An Act designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 28737, carrying 13th Street over Bushkill Creek in the City of Easton, Northampton County, as the Honorable James F. Prendergast Memorial Bridge.

PRINTER'S NO. 1984
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1634
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, BRENNAN, SAMUELSON, PIELLI, HILL-EVANS,
HEFFLEY, VITALI, STAATS, HADDOCK, O'MARA, BOROWSKI AND
GILLEN, JUNE 23, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 23, 2025
AN ACT
Designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 28737, carrying
13th Street over Bushkill Creek in the City of Easton,
Northampton County, as the Honorable James F. Prendergast
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Honorable James F. Prendergast Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) The Honorable James F. Prendergast was born February
5, 1917, in Easton, Northampton County.
(2) Mr. Prendergast graduated from Easton High School in
1934 and received a bachelor of arts degree from Lafayette
College in 1938.
(3) Mr. Prendergast served as a second lieutenant in the
United States Marine Corps during World War II.
(4) Mr. Prendergast was awarded the Navy Cross for his
valor during the Battle of Saipan in the South Pacific and
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was a double Purple Heart recipient.
(5) Following the war, Mr. Prendergast received a
bachelor of laws degree from George Washington University Law
School in 1951, was admitted to the bar in Washington, DC, in
1952, and opened his law practice in Easton in 1953.
(6) Mr. Prendergast was elected to represent the 136th
Legislative District in the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives in 1958 and was reelected for nine
consecutive terms thereafter, serving a total of 20 years as
a State Representative.
(7) During his tenure in the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives, Mr. Prendergast's peers elected him to serve
as the Majority Caucus Secretary from 1965 to 1966, the
Minority Caucus Chairman from 1967 to 1968 and 1973 to 1974,
the Majority Whip from 1968 to 1972 and the Majority Caucus
Administrator from 1975 to 1978.
(8) Mr. Prendergast also served appointments to the
Legislative Budget and Finance Committee from 1963 to 1964
and the Joint State Government Commission from 1967 to 1974
and served as a delegate to Pennsylvania's Constitutional
Convention in 1968.
(9) Mr. Prendergast passed away April 29, 1985, in
Easton, Northampton County.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
28737, carrying 13th Street over Bushkill Creek in the City of
Easton, Northampton County, is designated the Honorable James F.
Prendergast 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.
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Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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