An Act designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 12334, carrying State Route 2012 over McElhattan Creek in Wayne Township, Clinton County, as the Master Sergeant Robert F. Johnson Memorial Bridge.

PRINTER'S NO. 2062
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1683
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BOROWICZ, VITALI, STAATS, COOK, ROWE, WARNER AND
GILLEN, JUNE 30, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 30, 2025
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 12334, carrying
State Route 2012 over McElhattan Creek in Wayne Township,
Clinton County, as the Master Sergeant Robert F. Johnson
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Master Sergeant Robert F. Johnson Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Robert F. "Bobby" Johnson was born July 21, 1929.
(2) Master Sergeant Johnson was the son of George S. and
Alice Knarr Johnson.
(3) Master Sergeant Johnson was a veteran of the United
States Air Force, enlisting in 1947 and retiring in 1969 as a
Master Sergeant.
(4) Master Sergeant Johnson was initially assigned to an
Air Police squadron during the Berlin Airlift and
subsequently applied for pararescue training and spent the
next 20 years as a rescue parachutist and diver assigned to
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the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service.
(5) Master Sergeant Johnson made more than 350 parachute
jumps during his career and participated in rescue operations
in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the United States.
(6) Master Sergeant Johnson was assigned to support
NASA's Mercury and Gemini spaceflight programs, parachuting
and diving to recover NASA equipment and space capsules.
(7) When the Gemini III space capsule splashed down into
the Atlantic Ocean on March 23, 1965, bringing astronauts
Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young safely back to Earth,
Master Sergeant Johnson was the first diver to reach the
capsule.
(8) Master Sergeant Johnson's awards and qualifications
included the Master Parachutist and Enlisted Aircrew Badges,
Dive Badge, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force
Outstanding Unit Award and Good Conduct Medal.
(9) Master Sergeant Johnson was a Life Member of the
Wayne Township Fire Department and involved in many other
organizations.
(10) Robert F. Johnson passed away at his home in
Youngdale on February 2, 2022, at the age of 92.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
12334, carrying State Route 2012 over McElhattan Creek in Wayne
Township, Clinton County, is designated as the Master Sergeant
Robert F. Johnson 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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