PRINTER'S NO. 3516
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2420
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, YOUNGBLOOD, READSHAW, HENNESSEY, TOOHIL,
LONGIETTI, DiGIROLAMO, RYAN, DUSH, SONNEY, MILLARD, COX,
MURT, RAPP, DAVIS, WARD, BARRAR, NEILSON, CALTAGIRONE,
BARBIN, SAYLOR, MARSICO, CONKLIN, JOZWIAK, BRADFORD AND
D. COSTA, MAY 9, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 9, 2018
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of Pennsylvania Route 286,
known as Washington Street, over the Kiskiminetas River,
between Saltsburg Borough, Indiana County, and Loyalhanna
Township, Westmoreland County, as the First Sergeant
Alexander Kelly Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. First Sergeant Alexander Kelly Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Alexander Kelly was born April 7, 1840, in
Saltsburg, Pennsylvania.
(2) During the Civil War, he enlisted as a substitute in
the Union Army and served as a First Sergeant with Company F
of the 6th United States Colored Troops.
(3) First Sergeant Kelly was awarded the Medal of Honor
for his actions on September 29, 1864, during the Battle of
Chapin's Farm in Virginia, where he gallantly seized the
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