PRINTER'S NO. 323
No. 319 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY McKINNEY, LYNCH, HANKINS AND FUMO,
FEBRUARY 27, 1979
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 27, 1979
AN ACT
1 Changing the name of the "Penrose Avenue Bridge" in the City of
2 Philadelphia, County of Philadelphia and Commonwealth of
3 Pennsylvania to the "George C. Platt Memorial Bridge."
4 WHEREAS, George C. Platt was a Civil War Hero who was awarded
5 the Congressional Medal of Honor for protecting the Union flag
6 in the battle of Gettysburg, while killing the enemy with the
7 flag staff; and
8 WHEREAS, George C. Platt was an engineer who constructed many
9 of Philadelphia's bridges and wharves; and
10 WHEREAS, George C. Platt built the original Penrose Avenue
11 Bridge; therefore
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. The bridge known as the "Penrose Avenue Bridge"
15 in the City of Philadelphia, County of Philadelphia and
16 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is hereby designated as, and shall
17 hereafter be known as, the "George C. Platt Memorial Bridge."
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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