAPTAIN CRAMER EARNED A SILVER

STAR FOR VALOR AND THE PURPLE HEART WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER FOR

BEING WOUNDED TWICE IN COMBAT.

(4) CAPTAIN CRAMER BECAME AN ORIGINAL "GREEN BERET" WHEN

THE SPECIAL FORCES WERE FORMED IN THE EARLY 1950S.

(5) CAPTAIN CRAMER LED THE FIRST TEAM OF GREEN BERETS TO

VIETNAM IN 1957.

(6) CAPTAIN CRAMER WAS KILLED IN VIETNAM IN AN AMBUSH ON

OCTOBER 21, 1957.

(7) CAPTAIN CRAMER WAS BURIED AT HIS ALMA MATER, WEST

POINT.

A02283 - 37 -

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 403, ALSO KNOWN

AS CRAMER PIKE, FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE 3041 IN

WEST TAYLOR TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, TO THE INTERSECTION WITH

STATE ROUTE 8010, SEGMENT 250 (RAMP E) IN EAST WHEATFIELD

TOWNSHIP, INDIANA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE CAPTAIN HARRY G.

CRAMER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.

SECTION 35. 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE HIGHWAY.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) THE 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE WAS CONSTITUTED IN 1917

AS AN INFANTRY BRIGADE AND DEPLOYED TO FRANCE IN 1918 AS PART

OF THE 87TH DIVISION. UPON RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES A

YEAR LATER, THE BRIGADE WAS DEMOBILIZED.

(2) REDESIGNATED AS THE 87TH RECONNAISSANCE TROOP, THE

TROOP FOUGHT IN THREE EUROPEAN CAMPAIGNS. ALTHOUGH NOT PART

OF THE BRIGADE IN WORLD WAR II, THE HISTORY OF THE 503RD

PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT IS SIGNIFICANT TO THE 173RD

AIRBORNE BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, COMPRISING HALF OF ITS CURRENT

FIGHTING STRENGTH.

(3) THE 503RD PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT WAS FORMED IN

1941 AT FORT BRAGG. THE REGIMENT JUMPED INTO NEW GUINEA IN

SEPTEMBER 1943 AS PART OF THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL AIRBORNE

COMBAT JUMP IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. ON FEBRUARY 16, 1945, THE

REGIMENT JUMPED ONTO THE ISLAND OF CORREGIDOR AND EARNED THE

PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION.

(4) THE 173RD INFANTRY BRIGADE WAS ACTIVATED ON OKINAWA,

JAPAN, IN 1963 AS THE 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE. THE UNIT EARNED

A02283 - 38 -

THE NICKNAME "SKY SOLDIERS" FROM THE NATIONALIST CHINESE

PARATROOPERS.

(5) IN 1965, THE 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE BECAME THE FIRST

MAJOR UNIT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE IN VIETNAM. THE

UNIT CONDUCTED THE ONLY COMBAT PARACHUTE JUMP OF THE WAR IN

FEBRUARY 1967. DURING MORE THAN SIX YEARS OF CONTINUOUS

COMBAT, THE BRIGADE EARNED 14 CAMPAIGN STREAMERS AND FOUR

UNIT CITATIONS. SKY SOLDIERS SERVING IN VIETNAM EARNED 13

MEDALS OF HONOR. THE BRIGADE WAS DEACTIVATED IN 1972.

(6) REACTIVATED IN JUNE 2000, THE 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE

CONDUCTED NUMEROUS DEPLOYMENTS ACROSS EUROPE. ON MARCH 26,

2003, THE 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE ADDED TO ITS DISTINGUISHED

HISTORY WHEN NEARLY 1,000 SKY SOLDIERS PARACHUTED INTO IRAQ

IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM I. DURING THE

OPERATION, ONE SKY SOLDIER WAS AWARDED THE SILVER STAR.

(7) IN 2005, THE 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE DEPLOYED TO

AFGHANISTAN ALONG THE CONTENTIOUS PAKISTAN BORDER IN SUPPORT

OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM VI. FIVE SKY SOLDIERS WERE

AWARDED THE SILVER STAR FOR GALLANTRY IN BATTLE.

(8) UPON RETURNING TO ITALY IN 2006, THE 173RD AIRBORNE

BRIGADE TRANSFORMED INTO THE 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE COMBAT

TEAM. IN THE SPRING OF 2007, THE 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE

COMBAT TEAM EXECUTED AN EXTENDED DEPLOYMENT TO EASTERN

AFGHANISTAN IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM VIII,

WHERE SOLDIERS EXHIBITED INCREDIBLE BRAVERY, EARNING ONE

MEDAL OF HONOR, ONE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS AND 32 SILVER

STARS.

(9) IN 2009, THE 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM

RETURNED TO AFGHANISTAN FOR A THIRD TIME IN SUPPORT OF

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM X, CONTINUING THE TEAM'S PROUD

A02283 - 39 -

TRADITION OF SELFLESS SERVICE WHILE EXECUTING A DIFFICULT

BUILD MISSION SOUTH OF KABUL.

(10) IN 2012, THE 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM

RETURNED TO AFGHANISTAN IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING

FREEDOM XIII, RETURNING TO LOGAR AND WARDAK PROVINCES, WHERE

THEY EXECUTED THE DIFFICULT TASK OF REDUCING THE FOOTPRINT OF

THE BRIGADE WHILE CONTINUING TO TRAIN THEIR AFGHAN

COUNTERPARTS.

(11) UPON RETURNING TO ITALY IN 2013, THE 173RD AIRBORNE

BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM WAS REDESIGNATED AS THE 173RD AIRBORNE

BRIGADE. TODAY, SKY SOLDIERS CONTINUE THE DISTINCTION OF

HONORED SERVICE DATING BACK TO WORLD WAR I AND PROUDLY

REPRESENT THE AIRBORNE FIGHTING SPIRIT WHEREVER THEY SERVE.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 173

BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF SLIPPERY ROCK TOWNSHIP TO THE

SOUTHERN BORDER OF SLIPPERY ROCK BOROUGH IN SLIPPERY ROCK

TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE 173RD AIRBORNE

BRIGADE HIGHWAY.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.

SECTION 36. PFC LARRY E. FRANTZ MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) LARRY E. FRANTZ WAS BORN APRIL 20, 1948, IN

PUNXSUTAWNEY, JEFFERSON COUNTY.

(2) BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, PFC

FRANTZ LOVED BEING OUTDOORS AND ENJOYED FISHING, WORKING IN

CONSTRUCTION AND DRIVING FAST CARS. HE WAS ESPECIALLY FOND OF

HIS DOG, "WHIMPY."

A02283 - 40 -

(3) UPON ENLISTING, PFC FRANTZ SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR

WITH B COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, 14TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 25TH

INFANTRY DIVISION.

(4) ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 29, 1968, PFC FRANTZ WAS

KILLED IN ACTION IN THE HAU NGHIA PROVINCE NEAR SAIGON, SOUTH

VIETNAM, WHEN HIS SQUAD CAME UNDER HOSTILE MORTAR ATTACK. HE

SUFFERED FATAL WOUNDS WHILE BRAVELY DEFENDING HIS SQUAD'S

POSITION.

(5) FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES, PFC FRANTZ WAS

AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE, SHARPSHOOTER BADGE,

NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM

CAMPAIGN MEDAL, A BRONZE STAR AND THE PURPLE HEART.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

53848, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 36 OVER CANOE CREEK IN BELL

TOWNSHIP, JEFFERSON COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE PFC LARRY E.

FRANTZ MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

SECTION 37. TROOPER JACQUES F. ROUGEAU, JR., MEMORIAL

INTERCHANGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) JACQUES F. "JAY" ROUGEAU, JR., WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 7,

1993, IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, TO ANGELA AND CARLO OF

MILLCREEK TOWNSHIP.

(2) TROOPER ROUGEAU WAS RAISED AND EDUCATED IN CORRY AND

GRADUATED FROM CORRY AREA HIGH SCHOOL IN 2012.

(3) TROOPER ROUGEAU ATTENDED PENN STATE BEHREND BEFORE

GRADUATING FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS

A02283 - 41 -

IN 2015 WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINOLOGY.

(4) TROOPER ROUGEAU WORKED FOR WEIS MARKETS IN LOSS

PREVENTION FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE ENTERING THE PENNSYLVANIA

STATE POLICE ACADEMY WHERE HE GRADUATED ON JANUARY 8, 2021,

AS A MEMBER OF THE 160TH CLASS.

(5) FOR THE MAJORITY OF TROOPER ROUGEAU'S STATE POLICE

CAREER, HE WAS STATIONED WITH TROOPS IN YORK, BUT IN MARCH

2023, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO TROOP G IN LEWISTOWN.

(6) TRAGICALLY, ON JUNE 17, 2023, TROOPER ROUGEAU WAS

FATALLY SHOT DURING A MANHUNT FOR A GUNMAN WHO HAD OPENED

FIRE ON THE TROOP G LEWISTOWN STATION THAT MORNING.

(7) TROOPER ROUGEAU LOVED GOLF, BASKETBALL, FLYING

DRONES AND ROOTING FOR PENN STATE FOOTBALL, AND HAD A

FASCINATION WITH AVIATION.

(8) TROOPER ROUGEAU LOVED HIS BOXERS, WINNIE AND

CHARLIE.

(9) IN ADDITION TO HIS MOTHER, ANGELA, TROOPER ROUGEAU

IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, CHLOE (MILLER) ROUGEAU, WHOM HE

MARRIED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017, HIS SISTER, CHRISTINA ROUGEAU-

BAILEY, AND HER HUSBAND, COLTON, AND BROTHER, JUSTIN HUNT,

ALL OF CORRY, PENNSYLVANIA.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE INTERCHANGE OF U.S. ROUTE 22/322 WITH

ARCH ROCK ROAD IN FERMANAGH TOWNSHIP, JUNIATA COUNTY, IS

DESIGNATED THE TROOPER JACQUES F. ROUGEAU, JR., MEMORIAL

INTERCHANGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE

INTERCHANGE TO TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE INTERCHANGE.

SECTION 38. CPT CONNOR J. BEDNARZYK, USA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

A02283 - 42 -

FOLLOWS:

(1) CONNOR J. BEDNARZYK WAS BORN OCTOBER 16, 1992, IN

FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, AND WAS RAISED IN BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP,

BUCKS COUNTY.

(2) A GRADUATE OF CENTRAL BUCKS EAST HIGH SCHOOL IN

2011, CPT BEDNARZYK CONTINUED HIS STUDIES AT THE PENNSYLVANIA

STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE WAS ENROLLED IN THE RESERVE

OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS PROGRAM.

(3) CPT BEDNARZYK SERVED THREE YEARS IN THE ARMY, FIRST

AS A PLATOON LEADER IN THE 1ST BATTALION, 41ST INFANTRY

REGIMENT, 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION, AT FORT CARSON, COLORADO,

AND MOST RECENTLY AS A PLATOON LEADER IN ECHO COMPANY, 3RD

BATTALION, 75TH RANGER REGIMENT.

(4) ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2018, CPT BEDNARZYK WAS KILLED IN A

STRYKER VEHICLE ACCIDENT DURING A NIGHTTIME TRAINING

EXERCISE.

(5) CPT BEDNARZYK IS LAID TO REST IN THE WASHINGTON

CROSSING NATIONAL CEMETERY IN NEWTOWN, BUCKS COUNTY.

(6) FOR HIS SACRIFICE AND SERVICE, CPT BEDNARZYK WAS

AWARDED THE RANGER TAB, AIR ASSAULT BADGE, PARACHUTIST BADGE,

EXPERT INFANTRYMAN'S BADGE, ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL WITH ONE

OAK LEAF CLUSTER, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, ARMED

FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE

MEDAL, ARMY SERVICE RIBBON AND NATO MEDAL.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

47695, CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 202 OVER ALMSHOUSE ROAD IN DOYLESTOWN

TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE CPT CONNOR J.

BEDNARZYK, USA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

A02283 - 43 -

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE AND BOTH DIRECTIONS ON

THE CROSSING ROUTE.

SECTION 39. STAFF SERGEANT JOHN F. CURCIO MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) JOHN F. CURCIO WAS BORN MAY 23, 1925, IN BROOKLYN,

NEW YORK, TO THE LATE ANTHONY AND STELLA (PAGNOTTO) CURCIO.

(2) STAFF SERGEANT CURCIO WORKED FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA

RAILROAD, PENN CENTRAL AND CONRAIL FROM 1947 TO 1984.

(3) STAFF SERGEANT SERVED IN THE 8TH UNITED STATES ARMY

AIR FORCES 458TH BOMBER GROUP DURING WORLD WAR II AS A STAFF

SERGEANT, COMPLETING 35 COMBAT MISSIONS, INCLUDING THE BATTLE

OF THE BULGE AND THE INVASION AT NORMANDY.

(4) FOR HIS SERVICE, STAFF SERGEANT CURCIO WAS AWARDED

THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR MEDAL AND THE AIR MEDAL WITH FOUR

OAK LEAF CLUSTERS.

(5) STAFF SERGEANT CURCIO WAS A MEMBER OF ST. JOSEPH

CATHOLIC CHURCH AND A GRADUATE OF ST. JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL.

(6) IN HIS SPARE TIME, STAFF SERGEANT CURCIO ENJOYED

HUNTING AND FISHING AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PLACING FLAGS ON

THE RENOVO BRIDGE.

(7) STAFF SERGEANT CURCIO'S OTHER MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDED

THE SONS OF ITALY, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS 40/8, THE

AMERICAN LEGION WHERE HE SERVED AS A PAST COMMANDER AND THE

ELKS LODGE AS A PAST EXALTED RULER, ALL OF RENOVO.

(8) STAFF SERGEANT CURCIO IS SURVIVED BY TWO SISTERS,

ROSEMARY ANDRUS OF LOCK HAVEN AND ELLEN SMITH OF ASHBURN,

VIRGINIA, AND A HOST OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

12099, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 120, ALSO KNOWN AS RENOVO

A02283 - 44 -

ROAD, OVER YOUNG WOMEN'S CREEK IN CHAPMAN TOWNSHIP, CLINTON

COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE STAFF SERGEANT JOHN F. CURCIO MEMORIAL

BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 40. LOUIS E. WALLER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) LOUIS EDWARD WALLER WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 10, 1928, IN

MARIANNA, THE SON OF LOUIS T. AND HATTIE DAVIS WALLER.

(2) MR. WALLER WAS A GRADUATE OF WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL

AND ATTENDED CARLISLE BUSINESS SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF

PITTSBURGH AND RECEIVED AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FROM DEAN TECH.

(3) IN 1948, MR. WALLER WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM

THE UNITED STATES ARMY, WHERE HE SERVED AS ADMINISTRATOR OF

COMPANY FUNDS TO ALL MILITARY UNITS OF PENNSYLVANIA.

(4) ON JULY 10, 1954, MR. WALLER MARRIED SHIRLEY JAMES

OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

(5) MR. WALLER CLIMBED THE BUSINESS LADDER IN THE LATE

1950S, BUT ALSO FELT THE NEED TO ASCEND TO A HIGHER CALLING

WHEN, AT THE AGE OF 31, HE TOOK OFFICE AS PRESIDENT OF THE

NAACP'S WASHINGTON BRANCH IN 1959.

(6) DURING HIS TENURE AS PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP'S

WASHINGTON BRANCH, MR. WALLER HELPED BRING ABOUT A PUBLIC

DISCOURSE TOWARD THE ELIMINATION OF DE FACTO SEGREGATION IN

WASHINGTON'S SCHOOL SYSTEM.

(7) IN ADDITION TO THE NAACP, NEARLY 40 DIFFERENT

ORGANIZATIONS BENEFITED FROM MR. WALLER'S DIRECT LEADERSHIP

AND PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING

A02283 - 45 -

WASHINGTON HOSPITAL, WASHINGTON FINANCIAL BANK, WAYNESBURG

UNIVERSITY AND WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

(8) MR. WALLER'S STRONG RELIGIOUS FAITH GUIDED HIS

COURSE IN LIFE, AS HE WAS A LIFE-LONG MEMBER OF NAZARETH

BAPTIST CHURCH IN WASHINGTON AND SERVED THE CHURCH AS A

DEACON AND TRUSTEE.

(9) MR. WALLER PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 20, 2009, AT THE

AGE OF 80.

(10) POSTHUMOUSLY, MR. WALLER WAS RECOGNIZED WITH THE

HUMAN RIGHTS LIFETIME LEADERSHIP AWARD BY THE NAACP'S

WASHINGTON BRANCH, AND MOST RECENTLY, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY

HISTORICAL SOCIETY CREATED THE WALLER-MCDONALD COLLECTION OF

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, IN HONOR OF MR. WALLER AND FELLOW

CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER JAMES R. MCDONALD.

(11) MOST RECENTLY ON MARCH 11, 2020, MR. WALLER, ALONG

WITH FIVE OTHER HONOREES, WAS POSTHUMOUSLY INDUCTED INTO THE

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S HALL OF FAME.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY

44399, LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 4049 OVER

INTERSTATE 70 IN SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IS

DESIGNATED AS THE LOUIS E. WALLER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 41. LANCE CORPORAL MICHAEL P. SEGICH MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) LANCE CORPORAL MICHAEL P. SEGICH WAS BORN AUGUST 22,

1951, IN STUMPTOWN, OUTSIDE OF OSCEOLA MILLS IN CLEARFIELD

COUNTY.

A02283 - 46 -

(2) IN 1969, LANCE CORPORAL SEGICH ENLISTED IN THE

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND SERVED WITH THE FORCE

LOGISTICAL COMMAND, 1ST MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, 1ST FORCE

SERVICE REGIMENT, B COMPANY IN QUANG NAM, VIETNAM.

(3) LANCE CORPORAL SEGICH WAS ON ACTIVE DUTY IN VIETNAM

AS A MEMBER OF A PATROL DESIGNATED BA-213, CONSISTING OF

SEVEN MARINES AND ONE ARVN AND SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON MAY

12, 1970, LANCE CORPORAL SEGICH AND ANOTHER MARINE MEMBER OF

THE TEAM LEFT THEIR AMBUSH SITE TO INVESTIGATE THEIR

SURROUNDINGS. LANCE CORPORAL SEGICH WAS IN THE LEAD WHEN THE

OTHER MARINE STUMBLED AND FELL WHICH CAUSED HIS RIFLE TO

DISCHARGE, MORTALLY WOUNDING LANCE CORPORAL SEGICH.

(4) LANCE CORPORAL SEGICH IS INTERRED IN THE UMBRIA

CEMETERY IN OSCEOLA MILLS, CLEARFIELD COUNTY.

(5) FOR HIS VALIANT SERVICE, LANCE CORPORAL SEGICH WAS

AWARDED THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, MARKSMANSHIP BADGE,

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL,

VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, MARINE CORPS PRESIDENTIAL UNIT

CITATION, VIETNAM GALLANTRY CROSS, MARINE CORPS GOOD CONDUCT

MEDAL AND THE MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 9570,

LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 3049 OVER THE MOSHANNON CREEK IN RUSH

TOWNSHIP, CENTRE COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE LANCE CORPORAL

MICHAEL P. SEGICH MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 42. CORPORAL CLYDE E. WALTER, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

A02283 - 47 -

(1) CLYDE E. WALTER, JR., WAS BORN JANUARY 21, 1950, IN

ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY.

(2) CORPORAL WALTER SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR WITH D

COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, 12TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION OF

THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

(3) ON OCTOBER 11, 1970, CORPORAL CLYDE E. WALTER, JR.,

BRAVELY GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY AFTER ENCOUNTERING

HOSTILE GUNFIRE IN THE PHUOC LONG PROVINCE IN SOUTH VIETNAM.

(4) FOR HIS BRAVERY AND GALLANTRY IN ACTION, CORPORAL

WALTER WAS AWARDED THE SILVER STAR, AIR MEDAL, ARMY

COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH "V" FOR HEROISM, NATIONAL DEFENSE

SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL,

COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, EXPERT BADGE WITH MACHINE GUN BAR,

SHARPSHOOTER BADGE WITH RIFLE BAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE

PURPLE HEART.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5759,

LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 3002 OVER SOUTH POPLAR

RUN IN GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE

CORPORAL CLYDE E. WALTER, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.

SECTION 43. STAFF SGT. JAE S. MOON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) STAFF SGT. JAE S. MOON WAS BORN JUNE 18, 1985, IN

INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA.

(2) IN 2003, UPON GRADUATING FROM NESHAMINY HIGH SCHOOL,

HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO HELP PAY FOR

COLLEGE. HIS DREAM WAS TO BECOME AN FBI AGENT.

A02283 - 48 -

(3) HE SERVED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM IN COMPANY B,

2D BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

(4) ON DECEMBER 25, 2006, STAFF SGT. MOON DIED FROM

WOUNDS RECEIVED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY AN IED BLAST IN

BAGHDAD, IRAQ.

(5) FOR HIS VALIANT SERVICE, STAFF SGT. MOON WAS AWARDED

THE ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL, ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, ARMY

GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, KOREAN

DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY

MEDAL, GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE MEDAL, NON-

COMMISSIONED OFFICER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIBBON, ARMY

SERVICE RIBBON, OVERSEAS SERVICE RIBBON, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN

BADGE, THE BRONZE STAR AND THE PURPLE HEART.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 7178,

CARRYING STATE ROUTE 2018 OVER I-295 IN MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP,

BUCKS COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE STAFF SGT. JAE S. MOON

MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 44. LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT D. SPRINGER MEMORIAL

HIGHWAY.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT D. SPRINGER WAS BORN IN

1933 IN MILLHEIM, CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

(2) SPRINGER EARNED A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN SOCIAL

SCIENCES IN 1964 AND A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IN 1969, BOTH FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON

UNIVERSITY.

A02283 - 49 -

(3) SPRINGER ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN

OCTOBER 1952.

(4) SPRINGER WAS DEPLOYED TO VIETNAM IN 1965, FIRST AT

BIEN HOA AIR BASE AS AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER WITH THE 6251ST

TACTICAL FIGHTER WING AND LATER AS CHIEF OF INTELLIGENCE WITH

THE 1ST AIR COMMANDO SQUADRON AT PLEIKU AIR BASE.

(5) AFTER COMPLETING AIR WAR COLLEGE IN MAY 1972,

SPRINGER WAS ASSIGNED TO AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS AS SPECIAL

ASSISTANT TO THE AIR FORCE VICE CHIEF OF STAFF.

(6) IN JUNE 1978, LIEUTENANT GENERAL SPRINGER TOOK

COMMAND OF THE 435TH TACTICAL AIRLIFT WING AT RHEIN-MAIN AIR

BASE IN WEST GERMANY. HE THEN BECAME DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF

FOR PERSONNEL AT MILITARY AIRLIFT COMMAND HEADQUARTERS IN

AUGUST 1981.

(7) IN AUGUST 1985, SPRINGER WAS ASSIGNED TO AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS AS AIR FORCE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

(8) FROM 1987 UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1988, SPRINGER

SERVED AS VICE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE MILITARY AIRLIFT

COMMAND AT SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE IN ILLINOIS.

(9) LIEUTENANT GENERAL SPRINGER WAS A COMMAND PILOT WITH

MORE THAN 6,000 FLYING HOURS AND 72 COMBAT MISSIONS.

(10) LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT D. SPRINGER DIED ON

AUGUST 19, 2021.

(11) SPRINGER'S MILITARY DECORATIONS AND AWARDS INCLUDE

THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, LEGION OF MERIT,

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL WITH

THREE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, AIR MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER,

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WITH SERVICE STAR, KOREAN

SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL WITH THREE SERVICE

STARS, HUMANITARIAN SERVICE MEDAL, AIR FORCE OVERSEAS RIBBON-

A02283 - 50 -

LONG, AIR FORCE LONGEVITY SERVICE AWARD RIBBON WITH SIX OAK

LEAF CLUSTERS, ARMED FORCES RESERVE MEDAL, SMALL ARMS EXPERT

MARKSMANSHIP RIBBON, UNITED NATIONS SERVICE MEDAL, REPUBLIC

OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE BRONZE STAR.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 445 FROM

THE INTERSECTION WITH PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 45 TO THE INTERSECTION

WITH PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 192 IN MILLHEIM BOROUGH AND PENN

TOWNSHIP, CENTRE COUNTY, is designated AS THE LIEUTENANT GENERAL

ROBERT D. SPRINGER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE ROADWAY TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE ROADWAY.

Section 45. Sergeant Charles R. Learn Memorial Bridge.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1) Sergeant Charles R. Learn enlisted in the United

States Army on October 24, 1940.

(2) Sergeant Learn fought bravely during World War II.

(3) During his service, he received the Good Conduct

Medal, American Defense Service Medal, European-African-

Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and three W/3 Bronze Stars.

(4) Sergeant Learn returned from service on November 30,

1945.

(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key

55815, carrying State Route 1005 over Crooked Creek in Rayne

Township, Indiana County, is designated as the Sergeant Charles

R. Learn Memorial Bridge.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

A02283 - 51 -

Section 46. William Hoffman Memorial Bridge.

(a) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Pennsylvania

Route 443 bridge, over the Little Schuylkill River, located in

Walker Township, Schuylkill County, is designated as the William

Hoffman Memorial Bridge.

(b) 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 47. Joseph Walker Memorial Bridge.

(a) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Park Road

Bridge, located in Wyomissing, Berks County, is designated as

the Joseph Walker Memorial Bridge.

(b) 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 48. Charles Gardner Memorial Bridge.

(a) Designation.--The bridge, on U.S. Route 209 over Middle

Creek, located in Polk Township, Monroe County, is designated as

the Charles Gardner Memorial Bridge.

(b) 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 49. Ralph Strubinger Memorial Bridge.

(a) Designation.--The bridge, also known as the Bridge

Street Bridge, located in Weissport Borough, Carbon County, is

designated as the Ralph Strubinger Memorial Bridge.

(b) 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 50. Wilbur Bohn Memorial Bridge.

A02283 - 52 -

(a) Designation.--The bridge, identified as U.S. Route 422

Bridge, over the Little Cacoosing Creek, located in Lower

Heidelberg Township, Berks County, and South Heidelberg

Township, Berks County, is designated as the Wilbur Bohn

Memorial Bridge.

(b) 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 51. Joseph Zienkiewicz Memorial Bridge.

(a) Designation.--The bridge, on Little Mountain Road over

the Little Catawissa Creek, located in Union Township,

Schuylkill County, is designated as the Joseph Zienkiewicz

Memorial Bridge.

(b) 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 52. Gordon Brink Memorial Bridge.

(a) Designation.--The bridge, on Pennsylvania Route 191 over

Brodhead Creek, located in Stroud Township, Monroe County, is

designated as the Gordon Brink Memorial Bridge.

(b) 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 53. Walter Skubel Memorial Bridge.

(a) Designation.--The bridge, on Pennsylvania Route 924 over

the railroad, located in Gilberton Borough, Monroe County, is

designated as the Walter Skubel Memorial Bridge.

(b) 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.

A02283 - 53 -

Section 54. Raphael Rivera Memorial Bridge.

(a) Designation.--The bridge, on Pennsylvania Route 512 over

the Monocacy Creek, located in Bethlehem City, Northampton

County, is designated as the Raphael Rivera Memorial Bridge.

(b) 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 55. Caitlin McGarry Memorial Bridge.

(a) Designation.--The bridge, on Pennsylvania Route 443 over

the Schuylkill River, located in Schuylkill Haven Borough,

Schuylkill County, is designated as the Caitlin McGarry Memorial

Bridge.

(b) 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 56. U.S. Army Ranger SPC Devin J. Kuhn Memorial

Highway.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds that:

(1) Born and raised in Philadelphia, Specialist Devin

James Kuhn graduated from Archbishop Ryan High School in

2013, where he played several sports.

(2) SPC Kuhn enjoyed the outdoors and participated in

activities such as hiking, skiing, golfing and running in

endurance marathons.

(3) Proudly serving his country in the United States

Army as an army ranger, SPC Kuhn deployed once in support of

Operation Freedom's Sentinel.

(4) SPC Kuhn was decorated with the following awards:

(i) National Defense Service Medal.

(ii) Army Service Ribbon.

A02283 - 54 -

(iii) The Expert Infantryman Badge.

(iv) The Parachutist Badge.

(v) The Ranger Tab.

(5) SPC Kuhn tragically lost his life in a training

accident and is survived by his wife, Brittany, his parents,

James and Lynn Kuhn and his sister, Sara Kuhn.

(6) This Commonwealth and the nation are indebted to SPC

Kuhn for his bravery and sacrifice in protecting freedom and

liberty at home and abroad.

(7) Enacting this memorial highway would be a small yet

significant action to honor the service and life of SPC Kuhn.

(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 1013 (Academy

Road) from the intersection with Cromwell Road to the

intersection with Comly Road in Philadelphia, Philadelphia

County, is designated as the U.S. Army Ranger SPC Devin J. Kuhn

Memorial Highway.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to

traffic in both directions on the highway.

Section 57. Corporal Robert J. Rusnak Memorial Bridge.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1) Robert Rusnak was born December 23, 1948, in

Johnstown.

(2) Corporal Rusnak enlisted in the United States Marine

Corps on June 28, 1967.

(3) Corporal Rusnak served in Company K, 3rd Battalion,

9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.

(4) On September 9, 1968, Company K was conducting a

search and destroy operation in Quang Tri Province when it

A02283 - 55 -

suddenly came under intense fire from a large North

Vietnamese Army unit.

(5) Corporal Rusnak assisted in deploying his squad and

directing the delivery of accurate suppressive fire upon the

hostile positions.

(6) Corporal Rusnak observed a fellow Marine lying

wounded in an open area and dangerously exposed to enemy

fire.

(7) Corporal Rusnak heroically rushed across the fire-

swept terrain to aid his injured comrade.

(8) Corporal Rusnak was mortally wounded by the heavy

volume of enemy small arm fire.

(9) Corporal Rusnak was posthumously awarded the Silver

Star for his heroic actions in the line of duty.

(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8660,

carrying State Route 3039 over the Conemaugh River in the City

of Johnstown, Cambria County, is designated as the Corporal

Robert J. Rusnak Memorial Bridge.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

Section 58. Walter Lane Memorial Bridge.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1) Walter Clarence Lane was born on August 31, 1909, in

Clearfield.

(2) Mr. Lane was a United States Army veteran of World

War II.

(3) He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons,

Lodge No. 96.

A02283 - 56 -

(4) Prior to his death, Mr. Lane was employed by the

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for seven years.

(5) Mr. Lane was an equipment operator for the

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

(6) On August 28, 1970, Mr. Lane was engaged in a

highway repair job on Legislative Route 17037, two miles

south of New Millport, when he was tragically killed during

the performance of his duties.

(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key

11476, on State Route 322, also known as Nichols Street, over

the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in the Borough of

Clearfield, Clearfield County, is designated as the Walter Lane

Memorial Bridge.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

Section 59. Police Officer Scott A. Wertz Memorial Bridge.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1) Police Officer Scott A. Wertz was a lifelong

resident of Berks County.

(2) Police Officer Wertz attended Reading and Wilson

School Districts and graduated from Wilson High School in

1984.

(3) Police Officer Wertz dedicated 20 years of his life

to public service and law enforcement, working for six years

as a correctional officer at the Berks County Prison, and

later as a part-time police officer for the Sinking Spring

Borough and South Heidelberg Township Police Departments.

(4) Police Officer Wertz graduated from the Reading

A02283 - 57 -

Police Academy and joined the Reading Police Department in

1997, where he was a member of the Patrol Division, working

as a Field Training Officer, and served in a special detail

in the Criminal Investigations Division as part of the Auto

Theft Task Force.

(5) On August 6, 2006, Police Officer Wertz died in the

line of duty while responding with his partner to a call to

assist his fellow officers who were attempting to break up a

fight.

(6) Police Officer Wertz was a loving husband and father

and a dedicated police professional whose exemplary career

and sacrifice personify the meaning of hero.

(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 5221,

carrying U.S. Route 422 Business, also known as Penn Street,

over the Schuylkill River in the City of Reading, Berks County,

is designated as the Police Officer Scott A. Wertz Memorial

Bridge.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

Section 60. Chief Christopher Kiskeravage Memorial Highway.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1) Chief Christopher Kiskeravage was a volunteer with

the Shenandoah Ambulance Corp as a teenager and continued

life as a career firefighter and paramedic.

(2) Chief Kiskeravage worked at Cetronia Ambulance as a

paramedic and was a member of the International Association

of Fire Fighters for the Easton Fire Department from 1989

until 1996 and the Allentown Fire Department from 1996 until

A02283 - 58 -

2019, when he retired as Assistant Chief.

(3) Chief Kiskeravage was a member of the Lehigh County

Special Operations team, Pennsylvania Urban Search and Rescue

Co. #3.

(4) Chief Kiskeravage was a Pennsylvania State Fire

Academy Instructor and was instrumental in the development of

the Allentown Fire Department Technical Rescue team.

(5) After retiring from Allentown where he was in

command of the fire academy, Chief Kiskeravage was appointed

as South Whitehall Township's first Fire Commissioner.

(6) Chief Kiskeravage trained firefighters across the

globe with Bucks County Community College's Fire and Public

Safety.

(7) Chief Kiskeravage also traveled internationally, as

well as across the United States, teaching emergency medical

technicians and topics related to fire suppression and

hazardous materials.

(8) On June 9, 2023, Chief Kiskeravage passed away at

the age of 56, after a lengthy battle with cancer.

(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 2005, known as

Lehigh Street, in Allentown, Lehigh County, from Segment

0060/Offset 1800 to the intersection with Vultee Street, is

designated as the Chief Christopher Kiskeravage Memorial

Highway.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to

traffic in both directions on the highway.

SECTION 45 61. REPEALS.

REPEALS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(1) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER

A02283 - 59 -

PARAGRAPH (2) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION

UNDER SECTION 12.

(2) SECTION 18 OF THE ACT OF JUNE 30, 2021 (P.L.339,

NO.64), IS REPEALED.

(3) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER

PARAGRAPH (4) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION

UNDER SECTION 17.

(4) SECTION 10 OF THE ACT OF NOVEMBER 27, 2019 (P.L.703,

NO.102), IS REPEALED.

(5) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER

PARAGRAPH (6) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION

UNDER SECTION 24.

(6) SECTION 1 OF THE ACT OF NOVEMBER 3, 2022 (P.L.2028,

NO.140), IS REPEALED.

(7) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER

PARAGRAPH (8) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION

UNDER SECTION 25.

(8) SECTION 49 OF THE ACT OF JUNE 10, 2022 (P.L.75,

NO.23), IS REPEALED.

(9) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER

PARAGRAPH (10) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION

UNDER SECTION 39.

(10) SECTION 8 OF THE ACT OF NOVEMBER 3, 2022 (P.L.

2028, NO. 140), IS REPEALED.

(11) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under

paragraph (12) is necessary to effectuate the designation

under section 45.

(12) Section 5 of the act of June 10, 2022 (P.L.75,

No.23), is repealed.

Section 10 46 62. Effective date.

A02283 - 60 -

This act shall take effect in 60 days.

A02283 - 61 -