PRINTER'S NO. 714
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
716
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TEPLITZ, FONTANA, BREWSTER, SMITH, COSTA AND
AUMENT, APRIL 10, 2015
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 10, 2015
AN ACT
Designating the bridge on State Route 34 that connects the banks
of the Juniata River in Newport, Perry County, as the Paul
Reider Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Paul Reider Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) In 1789, Paul Reider purchased a tract of land on
the banks of the Juniata River from David English.
(2) Over time, Reider's descendants founded the town of
Reider's Ferry at that point on the Juniata River, which was
formally established in 1804 as the town of Reidersville.
(3) Today the town of Reidersville is known as Newport.
(4) The Reider's Ferry Bridge Company, founded in 1838,
constructed a covered bridge in 1851 spanning the Juniata
River connecting Newport to Howe Township.
(5) That bridge was destroyed in an 1889 flood and
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replaced with another covered bridge.
(6) In 1903, the covered bridge was replaced with an
iron bridge.
(7) In 1934, the iron bridge was replaced with a steel
bridge, which has remained unnamed.
(8) The Newport Celebrates 175 Steering Committee and
the Newport Revitalization and Preservation Society both have
voted unanimously that this community founder is deserving of
commemorative action.
(b) Designation.--The bridge on State Route 34 that connects
the banks of the Juniata River in Newport, Perry County, is
hereby designated as the Paul Reider Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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