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PRINTER'S NO. 1877
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1259
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY PITTMAN, AUGUST 11, 2020
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, AUGUST 11, 2020
AN ACT
Designating the bridge on Locust Road over Dixon Run in Green
Township, Indiana County, as the Technician Fourth Grade
William Balogh Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Technician Fourth Grade William Balogh Memorial
Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Technician Fourth Grade William Balogh honorably
served his country during World War II.
(2) Balogh served with the United States Army,
Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 112th Infantry from
April 25, 1941, to July 24, 1945.
(3) Balogh was detained as a prisoner of war by the
Germans at Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-IX.
(4) For his service, Balogh received a Good Conduct
Medal, American Defense Service Medal and European African
Middle Eastern Service Ribbon.
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(5) Balogh was honorably discharged from the United
States Army in 1945.
(b) Designation.--The bridge on Locust Road over Dixon Run
in Green Township, Indiana County, is designated as the
Technician Fourth Grade William Balogh Memorial 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. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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