PRINTER'S NO. 384
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
396
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, MARCH 11, 2021
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 11, 2021
AN ACT
Designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 35000, on that
portion of State Route 2040 in Bentleyville Borough,
Washington County, as the Mrs. Madeline Finney Memorial
Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Mrs. Madeline Finney Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) In 1966, Mrs. Madeline (Madge) Finney decided
something must be done about a small bridge, built in 1908 to
span Pigeon Creek, in her town of Bentleyville, Pennsylvania,
that was simply too small for what was then "modern traffic."
(2) Mrs. Finney recognized how unsafe it was for the
more than 60 children that crossed the bridge twice daily to
go to and from school, including six of her own children.
(3) Mrs. Finney spearheaded the four-year campaign to
expand the bridge.
(4) In a letter to then State Senator William J. Lane,
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she wrote, "I do not intend to let this Highway Department
have any peace until something is done about this bridge."
(5) Mrs. Finney also oversaw the letter writing campaign
of 95 children and numerous adults to Governor William
Scranton.
(6) The bridge was completed in 1970.
(7) Mrs. Finney died on July 12, 2020.
(8) Mrs. Finney's tireless work saved the lives of
countless people by fighting for the expansion of this
bridge.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
35000, on that portion of State Route 2040 in Bentleyville
Borough, Washington County, is designated as the Mrs. Madeline
Finney Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic northbound and southbound on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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