PRINTER'S NO. 2863
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2193
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY RIGBY, METZGAR, BARTON, SMITH, STAATS, GUENST,
KAUFFMAN, HADDOCK, KINSEY, SCHMITT, CAUSER AND MOUL,
APRIL 8, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 8, 2024
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 52761, carrying
Pennsylvania Route 53 over Clearfield Creek in Gallitzin
Township, Cambria County, as the Private Philip A. Watt
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Private Philip A. Watt Memorial Bridge.
(a) Finding.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Philip A. Watt was born May 21, 1921, in Ashville.
(2) Philip enlisted in the United States Army on June
11, 1942, in Pittsburgh.
(3) Private Watts left the United States for foreign
service on January 14, 1943, and was a member of Headquarters
Company, 1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored
Division.
(4) On May 23, 1944, the 13th Armored Regiment was sent
to Anzio, Italy, to participate in the Battle of Anzio.
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(5) On May 30, 1944, Private Watt was killed in action
around Anzio and was awarded the Purple Heart for his service
along with the Army Presidential Unit Citation and the Army
Good Conduct Medal posthumously.
(6) Private Watt is buried in the Sicily-Rome American
Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
52761, carrying Pennsylvania Route 53 over Clearfield Creek in
Gallitzin Township, Cambria County, is designated the Private
Philip A. Watt 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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