PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1944 PRINTER'S NO. 2401
No. 1600 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY GEIST, LESCOVITZ, DALEY, BATTISTO, DeWEESE,
SOLOBAY, ROBERTS, PIPPY, MARKOSEK, LaGROTTA, STAIRS, HARHAI,
TRICH, BARD, MARSICO, PHILLIPS AND MICHLOVIC, JUNE 8, 1999
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
OCTOBER 5, 1999
AN ACT
1 Designating a portion of the Mon/Fayette Expressway, State Route
2 43, as the J. Barry Stout Expressway; designating a portion
3 of the Mon/Fayette Expressway, State Route 43, as the James
4 J. Manderino Memorial Highway; designating the twin bridges
5 at milepost 45 of the Mon/Fayette Expressway as the Joe
6 Montana Bridges; and designating State Route 1077 in Donora <--
7 and Caroll Township, Washington County, as the Stan Musial
8 Byway; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 24 IN YORK COUNTY <--
9 AS THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION HIGHWAY;
10 DESIGNATING A SECTION OF THE SOUTHERN TIER EXPRESSWAY IN ERIE
11 COUNTY, AS THE FOREST W. HOPKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;
12 DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THE MON/FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY AS THE
13 BRADDOCK'S CROSSING BRIDGE; AND DESIGNATING A PORTION OF THE
14 MON/FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY, STATE ROUTE 43, AS THE MEDAL OF HONOR
15 HIGHWAY.
16 The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
17 (1) Adequate transportation systems are crucial to the
18 public health, safety and economic integrity of a community.
19 (2) Southwestern Pennsylvania has for many years endured
20 congestion of traffic and poor feeder routes in the general
21 north-south pattern between the Monongahela Valley and the
22 City of Pittsburgh which have threatened the safety of the
23 public and thwarted economic development.
1 (3) The construction of a limited access road artery for
2 the north-south pattern in southwestern Pennsylvania from
3 Interstate 68 in West Virginia to the City of Pittsburgh will
4 relieve such congestion, promote economic vitality, reduce
5 the threat of catastrophe from the transportation of highly
6 combustible and toxic materials in densely populated areas,
7 and promote the general safety, health and welfare of the
8 public.
9 (4) Since his election to the General Assembly in 1971,
10 J. Barry Stout of Bentleyville, Washington County, has
11 advocated an expanded State road network, including a
12 Mon/Fayette Expressway and a Southern Beltway connector which
13 would link to the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport.
14 (5) Senator J. Barry Stout has tirelessly and
15 relentlessly pursued construction of a north-south road
16 artery and its connections in furtherance of the public
17 safety, welfare and economic development in all of
18 southwestern Pennsylvania. It is a fitting tribute that a
19 portion of this north-south road artery be designated in his
20 honor.
21 (6) In 1985 the General Assembly passed Senate Bill
22 No.441, which was signed into law as the act of September 30,
23 1985 (P.L.240, No.61), known as the Turnpike Organization,
24 Extension and Toll Road Conversion Act. Senator Stout served
25 on the Committee of Conference which reached the final
26 agreement on the language for the landmark legislation which
27 authorized the Mon/Fayette Expressway.
28 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
29 hereby enacts as follows:
30 Section 1. J. Barry Stout Expressway.
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1 The Mon/Fayette Expressway, State Route 43, beginning at the
2 interchange with Interstate 70 in Fallowfield Township,
3 Washington County, and continuing north until the connection <--
4 with Interstate 379 at Monroeville and the City of Pittsburgh in
5 Allegheny County, TO THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY LINE is designated as <--
6 the J. Barry Stout Expressway. Appropriate signs shall be posted
7 and maintained by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
8 Section 2. James J. Manderino Memorial Highway.
9 The section of State Route 43, beginning a the interchange
10 with Interstate 70 in Fallowfield Township, Washington County,
11 and continuing south until the intersection with United States
12 Route 40 in Centerville and California Boroughs, Washington
13 County, is designated as the James J. Manderino Memorial
14 Highway. Appropriate signs shall be posted and maintained by the
15 Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
16 Section 3. Joe Montana Bridges.
17 The twin bridges on State Route 43 at the milepost 45 over
18 Mingo Creek in Union Township, Washington County near State
19 Route 136 and Ringgold High School are designated as the Joe
20 Montana Bridges. Appropriate signs shall be posted and
21 maintained by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
22 Section 4. Stan Musial Byway.
23 The entire length of State Route 1077 within the Borough of
24 Donora and Carroll Townships, Washington County, is designated
25 as the Stan Musial Byway. The Department of Transportation shall
26 erect and maintain appropriate road signs.
27 SECTION 5. 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION HIGHWAY. <--
28 THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 24 FROM HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP TO ITS
29 TERMINUS IN MOUNT WOLF BOROUGH OF YORK COUNTY IS DESIGNATED AND
30 SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION
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1 HIGHWAY. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
2 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS IDENTIFYING THE ABOVE PORTION OF ROAD
3 AS THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION HIGHWAY.
4 SECTION 6. FOREST W. HOPKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
5 (A) THE EIGHT-MILE SECTION OF ROUTE 17 IN ERIE COUNTY, FROM
6 GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP TO THE NEW YORK STATE LINE, IS HEREBY
7 DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE FOREST W. HOPKINS MEMORIAL
8 HIGHWAY.
9 (B) FOREST W. HOPKINS WAS A COMMITTED COMMUNITY SERVANT, WHO
10 SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
11 FOURTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT FROM 1967 TO 1978. MR. HOPKINS DIED
12 IN OFFICE IN 1978.
13 (C) THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
14 MAINTAIN ROAD SIGNS, WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF FOREST W.
15 HOPKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE
16 SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (A).
17 SECTION 7. BRADDOCK'S CROSSING BRIDGE.
18 THE BRIDGE ON THE MON/FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY
19 CROSSING THE MONONGAHELA RIVER BETWEEN DUQUESNE AND EAST
20 PITTSBURGH IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY IS DESIGNATED AS THE BRADDOCK'S
21 CROSSING BRIDGE. THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL
22 ERECT AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS.
23 SECTION 8. THE MEDAL OF HONOR HIGHWAY.
24 THE MON/FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY, STATE ROUTE 43, BEGINNING AT THE
25 INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE 51 IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY AND
26 CONTINUING NORTH UNTIL THE CONNECTION WITH INTERSTATE 376 AT
27 MONROEVILLE AND THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, IS
28 DESIGNATED AS THE MEDAL OF HONOR HIGHWAY. APPROPRIATE SIGNS
29 SHALL BE POSTED AND MAINTAINED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE
30 COMMISSION.
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1 Section 5 9. Repeal. <--
2 All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar as they are
3 inconsistent with this act.
4 Section 6 10. Effective date. <--
5 This act shall take effect as follows:
6 (1) Sections 1 and 4 shall take effect in 60 days.
7 (2) Section 3 shall take effect June 11, 2001.
8 (3) The remainder of this act shall take effect
9 immediately.
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