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PRINTER'S NO. 2429
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2094
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY KOSIEROWSKI, MULLINS, KINSEY, T. DAVIS, BOBACK,
BURNS, HILL-EVANS, SAMUELSON, MILLARD, NEILSON, O'MARA AND
MADDEN, NOVEMBER 17, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 17, 2021
AN ACT
Designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 20703, on State
Route 1039, also known as Meredith Street, over Gordan Avenue
and Lackawanna Avenue in Carbondale Township, Lackawanna
County, as the Joseph Caviston Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Joseph Caviston Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Joseph Caviston was born in Carbondale to John and
Helen Caviston and was a graduate of St. Rose of Lima High
School, Carbondale.
(2) Joseph Caviston served as an employee of the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
(3) On October 8, 1974, the rear of Joseph Caviston's
truck was hit by a vehicle while he was directing traffic to
the passing lane to protect other workers stationed on the
berm along Interstate 81 in Greenfield Township, Lackawanna
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County, causing both vehicles to turn over.
(4) As a result of the injuries he sustained in this
collision, Joseph Caviston went into a coma and passed away
six months later on April 18, 1975, at the age of 35.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
20703, on State Route 1039, also known as Meredith Street, over
Gordan Avenue and Lackawanna Avenue in Carbondale Township,
Lackawanna County, is designated as the Joseph Caviston 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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