Regular Session 2017-2018 Senate Bill 1156 P.N. 2108

HOUSE AMENDED

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1736, 1793, 1851

PRINTER'S NO. 2108

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

1156

Session of

2018

INTRODUCED BY MENSCH, MAY 7, 2018

AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

OCTOBER 16, 2018

AN ACT

Designating a bridge on that portion of Pennsylvania Route 100

over the Schuylkill River in Pottstown Borough, Montgomery

County, as the Newstell Marable, Sr., Memorial Bridge;

designating the bridge on Stoughstown Road over Interstate 81

in Cumberland County (bridge number 21-3007-0020-0865) as the

Private Raymond Lafayette Naugle Memorial Bridge; designating

the bridge on Maple Avenue over the Yellow Breeches Creek in

Walnut Bottom Township, Cumberland County (bridge number 21-

3009-0012-0000), as the Sergeant Kenneth Lee "Buck" Devor

Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge on that portion of U.S.

Route 219 South, over U.S. Route 22, also known as the

Admiral Peary Highway, in Cambria Township, Cambria County,

as the PFC Nick Kozorosky Memorial Bridge; 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; DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE

KEY 14196 LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 39,

ALSO KNOWN AS LINGLESTOWN ROAD, OVER U.S. ROUTE 22 IN THE

CITY OF HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, AS THE SPECIALIST 4

REUBEN GARNETT, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE; designating a portion

of Pennsylvania Route 54 in West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill

County, as the Francis V. "Angie" McAndrew Memorial Highway;

and designating a portion of State Route 2026, in Upper

Moreland Township, Montgomery County, as the Corporal Michael

Dennis Cooke Memorial Highway.; DESIGNATING THE PORTION OF

STATE ROUTE 192 FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE 477 IN

MILES TOWNSHIP, CENTRE COUNTY, TO THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE

ROUTE 144 IN CENTRE HALL BOROUGH, CENTRE COUNTY, AS THE

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;

DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 16385 ON THE

PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 4016, ALSO KNOWN AS WEST 38TH STREET,

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BETWEEN SCHAPER AVENUE AND PITTSBURGH AVENUE OVER INTERSTATE

79 IN THE CITY OF ERIE AS THE MAJOR TOM CARR MEMORIAL BRIDGE;

DESIGNATING A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER THAT PORTION OF STATE

ROUTE 252, ALSO KNOWN AS PROVIDENCE ROAD, BETWEEN STACKHOUSE

LANE AND COPPLES LANE IN NETHER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, DELAWARE

COUNTY, AS THE JACK HONTZ MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE

PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 3011, ALSO KNOWN AS 29TH STREET,

BETWEEN MASTER STREET AND THOMPSON STREET, IN THE CITY OF

PHILADELPHIA, AS THE FRANK L. OLIVER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;

DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 4001,

ALSO KNOWN AS HENRY AVENUE, OVER THE WISSAHICKON CREEK AND

LINCOLN DRIVE IN FAIRMOUNT PARK, PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, AS THE

BRIGADIER GENERAL ANNA MAE V. MCCABE HAYS MEMORIAL BRIDGE;

DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 2050 IN MONTGOMERY

COUNTY AS THE FIRST LIEUTENANT GEOFFREY LAWRENCE HAM MEMORIAL

HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE ON STATE ROUTE 641, ALSO

KNOWN AS EAST HIGH STREET, OVER THE LETORT SPRING IN CARLISLE

BOROUGH, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, AS THE LANCE CORPORAL EDWARD

RYKOSKEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THAT

PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 405 OVER NORFOLK SOUTHERN

RAILWAY TRACKS, WEST CHILLISQUAQUE TOWNSHIP, NORTHUMBERLAND

COUNTY, AS THE H. DONALD WHIPPLE MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING

A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 36 OVER THREE

SPRINGS RUN, SOUTH WOODBURY TOWNSHIP, BEDFORD COUNTY, AS THE

MARINE LANCE CORPORAL DARRELL MAGRUDER MEMORIAL BRIDGE;

DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 1001 OVER

IMLERTOWN RUN, BEDFORD TOWNSHIP, BEDFORD COUNTY, AS THE FIRST

LIEUTENANT ERIC FISHER WOOD, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE;

DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON U.S. ROUTE 209 OVER THE WEST BRANCH

SCHUYLKILL RIVER IN POTTSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, AS THE

CAPTAIN DAVID A. BORIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE

ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 1010 OVER THE CONESTOGA RIVER,

LANCASTER COUNTY, AS THE SERGEANT MELVIN R. WINK MEMORIAL

BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 563 IN

BUCKS COUNTY AS THE PFC JOHN RIVERS WAY; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE

ON THAT PORTION OF U.S. ROUTE 219 OVER THE KINZUA CREEK,

LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP, MCKEAN COUNTY, AS THE STAFF SERGEANT CARL

ENIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA

ROUTE 339 IN COLUMBIA COUNTY AS THE TURNER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;

DESIGNATING THE VIADUCT BRIDGES LOCATED ON INTERSTATE 80,

EASTBOUND, SEGMENT NUMBER 1382, OFFSET 0000, AND WESTBOUND,

SEGMENT NUMBER 1383, OFFSET 0000, IN COOPER TOWNSHIP,

CLEARFIELD COUNTY, OVER MOSHANNON CREEK AS THE RICHARD B.

WHITEHEAD MEMORIAL BRIDGES; AND DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE TO BE

CONSTRUCTED ON THAT PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 88 OVER

PETERS CREEK, FINLEYVILLE BOROUGH, WASHINGTON COUNTY, AS THE

JOHN EMERICK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Newstell Marable, Sr., Memorial Bridge.

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

follows:

(1) Newstell Marable, Sr., was a native of Birmingham,

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Alabama, and a graduate of Alabama A&M University.

(2) Mr. Marable served in the United States Army from

1953 through 1955.

(3) Mr. Marable joined and served the Pottstown NAACP

Branch #2288 from 1960 until his death in 2015.

(4) During his 30-year tenure as president of the

Pottstown NAACP Branch #2288, Mr. Marable handled 107

complaints.

(5) Mr. Marable was a passionate advocate for equal

opportunity and employment for all races and genders.

(6) In 1985, Mr. Marable led the combined efforts of the

NAACP and many churches and organizations to fight for the

rightful employment of two African Americans to the local

fire company.

(7) Mr. Marable was a key advocate for equality and was

instrumental in closing the Boyertown School District and

Pottsgrove School District for observance of the Martin

Luther King, Jr., holiday celebrations.

(8) Mr. Marable was a proud and longstanding member of

the Bethel A.M.E. Church in Pottstown where he served on

multiple boards and held many positions.

(b) Designation.--The bridge on that portion of Pennsylvania

Route 100 over the Schuylkill River in Pottstown Borough,

Montgomery County, is designated as the Newstell Marable, Sr.,

Memorial Bridge.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

Section 2. Private Raymond Lafayette Naugle Memorial Bridge.

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

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follows:

(1) Private Raymond Lafayette Naugle, a native of

Carlisle, enlisted in the United States Army on July 17,

1917.

(2) While serving with G Company, 2nd Battalion, 112th

Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, Private Naugle was

killed in action on November 8, 1918, in France.

(b) Designation.--The bridge on Stoughstown Road in

Cumberland County over Interstate 81 (bridge number 21-3007-

0020-0865) is designated the Private Raymond Lafayette Naugle

Memorial Bridge.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

Section 3. Sergeant Kenneth Lee "Buck" Devor Memorial Bridge.

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

follows:

(1) Sergeant Kenneth Lee "Buck" Devor, a native of

Carlisle, was drafted into the United States Army on December

2, 1966.

(2) While serving with Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 4th

Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning

Division), during the Tet Offensive, Sergeant Devor was

killed in action on February 10, 1968.

(3) Sergeant Devor was awarded the Bronze Star medal,

the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge and the

Republic of Vietnam Military Merit Medal.

(b) Designation.--The section of Maple Avenue over the

Yellow Breeches Creek in Walnut Bottom Township, Cumberland

County (bridge number 21-3009-0012-0000), is designated the

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Sergeant Kenneth Lee "Buck" Devor Memorial Bridge.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

Section 4. PFC Nick Kozorosky Memorial Bridge.

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

follows:

(1) PFC Nick Kozorosky, a native of Nanty Glo Borough,

served his country in the United States Army, 101st Airborne

Division, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War

II.

(2) On May 4, 1945, PFC Kozorosky was killed in action

near Berchtesgaden, Germany, where Nazi leaders were planning

a last stand.

(3) PFC Nick Kozorosky was posthumously awarded the

Purple Heart.

(b) Designation.--The bridge located on U.S. Route 219

South, over U.S. Route 22, also known as the Admiral Peary

Highway, in Cambria Township, Cambria County, is designated as

the PFC Nick Kozorosky Memorial Bridge.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic on the bridge.

SECTION 5. 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

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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

COLORS, WHICH HAD FALLEN NEAR THE ENEMY'S LINES OF ABATIS,

RAISED THEM AND RALLIED THE MEN AT A TIME OF CONFUSION AND IN

A PLACE OF THE GREATEST DANGER.

(4) FIRST SERGEANT KELLY'S ACTIONS DURING THE BATTLE OF

CHAPIN'S FARM ARE DEPICTED IN THE PAINTING TITLED THREE

MEDALS OF HONOR BY AMERICAN ARTIST DON TROIANI.

(5) FIRST SERGEANT KELLY WAS MUSTERED OUT OF THE

MILITARY SEPTEMBER 20, 1865, AND MOVED TO PITTSBURGH.

(6) FIRST SERGEANT KELLY DIED JUNE 19, 1907, AT THE AGE

OF 67 AND WAS INTERRED AT SAINT PETERS CEMETERY IN

PITTSBURGH.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED 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, IS DESIGNATED THE

FIRST SERGEANT ALEXANDER KELLY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 6. SPECIALIST 4 REUBEN GARNETT, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) REUBEN GARNETT, JR., WAS BORN JULY 22, 1942, IN

STEELTON.

(2) HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AT THE AGE OF

17 AND HELD THE RANK OF SPECIALIST 4.

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(3) ON JULY 8, 1965, HE WAS DEPLOYED TO VIETNAM WHERE HE

SERVED AS AN INFANTRYMAN WITH A COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 327TH

INFANTRY, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION.

(4) ON MARCH 4, 1966, AT THE AGE OF 23, SPECIALIST 4

REUBEN GARNETT, JR., WAS KILLED BY HOSTILE SMALL ARMS FIRE

DURING A COMBAT OPERATION IN PHU YEN PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM.

(5) HE WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, COMBAT

INFANTRY BADGE, PURPLE HEART, NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL, VIETNAM

SERVICE MEDAL AND THE VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 14196

LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 39, ALSO KNOWN AS

LINGLESTOWN ROAD, OVER U.S. ROUTE 22 IN THE CITY OF HARRISBURG,

DAUPHIN COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE SPECIALIST 4 REUBEN

GARNETT, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

Section 5 7. Francis V. "Angie" McAndrew Memorial Highway.

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

follows:

(1) Francis V. "Angie" McAndrew lived a life of service

to the residents of Schuylkill County and to the Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania.

(2) Born December 29, 1944, in Shenandoah, he was a 1962

graduate of the former J.W. Cooper High School, Shenandoah,

and a 1977 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University,

Schuylkill Campus.

(3) He was a decorated Army veteran, having served

during the Vietnam era.

(4) After his honorable discharge from the Army, he

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graduated from the Pennsylvania State Police Academy,

Hershey, and became a Pennsylvania State Trooper and State

Police investigator.

(5) During his 25-year career with the Pennsylvania

State Police, he served in numerous roles as a patrol

officer, a Statewide vice and narcotics investigator, a

corruption probe investigator and a criminal investigator.

(6) He received many accolades and commendations for his

work and skills in helping to solve and prosecute numerous

criminal cases and received a special citation in True

Detective Magazine.

(7) Upon his retirement from the Pennsylvania State

Police, he worked as a detective for the Schuylkill County

District Attorney's Office and was elected Schuylkill County

Sheriff in 1993.

(8) He served as county sheriff for 14 years and was

instrumental in establishing a central booking office to

quickly and efficiently provide fingerprinting and

recordkeeping for suspects.

(9) He also implemented security at the courthouse,

established a prison inmate work detail and revamped

procedures for attaining a hunting license in the county.

(10) In 2007, he was elected Schuylkill County

Commissioner, helping the Democratic Party take majority

control of the county board of commissioners for the first

time in 37 years. He served as commissioner from 2008 to

2011.

(11) During his career, he also served as a commissioner

for the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, a

delegate to the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association, a

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board member of the Pennsylvania State Police Camp Cadet

program and served on numerous other boards and associations.

(12) He was also a member of Divine Mercy Parish,

Anthony P. Damato American Legion Post 792, AMVETS Post 7,

Shenandoah East End Field and Stream Club, Saint Clair Fish

and Game, Veterans of the Vietnam War Post 29, BPOE Lodge

1533, Ancient Order of Hibernians in America, John F. Kennedy

Division 1 and a lifelong member of the former West End Fire

Company in Lost Creek.

(13) He died on November 27, 2016.

(b) Designation.--The portion of Pennsylvania Route 54 in

West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County, is designated as the

Francis V. "Angie" McAndrew Memorial Highway.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to

traffic in both directions on the highway.

Section 6 8. Corporal Michael Dennis Cooke Memorial Highway.

(a) Findings.--

(1) Corporal Michael Dennis Cooke was born and raised in

Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery County.

(2) Corporal Cooke enlisted in the United States Marine

Corps in 1987 and served in 3rd Platoon, C Company, 2nd

Reconnaissance Battalion, Second Marine Division.

(3) Corporal Cooke died of massive trauma after an

accidental grenade explosion on February 22, 1991, after

completing a heroic operation against the enemy serving as

team scout and photographer during Operation Desert Storm. He

was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star.

(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 2026 in Upper

Moreland Township, Montgomery County, from Pennsylvania Route

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611 to Pennsylvania Route 63 is designated the Corporal Michael

Dennis Cooke Memorial Highway.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to

traffic in both directions on the highway.

SECTION 9. CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL

HIGHWAY.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF WAR,

IT IS WIDELY ACCEPTED THAT THE VIETNAM WAR STARTED ON

NOVEMBER 1, 1955, AND ENDED ON APRIL 30, 1975, LASTING 19

YEARS, 180 DAYS.

(2) ON AUGUST 2, 1964, THE NORTH VIETNAMESE FIRED ON A

UNITED STATES DESTROYER ANCHORED IN THE GULF OF TONKIN,

LEADING TO CONGRESS PASSING THE GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION,

AUTHORIZING A FULL-SCALE INTERVENTION IN THE VIETNAM WAR.

(3) ON MARCH 8, 1965, THE FIRST AMERICAN COMBAT TROOPS,

THE 9TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY BRIGADE, LANDED IN DA NANG,

VIETNAM.

(4) THE LAST AMERICAN GROUND TROOPS LEFT VIETNAM ON

MARCH 29, 1973, MORE THAN TWO YEARS BEFORE THE OFFICIAL END

OF THE WAR WHEN SOUTH VIETNAM SURRENDERED TO NORTH VIETNAM.

(5) TWO HUNDRED FORTY MEN WERE AWARDED THE MEDAL OF

HONOR DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

(6) IN ALL, APPROXIMATELY 2,700,000 AMERICAN MEN AND

WOMEN SERVED IN UNIFORM IN VIETNAM, INCLUDING OVER 300,000

PENNSYLVANIANS.

(7) FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT

AMERICANS WERE KILLED DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING OVER 3,000

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PENNSYLVANIANS.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 192 FROM THE

INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE 477 IN MILES TOWNSHIP, CENTRE

COUNTY, TO THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE 144 IN CENTRE HALL

BOROUGH, CENTRE COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE CENTRAL

PENNSYLVANIA VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.

SECTION 10. MAJOR TOM CARR MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) TOM M. CARR WAS BORN APRIL 17, 1961, IN WILKES-

BARRE.

(2) MAJOR CARR WAS A 1979 GRADUATE OF ERIE TECH MEMORIAL

HIGH SCHOOL.

(3) MAJOR CARR GRADUATED FROM CLEMSON UNIVERSITY IN

1984, EARNING A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL

ENGINEERING.

(4) IN 1986, MAJOR CARR BEGAN A DISTINGUISHED MILITARY

CAREER IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AS AN F-16 FIGHTER

PILOT.

(5) MAJOR CARR WAS HAND-PICKED FOR THE AIR FORCE "ELITE"

FIGHTER WEAPONS SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS PRAISED FOR HIS

OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AS SENIOR RANKING OFFICER.

(6) DURING HIS SERVICE, MAJOR CARR WAS STATIONED IN

KOREA, THE PERSIAN GULF, ITALY, BAHRAIN, BOSNIA, AND IRAQ.

HE FLEW NUMEROUS COMBAT MISSIONS, INCLUDING DURING OPERATION

NORTHERN WATCH IN IRAQ, AND FLEW OVER 2,000 FIGHTER SORTIES.

(7) AFTER LEAVING ACTIVE DUTY, MAJOR CARR BECAME AN AIR

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FORCE RESERVIST ASSIGNED TO THE 93RD FIGHTER SQUADRON AT

HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE STATION IN FLORIDA, WHERE HE SERVED AS

THE SQUADRON WEAPONS OFFICER.

(8) MAJOR CARR'S OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL SKILL,

LEADERSHIP AND CEASELESS EFFORTS AS AN AIR FORCE RESERVIST

FACILITATED TWO MAJOR OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS, THREE LIVE

WEAPONS DEPLOYMENTS, ONE OPERATIONAL READINESS INSPECTION AND

AN EXPEDITIOUS CONVERSION FROM THE F-16A TO THE F-16C

AIRCRAFT.

(9) ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1998, MAJOR CARR SACRIFICED HIS

LIFE IN DEFENSE OF HIS NATION WHEN, DURING AN AIR FORCE

ATTACK-TRAINING MISSION, HIS F-16D JET WENT DOWN OVER THE

AVON BOMBING RANGE IN FLORIDA.

(10) MAJOR CARR WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE MERITORIOUS

SERVICE MEDAL BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 16385

ON THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 4016, ALSO KNOWN AS WEST 38TH

STREET, BETWEEN SCHAPER AVENUE AND PITTSBURGH AVENUE OVER

INTERSTATE 79 IN THE CITY OF ERIE IS DESIGNATED AS THE MAJOR TOM

CARR MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 11. JACK HONTZ MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) JACK HONTZ WAS A 1978 GRADUATE OF NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL

IN NEWTON, NEW JERSEY.

(2) HE EARNED A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN MUSIC

EDUCATION AND A MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN MUSIC PERFORMANCE

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FROM WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY.

(3) IN 1983, HE BEGAN WORKING AT WALLINGFORD-SWARTHMORE

SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE HE FORMED STRATH HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL'S

NEW INSTRUMENTAL DEPARTMENT AND SERVED AS DEPARTMENT CHAIR

FOR THE FINE ARTS.

(4) FOR 34 YEARS, HE ENTHUSIASTICALLY GREW THE STRATH

HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL BANDS AND ORCHESTRA, TOUCHING THE LIVES OF

GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS.

(5) THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF HIS INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND

THE MUSICAL ENSEMBLES HE WAS PRIVILEGED TO DIRECT, INCLUDING

THE OVER 400 MEMBER STRATH HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND,

WERE A CONSTANT SOURCE OF PRIDE.

(6) MR. HONTZ ALSO SERVED AS THE MUSICAL ADVISOR TO THE

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY BAND FOR 30 YEARS, AND AS THE CONDUCTOR

OF THE CHESTER COUNTY CONCERT BAND FOR 22 YEARS.

(7) IN 2016, MR. HONTZ WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED

MUSIC ALUMNUS AWARD BY WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY.

(8) JACK HONTZ PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 23, 2017, AT 57 YEARS

OF AGE.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER STATE ROUTE

252, ALSO KNOWN AS PROVIDENCE ROAD, BETWEEN STACKHOUSE LANE AND

COPPLES LANE, IN NETHER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, DELAWARE COUNTY, IS

DESIGNATED AS THE JACK HONTZ MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS OF THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 12. FRANK L. OLIVER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) FRANK L. OLIVER WAS BORN ON APRIL 15, 1922, TO JAMES

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AND LESSIE OLIVER IN PHILADELPHIA.

(2) HE SERVED AS CHAIR OF THE 29TH DEMOCRATIC WARD

COMMITTEE, EVENTUALLY BECOMING ITS LEADER IN 1970, AND SERVED

IN THAT POSITION UNTIL HIS PASSING.

(3) IN 1973, HE WAS ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES IN A SPECIAL ELECTION, REPRESENTING THE 195TH

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT.

(4) HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO REPRESENT THE

195TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT, WHICH HE REPRESENTED HONORABLY

FOR 37 YEARS.

(5) HE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER AND CHAIR OF THE

PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS AND WAS AN INSTRUMENTAL

MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORITY.

(6) HIS EXTENSIVE PUBLIC SERVICE ALSO INCLUDED SERVING

AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TREASURER OF PHILADELPHIA'S

DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND AS CHAIR OF THE NEW PROGRESSIVE

ALLIANCE.

(7) AT HIS RETIREMENT, HE WAS DEMOCRATIC CHAIR OF THE

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES AND HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS CHAIR OF THE

STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

(8) FRANK L. OLIVER PERSONIFIED WHAT IT MEANT TO BE A

PUBLIC SERVANT BY ALWAYS BEING ACCESSIBLE TO HIS CONSTITUENTS

AND HELPING PEOPLE.

(9) HIS ABILITY TO CROSS PARTY LINES TO NEGOTIATE ON

BEHALF OF HIS CONSTITUENTS AND THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA IS

WELL REMEMBERED.

(10) FRANK L. OLIVER PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 1, 2018, AT

THE AGE OF 95.

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(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 3011, ALSO

KNOWN AS 29TH STREET, BETWEEN MASTER STREET AND THOMPSON STREET,

IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, IS DESIGNATED AS THE FRANK L.

OLIVER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.

SECTION 13. BRIGADIER GENERAL ANNA MAE V. MCCABE HAYS MEMORIAL

BRIDGE.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) IN 1941, ANNA MAE V. MCCABE HAYS GRADUATED WITH A

DEGREE IN NURSING FROM THE ALLENTOWN GENERAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL

OF NURSING.

(2) AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, A SENSE OF DUTY

INSPIRED HER TO JOIN THE ARMY NURSE CORPS AND SHE ENTERED

ACTIVE DUTY IN 1942.

(3) IN 1943, SHE WAS DEPLOYED FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS

TO LEDO, ASSAM, INDIA, WHERE SHE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE

OPERATING ROOM AND HER UNIT PROVIDED CARE TO MORE THAN 49,000

PATIENTS, INCLUDING AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO WERE BUILDING AN

OVERLAND COMMUNICATION ROUTE TO CHINA, FIGHTING THE JAPANESE

IN BURMA AND FLYING SUPPLIES OVER THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS TO

CHINESE FORCES.

(4) IN 1945, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO FIRST LIEUTENANT AND

CHOSE TO REMAIN ON ACTIVE DUTY AFTER WORLD WAR II WHEN SHE

WAS ASSIGNED TO TILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL AT FORT DIX, NEW

JERSEY, AS AN OPERATING ROOM SUPERVISOR AND LATER AS HEAD

NURSE.

(5) IN 1947, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN AND

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SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME THE OBSTETRICS SUPERVISOR AT VALLEY FORGE

GENERAL HOSPITAL IN PHOENIXVILLE.

(6) IN 1950, AFTER HOSTILITIES BROKE OUT IN KOREA, SHE

MOBILIZED WITH THE 4TH FIELD HOSPITAL AT FORT BENNING,

GEORGIA, WHERE SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE NOTORIOUS INCHON

LANDING ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1950, AND ASSISTED THE 4TH FIELD

HOSPITAL IN CARING FOR MORE THAN 25,000 PATIENTS.

(7) IN MAY 1956, SHE REPORTED FOR DUTY AS HEAD NURSE OF

THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT WALTER REED GENERAL HOSPITAL IN

WASHINGTON, DC, WHERE SHE WAS ONE OF THE PRIVATE NURSES TO

CARE FOR PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER WHILE HE WAS

HOSPITALIZED THERE FOR 23 DAYS AFTER SUFFERING AN ILEITIS

ATTACK.

(8) IN 1958, SHE GRADUATED FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TEACHER'S COLLEGE WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN

NURSING EDUCATION.

(9) IN OCTOBER 1960, SHE BECAME CHIEF NURSE OF THE 11TH

EVACUATION HOSPITAL IN PUSAN, SOUTH KOREA.

(10) IN SEPTEMBER 1963, SHE WAS SELECTED AS ASSISTANT

CHIEF OF THE ARMY NURSE CORPS.

(11) ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1967, ANNA MAE V. MCCABE HAYS WAS

SWORN IN AS THE 13TH CHIEF OF THE ARMY NURSE CORPS, WHERE SHE

GUIDED THE ARMY NURSE CORPS DURING THE WORST FIGHTING OF THE

VIETNAM WAR.

(12) IN 1968, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO COLONEL AND RECEIVED A

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING FROM THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF

AMERICA.

(13) ON JUNE 11, 1970, ANNA MAE V. MCCABE HAYS WAS

PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL AND BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN IN

THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES TO ACHIEVE THE RANK OF

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GENERAL.

(14) HER RECOMMENDATIONS TO SURGEON GENERAL HAL B.

JENNINGS LED TO GROUNDBREAKING REFORMS IN PERSONNEL POLICIES,

INCLUDING THE ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC DISCHARGES FOR MARRIED

OFFICERS WHO BECAME PREGNANT AND THE ELIMINATION OF

RESTRICTIONS ON THE AGE OF DEPENDENTS OF FEMALE NURSES

SEEKING APPOINTMENT IN THE ARMY NURSE CORPS RESERVE.

(15) SHE RETIRED AS CHIEF OF THE ARMY NURSE CORPS ON

AUGUST 31, 1971, AFTER SERVING IN THE POSITION FOR FOUR

YEARS.

(16) ON JANUARY 7, 2018, SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF

97 AND GOVERNOR TOM WOLF ORDERED THE COMMONWEALTH FLAG AT THE

CAPITOL COMPLEX AND AT ALL STATE FACILITIES IN ALLENTOWN TO

FLY AT HALF STAFF IN HONOR OF HER MEMORY.

(17) HER NUMEROUS AWARDS INCLUDED THE DISTINGUISHED

SERVICE MEDAL, LEGION OF MERIT, ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL,

AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH

ONE SERVICE STAR, WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, ARMY OF

OCCUPATION MEDAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WITH OAK

LEAF CLUSTER, KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL WITH THREE SERVICE STARS

AND THE UNITED NATIONS SERVICE MEDAL (KOREA).

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF

STATE ROUTE 4001, ALSO KNOWN AS HENRY AVENUE, OVER THE

WISSAHICKON CREEK AND LINCOLN DRIVE IN FAIRMOUNT PARK,

PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE BRIGADIER GENERAL ANNA

MAE V. MCCABE HAYS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 14. FIRST LIEUTENANT GEOFFREY LAWRENCE HAM MEMORIAL

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HIGHWAY.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) GEOFFREY LAWRENCE HAM GRADUATED FROM LOWER MORELAND

HIGH SCHOOL IN 1961 AND TEMPLE UNIVERSITY IN 1965, WHERE HE

PARTICIPATED IN THE ROTC PROGRAM.

(2) FIRST LIEUTENANT HAM SERVED AS A RIFLE INSTRUCTOR AT

THE UNITED STATES INFANTRY SCHOOL AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA,

BEFORE HIS DEPLOYMENT TO VIETNAM IN MARCH 1967.

(3) ON JUNE 28, 1967, FIRST LIEUTENANT HAM WAS KILLED IN

ACTION IN KONTUM PROVINCE.

(4) FIRST LIEUTENANT HAM RECEIVED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE

SERVICE MEDAL, THE COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE, THE VIETNAM

CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE PURPLE HEART.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 2050 FROM

BYBERRY ROAD TO COUNTY LINE ROAD IN LOWER MORELAND TOWNSHIP,

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE FIRST LIEUTENANT GEOFFREY

LAWRENCE HAM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.

SECTION 15. LANCE CORPORAL EDWARD RYKOSKEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) LANCE CORPORAL EDWARD RYKOSKEY WAS BORN MAY 11,

1946, IN CARLISLE.

(2) LANCE CORPORAL RYKOSKEY GRADUATED FROM CARLISLE AREA

HIGH SCHOOL, AFTER WHICH HE ENTERED THE UNITED STATES MARINE

CORPS, WHERE HE SERVED FOR TWO YEARS.

(3) LANCE CORPORAL RYKOSKEY WAS STATIONED IN QUANG NAM

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PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, AS PART OF C COMPANY, 3RD

RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION, 3RD MARINE DIVISION (REIN), FMF.

(4) ON AUGUST 18, 1966, LANCE CORPORAL RYKOSKEY WAS ON

HIS WAY BACK FROM A RECONNAISSANCE PATROL IN THE DA NANG AREA

WHEN HE WAS THE FIRST TO SEE AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF VIET

CONG COMING UP A TRAIL.

(5) LANCE CORPORAL RYKOSKEY WAS AWARE THAT HIS MOVEMENT

WOULD ALERT THE ENEMY OF HIS POSITION, BUT HE UNHESITATINGLY

TURNED TO ALERT HIS FELLOW PATROLMEN OF THE IMPENDING DANGER.

(6) THE VIET CONG FIRED UPON LANCE CORPORAL RYKOSKEY

WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS AND HE WAS KILLED. HIS FELLOW

PATROLMEN WERE ABLE TO RETURN FIRE, BREAK CONTACT WITH THE

VIET CONG FORCE, WHO GREATLY OUTNUMBERED THEM, AND RETURN TO

FRIENDLY TERRITORY.

(7) THE REMAINING PATROL MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE

INFORMATION TO HIGHER HEADQUARTERS THAT ALLOWED THE LAUNCH OF

A SUCCESSFUL GROUND ACTION AGAINST THE ENEMY.

(8) LANCE CORPORAL RYKOSKEY WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE

HEART, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE VIETNAM

SERVICE MEDAL, THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN RIBBON BAR,

THE MILITARY MERIT MEDAL, THE GALLANTRY CROSS WITH PALM, THE

VIETNAMESE DECREE AND THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL WITH COMBAT "V"

IN HONOR OF HIS SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 641,

ALSO KNOWN AS EAST HIGH STREET, OVER THE LETORT SPRING IN

CARLISLE BOROUGH, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE LANCE

CORPORAL EDWARD RYKOSKEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

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SECTION 16. H. DONALD WHIPPLE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) H. DONALD WHIPPLE WAS A 2001 GRADUATE OF WEST BRANCH

HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY IN 2006

WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL

SCIENCES.

(2) AMONG HIS ACHIEVEMENTS, MR. WHIPPLE WORKED AS AN

EMPLOYEE OF THE COMMONWEALTH BEGINNING IN 2008 AND WAS

RECOGNIZED AS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT 3-0

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH IN AUGUST 2012 FOR HIS OUTSTANDING WORK

AND DEDICATION. HE WAS ALSO INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE

DRAFTING AND DESIGNING OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 405 BRIDGE

IN WEST CHILLISQUAQUE TOWNSHIP.

(3) MR. WHIPPLE DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A SEVERE

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON AUGUST 3, 2016, WHILE PERFORMING

HIS JOB DUTIES. HE WAS 33 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF HIS

PASSING.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE

405 IN CHILLISQUAQUE TOWNSHIP, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, OVER

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY TRACKS IS DESIGNATED THE H. DONALD

WHIPPLE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 17. MARINE LANCE CORPORAL DARRELL MAGRUDER MEMORIAL

BRIDGE.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) MARINE LANCE CORPORAL DARRELL MAGRUDER WAS A NATIVE

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OF BEDFORD COUNTY AND ATTENDED NORTHERN BEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL.

(2) MARINE LANCE CORPORAL MAGRUDER SERVED IN VIETNAM

WITH H COMPANY, SECOND BATTALION, 3RD MARINE DIVISION.

(3) ON APRIL 19, 1966, MARINE LANCE CORPORAL MAGRUDER

DIED FROM INJURIES HE RECEIVED WHEN HE STEPPED ON A LAND MINE

IN DA NANG THE PREVIOUS DAY.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE

36 OVER THREE SPRINGS RUN, SOUTH WOODBURY TOWNSHIP, BEDFORD

COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE MARINE LANCE CORPORAL DARRELL MAGRUDER

MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 18. FIRST LIEUTENANT ERIC FISHER WOOD, JR., MEMORIAL

BRIDGE.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) FIRST LIEUTENANT ERIC FISHER WOOD, JR., WAS BORN ON

JANUARY 25, 1919, IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND RAISED IN

BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

(2) FIRST LIEUTENANT ERIC FISHER WOOD, JR., WAS A

GRADUATE OF VALLEY FORGE MILITARY ACADEMY, SUMMA CUM LAUDE,

AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.

(3) UPON GRADUATION FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, FIRST

LIEUTENANT ERIC FISHER WOOD, JR., SERVED IN THE PENNSYLVANIA

NATIONAL GUARD'S ARTILLERY RESERVE.

(4) FIRST LIEUTENANT ERIC FISHER WOOD, JR., LATER SERVED

WITH BATTERY A, 589TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, 106TH

INFANTRY DIVISION, UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II.

(5) FIRST LIEUTENANT ERIC FISHER WOOD, JR., WAS KILLED

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IN ACTION AROUND JANUARY 22, 1945, NEAR MEYERODE, BELGIUM.

(6) FIRST LIEUTENANT ERIC FISHER WOOD, JR., WAS AWARDED

THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, THE SILVER STAR, THE BRONZE

STAR, THE BELGIAN CROIX DE GUERRE AND THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 1001

OVER IMLERTOWN RUN IN BEDFORD TOWNSHIP, BEDFORD COUNTY, IS

DESIGNATED THE FIRST LIEUTENANT ERIC FISHER WOOD, JR., MEMORIAL

BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 19. CAPTAIN DAVID A. BORIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) CAPTAIN DAVID A. BORIS GRADUATED FROM POTTSVILLE

AREA HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE WAS AN HONOR STUDENT, EDITOR-IN-

CHIEF OF THE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER, TIDE LINES, PRESIDENT OF THE

SPANISH CLUB AND CO-CAPTAIN OF THE SWIM TEAM AND SOCCER TEAM.

(2) CAPTAIN BORIS ATTENDED THE UNITED STATES MILITARY

ACADEMY AT WEST POINT WHERE HE RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

DEGREE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND WAS CAPTAIN OF THE

SANDHURST MILITARY SKILLS TEAM HIS SENIOR YEAR.

(3) CAPTAIN BORIS SERVED AS ALPHA TROOP COMMANDER WITH

THE 1ST SQUADRON 91ST CAVALRY REGIMENT, 173RD AIRBORNE

BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM.

(4) OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER, CAPTAIN BORIS

DEPLOYED TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

(5) ON NOVEMBER 12, 2007, CAPTAIN BORIS WAS KILLED IN

ACTION WHILE DEPLOYED FOR HIS TOUR OF DUTY IN AFGHANISTAN

DURING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.

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(6) CAPTAIN BORIS' AWARDS AND DECORATIONS INCLUDE A

BRONZE STAR MEDAL; OAK LEAF CLUSTER BRONZE LARGE LETTER V

DEVICE; PURPLE HEART; ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL; OAK LEAF

CLUSTER BRONZE LARGE (DOUBLE); VALOROUS UNIT AWARD; NATIONAL

DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL; ARMY SERVICE RIBBON; OVERSEAS SERVICE

RIBBON AND NUMERAL 2; PARACHUTIST BADGE - BASIC; AIR ASSAULT

BADGE; GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR SERVICE; AFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGN

MEDAL & BRONZE STAR ATTACHMENT (SINGLE) AND IRAQ CAMPAIGN

MEDAL & BRONZE STAR ATTACHMENT.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON U.S. ROUTE 209 IN

POTTSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, OVER THE WEST BRANCH SCHUYLKILL

RIVER, IS DESIGNATED THE CAPTAIN DAVID A. BORIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 20. SERGEANT MELVIN R. WINK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) SERGEANT MELVIN R. WINK WAS A NATIVE OF BAREVILLE

AND GRADUATED FROM CONESTOGA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

(2) SERGEANT WINK SERVED WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY

TROOP A, 3RD SQUADRON, 4TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 25TH INFANTRY

DIVISION.

(3) SERGEANT WINK WAS KILLED IN ACTION WHEN HE WAS ON A

RECONNAISSANCE MISSION IN CAMBODIA WITH HIS UNIT, WHICH WAS

AMBUSHED WITH SMALL ARMS FIRE AND ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADES.

(4) SERGEANT WINK WAS AWARDED THE ARMY COMMENDATION

MEDAL, BRONZE STAR "V" DEVICE, BRONZE STAR FIRST OAK LEAF

CLUSTER, SILVER STAR, PURPLE HEART, MILITARY MERIT MEDAL,

GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL AND MARKSMANSHIP

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MEDAL FOR RIFLE, AUTO RIFLE, MACHINE GUN AND GRENADE AND TWO

ACTION IN VIETNAM MEDALS.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 1010 IN

WEST EARL TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, OVER THE CONESTOGA RIVER

IS DESIGNATED THE SERGEANT MELVIN R. WINK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 21. PFC JOHN RIVERS WAY.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) PFC JOHN RIVERS WAS BORN IN RIVERSIDE, NEW JERSEY,

AND ATTENDED QUAKERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, QUAKERTOWN, WHERE HE

PLAYED FOOTBALL.

(2) PFC RIVERS SERVED IN THE 11TH MACHINE GUN SQUAD, H

COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, 1ST MARINES IN WORLD WAR II.

(3) ON AUGUST 21, 1942, PFC RIVERS WAS KILLED AT THE

BATTLE OF TENARU, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS.

(4) PFC RIVERS WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 563 IN

BUCKS COUNTY FROM PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 313 TO OLD BETHLEHEM ROAD

IS DESIGNATED THE PFC JOHN RIVERS WAY.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.

SECTION 22. STAFF SERGEANT CARL ENIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) STAFF SERGEANT CARL ENIS, OF TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA,

DIED MARCH 15, 2018, AT 31 YEARS OF AGE WHEN AN HH-60 PAVE

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HAWK HELICOPTER CRASHED IN WESTERN IRAQ.

(2) STAFF SERGEANT ENIS' FAMILY HAS GENERATIONS OF

CONNECTION TO LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP IN MCKEAN COUNTY WHERE STAFF

SERGEANT ENIS SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME VACATIONING AND

LEARNING TO HUNT AND FISH.

(3) STAFF SERGEANT ENIS WAS ASSIGNED TO THE AIR FORCE

RESERVE'S 308TH RESCUE SQUADRON AT PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE,

FLORIDA, IN WHICH HE SERVED FOR EIGHT YEARS.

(4) STAFF SERGEANT ENIS WAS A PARARESCUEMAN WHO ALSO

WORKED AS A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SALESMAN.

(5) STAFF SERGEANT ENIS' AWARDS AND DECORATIONS INCLUDE

THE AIR RESERVE FORCES MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL WITH BRONZE

OAK LEAF CLUSTER, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL AND THE

GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL.

(6) IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, STAFF SERGEANT ENIS RECEIVED

MULTIPLE AWARDS, INCLUDING AIRMAN OF THE YEAR FOR BOTH THE

920TH RESCUE WING AND AIR FORCE RESERVE COMMAND.

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

25323, LOCATED ON U.S. ROUTE 219 OVER THE KINZUA CREEK,

LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP, MCKEAN COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE STAFF

SERGEANT CARL ENIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 23. TURNER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) THE TURNER FAMILY OF NESCOPECK HAS MADE GREAT

SACRIFICES ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES WITH FAMILY MEMBERS

HAVING SERVED IN THE ARMED SERVICES THROUGHOUT WORLD WAR II

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AND THE CONFLICTS IN KOREA AND VIETNAM.

(2) DURING WORLD WAR II, FIVE MEMBERS OF THE TURNER

FAMILY SERVED SIMULTANEOUSLY OVERSEAS, INCLUDING BROTHERS,

DAY, ERNEST AND ROBERT TURNER, AND BROTHERS-IN-LAW, RICHARD

STOUT AND JOHN SLUSSER.

(3) SERGEANT DAY G. TURNER WAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING

WORLD WAR II ON FEBRUARY 8, 1945, IN GERMANY.

(4) SERGEANT ERNEST TURNER WAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING

THE KOREAN CONFLICT AFTER BEING INJURED IN BATTLE THREE TIMES

DURING WORLD WAR II.

(5) ROBERT TURNER, RICHARD STOUT AND JOHN SLUSSER WERE

WOUNDED IN BATTLE DURING WORLD WAR II.

(6) GRANDSON, RICHARD STOUT, WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION IN

VIETNAM.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 339 IN

COLUMBIA COUNTY FROM THE COLUMBIA/LUZERNE COUNTY LINE TO JOHN

STREET IN MIFFLINVILLE IS DESIGNATED THE TURNER MEMORIAL

HIGHWAY.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.

SECTION 24. RICHARD B. WHITEHEAD MEMORIAL BRIDGES.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) RICHARD BYRD WHITEHEAD WAS BORN ON APRIL 15, 1930,

IN THE SMALL MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY OF PHILIPSBURG. HE WAS ONE OF

10 CHILDREN BORN TO MAE AND LESLIE WHITEHEAD, WHO WERE

LIFELONG RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN. HE GRADUATED FROM PHILIPSBURG

HIGH SCHOOL IN 1949, WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN A NUMBER OF

SPORTS, INCLUDING FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL.

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(2) IN 1951, HE ENTERED THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND

ATTAINED THE RANK OF AIRMAN SECOND CLASS. HE COMPLETED A

SUCCESSFUL TENURE IN THE SERVICE, INCLUDING TIME SPENT IN

JAPAN. HE RETURNED ON OCTOBER 3, 1953, ABOARD THE USS JAMES

O'HARA.

(3) THROUGH IRON WORKERS LOCAL UNION NO. 772, CURRENTLY

IRON WORKERS LOCAL UNION NO. 3, OF CLEARFIELD, HE WAS

RECRUITED TO WORK ON THE INTERSTATE 80 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT,

A PART OF WHICH INCLUDED THE VIADUCT BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION NEAR

KYLERTOWN.

(4) RICHARD BYRD WHITEHEAD WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED AT THE

VIADUCT BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION SITE ON JULY 29, 1966, AS A

RESULT OF A FALL, LEAVING BEHIND HIS BELOVED WIFE AND TWO

YOUNG CHILDREN, RICHARD BYRD AND JULIE KAY. HE WAS A DEVOTED

HUSBAND, FATHER, SON, BROTHER, UNCLE AND COUSIN AND A FRIEND

TO MANY IN HIS CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE VIADUCT BRIDGES LOCATED ON INTERSTATE

80, EASTBOUND, SEGMENT NUMBER 1382, OFFSET 0000, AND WESTBOUND,

SEGMENT NUMBER 1383, OFFSET 0000, IN COOPER TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD

COUNTY, OVER MOSHANNON CREEK ARE DESIGNATED THE RICHARD B.

WHITEHEAD MEMORIAL BRIDGES.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGES TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGES.

SECTION 25. JOHN EMERICK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

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

FOLLOWS:

(1) SERGEANT JOHN EMERICK, A NATIVE OF MOUNT PLEASANT,

WESTMORELAND COUNTY, ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS IN 1940.

(2) FOLLOWING THE 1941 ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, SERGEANT

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EMERICK WAS DEPLOYED TO THE BATAAN PENINSULA, PHILIPPINES,

INITIALLY SERVING IN THE 19TH AIR BASE SQUADRON AND LATER

TRANSFERRING TO THE 31ST INFANTRY UNIT IN AN ATTEMPT TO HALT

THE JAPANESE ADVANCE IN THE REGION.

(3) WITH LIMITED FOOD, WATER AND SUPPLIES, AND FOLLOWING

THE ORDER OF HIS COMMANDER, SERGEANT EMERICK, ALONG WITH

APPROXIMATELY 12,000 AMERICANS AND 63,000 FILIPINOS,

SURRENDERED TO JAPANESE FORCES AS PRISONERS OF WAR AND WERE

FORCED TO MARCH 65 MILES THROUGH THE JUNGLE WITH NO FOOD OR

WATER. THIS MARCH WOULD LATER BE KNOWN AS THE BATAAN DEATH

MARCH.

(4) SERGEANT EMERICK SURVIVED THE DEATH MARCH AND 42

MONTHS OF CAPTURE AND WAS RESCUED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1945, WHEN

UNITED STATES FORCES LIBERATED THE PRISONERS OF WAR.

(5) SERGEANT EMERICK WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR WITH

"V" FOR VALOR FOR HEROISM DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS ON APRIL

6, 1942, ON BATAAN. HIS MEDALS INCLUDED THREE BRONZE STARS, A

PURPLE HEART, THREE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATIONS AND A

PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL.

(6) FOLLOWING HIS RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES, SERGEANT

EMERICK BECAME A COMMANDER IN THE AMERICAN DEFENDERS OF

BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR, WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO ASSIST FORMER

PRISONERS OF WAR IN ANY WAY HE COULD, INCLUDING WORK THAT LED

TO A STUDY RESULTING IN LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BECOME THE

FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR BENEFITS ACT OF 1981.

(7) SERGEANT EMERICK WAS A 50-YEAR MEMBER OF THE

AMERICAN LEGION POST IN FINLEYVILLE AND MEMBER OF THE ST.

FRANCIS ASSISI CHURCH UNTIL HIS DEATH ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2009.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON

PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 88 OVER PETERS CREEK IN FINLEYVILLE BOROUGH,

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WASHINGTON COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE JOHN EMERICK MEMORIAL

BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

Section 7 26. Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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