An Act designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8514, carrying Pennsylvania Route 271 over North Branch Blacklick Creek in Barr Township, Cambria County, as the Brown Brothers Memorial Bridge.

PRINTER'S NO. 3427
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2528
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY KEPHART, BRENNAN, STAATS, GREINER, JAMES, STENDER,
SMITH, ROWE, ANDERSON AND KAUFFMAN, MAY 21, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 21, 2026
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8514, carrying
Pennsylvania Route 271 over North Branch Blacklick Creek in
Barr Township, Cambria County, as the Brown Brothers Memorial
Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Brown Brothers Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings and declarations.--The General Assembly finds
and declares as follows:
(1) The Brown brothers, Stewart, Homer, Grant, Dell and
Everett, grew up in Nicktown, Pennsylvania, and all attended
the Griffith School in Nicktown.
(2) Stewart Brown was born in 1906 and operated a garage
in Nicktown. He later lived in Michigan and had one child. He
enlisted in the Army in 1943, served as an Army Technical
Sergeant and passed away in 1961.
(3) Homer Brown was born in 1913 and worked as a
mechanic. He lived near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and had two
children. He entered the Army in 1943, served as an Army
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Artillery Sergeant in Italy and passed away in 1960.
(4) Grant Brown was born in 1914 and worked on a family
farm and as a mechanic. He lived in Ohio and was married
twice. He entered the Army in 1942, served as an Army
Sergeant in France and passed away in 1967.
(5) Dell Brown was born in 1917 and worked as a
lumberman, in shaft and slope mining and for Bell Telephone.
He lived in Nicktown, married and had six children. He
entered the Army in 1942, served as an Army Technical
Sergeant in the Medical Corps in Italy, Sicily and North
Africa and passed away in 1987.
(6) Everett Brown was born in 1918 and worked as a
machinist for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He lived near
Pittsburgh, married and had four children. He entered the
Army in 1943, served as an Army Air Force Sergeant in England
and passed away in 1970.
(7) Collectively, the five Brown brothers served in the
United States Army during World War II across multiple
theaters, including Italy, France, England, Sicily and North
Africa.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8514,
carrying Pennsylvania Route 271 over North Branch Blacklick
Creek in Barr Township, Cambria County, is designated as the
Brown Brothers 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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