PRINTER'S NO. 1404
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1312
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY TOPPER, BURNS, COX, T. DAVIS, FREEMAN, GILLEN,
GREINER, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, HILL-EVANS, JOZWIAK,
KAUFFMAN, KINSEY, LONGIETTI, MILLARD, NEILSON, ROWE, ROZZI,
RYAN, SAINATO, SCHMITT, SCHWEYER, SOLOMON, SONNEY, STAATS,
STRUZZI, WARNER AND WHEELAND, APRIL 30, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 30, 2021
AN ACT
Designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 4142, carrying
State Route 1001 over the Dunning Creek in the Borough of
Bedford, Bedford County, as the CPL William Glen Imler
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. CPL William Glen Imler Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) CPL Imler was born in Imlertown on November 26,
1915.
(2) CPL Imler graduated from Bedford High School in
1935.
(3) CPL Imler worked as a mason with his father until he
was inducted into the United States Army on September 23,
1941.
(4) CPL Imler completed basic training at Camp Wheeler,
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Georgia, and from there was sent to Ft. Leonard Wood,
Missouri.
(5) In September of 1943, CPL Imler was sent to the
Hawaiian Islands and in February 1944 landed in New Guinea.
(6) On June 2, 1944, CPL Imler was killed in action in
New Guinea at 29 years of age.
(7) CPL Imler was awarded the Silver Star, Purple Heart,
World War II Victory Medal and the Honorable Service Lapel
Pin.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 4142,
carrying State Route 1001 over the Dunning Creek in the Borough
of Bedford, Bedford County, is designated as the CPL William
Glen Imler 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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