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HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 34 PRINTER'S NO. 1011
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 78
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PITTMAN, JANUARY 22, 2025
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 25, 2025
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 67586, located
over the South Branch of Bear Run on State Route 1053 in
Banks Township, Indiana County, as the PFC John Tabacsko
Memorial Bridge.
DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 67586, LOCATED
OVER THE SOUTH BRANCH OF BEAR RUN ON STATE ROUTE 1053 IN
BANKS TOWNSHIP, INDIANA COUNTY, AS THE PFC JOHN TABACSKO
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 8377, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 53 OVER BEAR ROCK RUN
IN LILLY BOROUGH, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE CORPORAL JAMES D.
SLOAN MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS
BRIDGE KEY 8387, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 53 OVER PATTY'S
RUN IN GALLITZIN TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE USMCR MARY
A. LIDWELL MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE
ROUTE 3037 FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH WALTZ MILL FLATS ROAD
TO SEGMENT 0170/OFFSET 0950 IN SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP,
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, AS THE PFC EARL "BUTCH" LONG MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
25406, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 346 OVER WILLOW CREEK IN
CORYDON TOWNSHIP, MCKEAN COUNTY, AS THE PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
BRUCE A. COBB MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 22726, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
934 OVER SWATARA CREEK IN EAST HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LEBANON
COUNTY, AS THE WO1 JOHN STEPHEN CHRIN MEMORIAL BRIDGE;
DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 44210,
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 2001 OVER KREUTZ CREEK IN WINDSOR
TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, AS THE PRIVATE MYLES NESS MEMORIAL
BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 56130,
CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 562 OVER MANATAWNY CREEK IN AMITY
TOWNSHIP, BERKS COUNTY, AS THE PFC TRAVIS C. ZIMMERMAN
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 2051
FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH ELIZABETH STREET (SEGMENT
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0020/OFFSET 1600) TO THE DECATUR TOWNSHIP LINE (SEGMENT
0030/OFFSET 0000) IN OSCEOLA MILLS BOROUGH, CLEARFIELD
COUNTY, AS THE IC3 JAMES S. DUNLAP MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;
DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 48006,
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 3007 OVER CARSON RUN IN KNOX TOWNSHIP,
CLEARFIELD COUNTY, AS THE SGT. RONALD BLOOM MEMORIAL BRIDGE;
DESIGNATING A PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 164, COVE
MOUNTAIN ROAD, FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH FREDERICK ROAD IN
TAYLOR TOWNSHIP TO THE INTERSECTION WITH AGWAY ROAD IN NORTH
WOODBURY TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE REPRESENTATIVE JERRY
A. STERN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED
AS BRIDGE KEYS 5599/5600, CARRYING INTERSTATE 99 OVER PA
ROUTE 36 IN LOGAN TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE JACK E. AND
SHELDON L. CHAMBERS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 31496, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
985 OVER NORTH BRANCH QUEMAHONING CREEK IN JENNER TOWNSHIP,
SOMERSET COUNTY, AS THE PFC PAUL A. GILBERT MEMORIAL BRIDGE;
DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 4262, CARRYING
STATE ROUTE 2016 OVER SHAFFER CREEK IN EAST PROVIDENCE
TOWNSHIP, BEDFORD COUNTY, AS THE PFC CHARLES O. SNYDER
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 1723, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 3017 OVER PETERS CREEK IN THE
BOROUGH OF JEFFERSON HILLS, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, AS THE JANICE
BUTKO CMAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED
AS BRIDGE KEY 37601, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 462 OVER A
TRIBUTARY OF KREUTZ CREEK IN HELLAM TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, AS
THE ROGER LEE FRAKER MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 18630, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
305 OVER THE FRANKSTOWN BRANCH OF THE JUNIATA RIVER IN
ALEXANDRIA BOROUGH, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, AS THE CRAIG WALKER
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; 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; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED
AS BRIDGE KEY 33747, CARRYING US ROUTE 322 OVER SUGAR CREEK
IN SUGARCREEK BOROUGH, VENANGO COUNTY, AS THE EARLE CHANDLER
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 69027, CARRYING WORTHINGTON MILL ROAD OVER NESHAMINY
CREEK IN WRIGHTSTOWN TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, AS THE COLONEL
DANIEL L. RUBINI MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE PORTION OF
U.S. ROUTE 15 IN MONROE TOWNSHIP AND SHAMOKIN DAM BOROUGH,
SNYDER COUNTY, FROM ITS INTERCHANGE WITH EXISTING U.S. ROUTES
11/15 AND U.S. ROUTE 522 NORTH OF SELINSGROVE TO ITS
INTERCHANGE WITH EXISTING U.S. ROUTE 15 AND PENNSYLVANIA
ROUTE 147 SOUTH OF WINFIELD AS THE JOSEPH MCGRANAGHAN
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 8430, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 160 OVER THE NORTH
BRANCH LITTLE CONEMAUGH RIVER IN THE BOROUGH OF WILMORE,
CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE POTCHAK BROTHERS MEMORIAL BRIDGE;
DESIGNATING THE PORTION OF INTERSTATE 180 FROM THE LYCOMING-
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY LINE TO THE INTERCHANGE WITH EXISTING
U.S. ROUTE 15 AND U.S. ROUTE 220 IN LYCOMING COUNTY AS THE
KENNETH C. LARSON, JR., MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5664, ON THAT PORTION OF OLD
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 220 NORTH OVER THE BEAVERDAM BRANCH OF THE
JUNIATA RIVER IN ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE
BAKER BROTHERS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 44229, ON THAT PORTION OF
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 22, 3RD AVENUE, OVER BLAIR GAP RUN IN
DUNCANSVILLE BOROUGH, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE SERGEANT ROBERT E.
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DAVIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS
BRIDGE KEY 5784, ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 3013,
DUNNINGS HIGHWAY, OVER BEAVERDAM CREEK IN GREENFIELD
TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE ARTHUR R. WALTER, JR.,
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 47600, ON THAT PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 220, EAST
PLEASANT VALLEY BOULEVARD, OVER LITTLE JUNIATA RIVER IN ANTIS
TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE LIEUTENANT COLONEL DANIEL LEE
SWAYNE MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS
BRIDGE KEY 68408, ON THAT PORTION OF WOPSONONOCK AVENUE OVER
SPRING RUN IN THE CITY OF ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JAMES A. BEHE MEMORIAL BRIDGE;
DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 45589, LOCATED
ON THAT PORTION OF SPRING ROAD OVER THE CONODOGUINET CREEK IN
NORTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, THE SERGEANT
PATRICK C. HAWKINS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 183, ALSO KNOWN AS BERNVILLE ROAD, FROM
THE INTERSECTION WITH MT. PLEASANT ROAD IN PENN TOWNSHIP,
BERKS COUNTY, SOUTHBOUND TO THE BRIDGE OVER LICKING CREEK IN
PENN TOWNSHIP WITH IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 0601830180000 AS THE
STAFF SERGEANT NORMAN W. REIFSNYDER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;
DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 7027, CARRYING
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 413 OVER U.S. ROUTE 1 IN MIDDLETOWN
TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, AS THE CORPORAL JOHN F. MUFFLER
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 8510, CARRYING PA ROUTE 271 OVER PERGRIN RUN IN THE
BOROUGH OF NANTY GLO, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE PFC WILLIAM P.
O'FARRELL MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED
AS BRIDGE KEY 8457, CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 219 OVER PA ROUTE 869
IN ADAMS TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE SEAMAN FIRST CLASS
JOHN M. MCGINTY MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 352 ALSO KNOWN AS MIDDLETOWN ROAD, FROM
THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE 4008, ALSO KNOWN AS
GRADYVILLE ROAD, IN EDGMONT TOWNSHIP, DELAWARE COUNTY, TO THE
INTERSECTION WITH PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 452, ALSO KNOWN AS NORTH
PENNELL ROAD, IN MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, DELAWARE COUNTY, AS THE
CHIEF JOSEPH J. MONTGOMERY, JR. MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING
A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 1006, ALSO KNOWN AS FERRY ROAD, FROM
THE INTERSECTION WITH LIMEKILN ROAD TO THE INTERSECTION WITH
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 313, ALSO KNOWN AS SWAMP ROAD, IN
DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, AS THE JUDGE R. BARRY
MCANDREWS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING THE ENTIRE PORTION OF
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 232 WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF ROCKLEDGE,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AS THE PFC HELMUT BOEHM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;
DESIGNATING THE PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 51 FROM SEGMENT
0280/OFFSET 0000 TO SEGMENT 0300/OFFSET 0570 IN WHITEHALL
BOROUGH, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, AS THE HON. RAYMOND T. BOOK
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; 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; DESIGNATING THE WESTERN
ROUNDABOUT ON STATE ROUTE 1001 AT THE INTERSECTION OF NEW
BRITAIN ROAD AND SOUTH EASTON ROAD IN DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP,
BUCKS COUNTY, AS THE BLUE STAR FAMILY TRIBUTE ROUNDABOUT;
DESIGNATING THE EASTERN ROUNDABOUT ON STATE ROUTE 1001 AT THE
INTERSECTION OF NEW BRITAIN ROAD AND SAUERMAN ROAD IN
DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, AS THE GOLD STAR FAMILY
TRIBUTE ROUNDABOUT; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS
BRIDGE KEY 56035, CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 422 OVER STATE ROUTE
2005 AND CHERRY RUN IN PLUMCREEK TOWNSHIP, ARMSTRONG COUNTY,
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AS THE GEORGE W. MCAULEY, JR. MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 27695, CARRYING STATE ROUTE
3006, ALSO KNOWN AS WHITEHALL ROAD, OVER KEPNER CREEK IN EAST
NORRITON TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AS THE E. PEARL SMITH
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; AND MAKING A REPEAL.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. John Tabacsko Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) PFC John Tabacsko, a native of Banks Township, gave
his life in service to his country during World War II.
(2) Before entering the service, PFC Tabacsko was
employed by the Clark Coal Company near Bear Run.
(3) PFC Tabacsko entered the Army in August 1942 and
completed basic training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia.
(4) PFC Tabacsko served with the 472 Field Artillery
Battalion in Company B for seven months during his time of
service.
(5) On March 24, 1945, PFC John Tabacsko was killed in
action in the Philippines on Luzon Island when he was only 23
years of age.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
67586, located over the South Branch of Bear Run on State Route
1053 in Banks Township, Indiana County, is designated as the PFC
John Tabacsko 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. CORPORAL JAMES D. SLOAN MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
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(1) CORPORAL JAMES D. SLOAN WAS BORN NOVEMBER 15, 1949,
IN LILLY BOROUGH, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AND ATTENDED PENN-CAMBRIA
HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN FOOTBALL AND WRESTLING.
(2) CORPORAL SLOAN ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE
CORPS AND WAS PROMOTED TO CORPORAL ON DECEMBER 28, 1967.
(3) DURING HIS SERVICE, CORPORAL SLOAN RECEIVED THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL,
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, THE COMBAT ACTION MEDAL, THE NAVY
COMMENDATION MEDAL, THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL AND THE RIFLE
MARKSMAN BADGE.
(4) UPON CORPORAL SLOAN'S RETURN HOME FROM THE VIETNAM
WAR HE SUFFERED GREATLY FROM THE INVISIBLE WOUNDS OF WAR,
ESPECIALLY POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
(5) ON MARCH 12, 1971, CORPORAL JAMES D. SLOAN PASSED
AWAY DUE TO SUICIDE FROM POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
(6) CORPORAL JAMES D. SLOAN'S STORY OF SOLDIER SUICIDE
AND THE PREVALENCE OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AMONG
VETERANS CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED.
(7) CORPORAL SLOAN'S STORY SERVES AS A POIGNANT EXAMPLE
OF THE STRUGGLES FACED BY THOSE WHO SERVE THE UNITED STATES
AND THE URGENT NEED FOR BETTER SUPPORT AND RESOURCES FOR
VETERANS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8377,
CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 53 OVER BEAR ROCK RUN IN LILLY
BOROUGH, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE CORPORAL JAMES D.
SLOAN 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 3. USMCR MARY A. LIDWELL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
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(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS MARY A. LIDWELL WAS BORN OCTOBER
11, 1923, IN AMSBRY AND ATTENDED GALLITZIN HIGH SCHOOL IN
1942.
(2) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LIDWELL VOLUNTEERED FOR THE
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN 1943 AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE
WOMEN'S AVIATION RESERVE SQUADRON UNTIL SHE LEFT THE SERVICE
IN 1946. THE WOMEN'S AVIATION RESERVE SQUADRON, LOCATED IN EL
TORO, CALIFORNIA, AT THE TIME, WAS TASKED WITH REPAIRING
DAMAGED AIRPLANES DURING WORLD WAR II. FOR HER EXEMPLARY
WORK, PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LIDWELL WAS AWARDED THE
CONGRESSIONAL ROSIE THE RIVETER MEDAL.
(3) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LIDWELL, AT 101 YEARS OF AGE,
CONTINUES TO BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF HER COMMUNITY IN ASHVILLE
BOROUGH BY VOLUNTEERING HER TIME AT HER CHURCH, BEING
INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS, FUNDRAISING FOR CHARITIES AND
WORKING WITH THE VFW LADIES AUXILIARY. SHE ALSO SERVED AS THE
ASHVILLE BOROUGH SECRETARY AND TREASURER FOR MANY YEARS.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8387,
CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 53 OVER PATTY'S RUN IN GALLITZIN
TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE USMCR MARY A.
LIDWELL 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 4. PFC EARL "BUTCH" LONG MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) EARL WAYNE LONG WAS BORN IN RUFFS DALE ON MARCH 8,
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(2) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LONG ENLISTED IN THE UNITED
STATES ARMY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
(3) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LONG SERVED AS AN 11B-
INFANTRYMAN IN B TROOP, 1ST SQUADRON, 11TH ARMORED CAVALRY
REGIMENT.
(4) ON AUGUST 15, 1967, PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LONG WAS A
PASSENGER IN AN ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER ON A COMBAT
OPERATION WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT A HOSTILE MINE.
(5) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LONG WAS KILLED ON AUGUST 15,
1967, IN PHUOC LONG, SOUTH VIETNAM, AT 20 YEARS OF AGE BY A
HOSTILE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE.
(6) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LONG WAS LAID TO REST AT
WESTMORELAND COUNTY MEMORIAL PARK IN GREENSBURG.
(7) FOR HIS MERITORIOUS SERVICE, PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
LONG WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR, THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL AND
THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 3037 FROM THE
INTERSECTION WITH WALTZ MILL FLATS ROAD TO SEGMENT 0170/OFFSET
0950 IN SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED
AS THE PFC EARL "BUTCH" LONG MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 5. PRIVATE FIRST CLASS BRUCE A. COBB MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) BRUCE A. COBB WAS BORN JUNE 27, 1949, IN BRADFORD,
MCKEAN COUNTY.
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(2) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS COBB ENLISTED IN THE UNITED
STATES MARINE CORPS SERVING WITH COMPANY I, 3RD BATTALION,
7TH MARINE REGIMENT.
(3) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS COBB WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON
MARCH 25, 1968, IN QUANG NAM PROVINCE, VIETNAM.
(4) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS COBB WAS AWARDED SEVERAL MEDALS
DURING HIS SERVICE AND POSTHUMOUSLY, INCLUDING: THE COMBAT
ACTION RIBBON, THE NAVY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, THE
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, THE VIETNAM CIVIL ACTIONS UNIT
CITATION, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM GALLANTRY CROSS UNIT CITATION, THE REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE PURPLE HEART.
(5) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS COBB IS BURIED IN THE WILLOW
DALE CEMETERY IN BRADFORD, MCKEAN COUNTY.
(6) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS COBB'S NAME IS ENSHRINED ON THE
VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL, IN WASHINGTON, DC, AT PANEL 46E, LINE
15.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 25406,
CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 346 OVER WILLOW CREEK IN CORYDON
TOWNSHIP, MCKEAN COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE PRIVATE FIRST
CLASS BRUCE A. COBB 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 6. WO1 JOHN STEPHEN CHRIN MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS THAT:
(1) JOHN STEPHEN CHRIN WAS BORN JUNE 24, 1949, IN
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY.
(2) WARRANT OFFICER CHRIN GRADUATED FROM LEBANON
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN 1967 AND EVENTUALLY ATTENDED
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MANSFIELD STATE COLLEGE.
(3) IN 1970, DURING HIS JUNIOR YEAR, WARRANT OFFICER
CHRIN LEFT MANSFIELD STATE COLLEGE AND ENLISTED IN THE UNITED
STATES ARMY ON APRIL 28, 1970.
(4) IN THE ARMY, WARRANT OFFICER CHRIN ATTENDED WARRANT
OFFICER FLIGHT SCHOOL AND BECAME A COMBAT MEDICAL EVACUATION
(DUSTOFF) PILOT WITH THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER 1.
(5) WARRANT OFFICER CHRIN ARRIVED IN VIETNAM ON JULY 5,
1971, AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 57 MEDICAL DETACHMENT
(HELICOPTER AMBULANCE) 68 MEDICAL GROUP (THE ORIGINAL
DUSTOFF), AT BING THUY IN THE MEKONG DELTA.
(6) ON OCTOBER 13, 1971, WARRANT OFFICER CHRIN WAS
KILLED IN ACTION WHILE HIS DUSTOFF 71 WAS ON A MEDVAC MISSION
AND CRASHED DURING A NIGHT DUSTOFF FLIGHT IN MONSOON RAINS IN
THE SEVEN SISTERS MOUNTAINS ON THE CAMBODIAN BORDER. FIVE
BODIES WERE RECOVERED.
(7) AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, WARRANT OFFICER CHRIN HAD
FLOWN MORE THAN 125 COMBAT MEDICAL EVACUATION MISSIONS
THROUGH THE DELTA AREA OF VIETNAM.
(8) WARRANT OFFICER CHRIN AND HIS CREW AND ANOTHER 3,200
OTHER DUSTOFF CREW MEMBERS FLEW MORE THAN 490,000 COMBAT
MEDICAL EVACUATION MISSIONS, RESCUING MORE THAN 900,000
WOUNDED, AT A COST OF 216 KILLED IN ACTION AND 1,300 WOUNDED.
(9) WARRANT OFFICER CHRIN WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART,
SIX AIR MEDALS, A NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL, THE VIETNAM SERVICE
MEDAL AND THE AVIATOR BADGE FOR HIS MERITORIOUS SERVICE.
(10) WARRANT OFFICER CHRIN IS MEMORIALIZED ON THE
VIETNAM VETERANS WAR MEMORIAL ON PANEL 2W, LINE 38.
(11) TO HONOR HIS MEMORY, IN 2015, THE MAYOR OF LEBANON
PROCLAIMED EVERY OCTOBER 13 AS "JOHN STEPHEN CHRIN DAY" IN
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(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
22726, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 934 OVER SWATARA CREEK IN
EAST HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LEBANON COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE WO1
JOHN STEPHEN CHRIN MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 7. PRIVATE MYLES NESS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) MYLES ALBERT NESS WAS BORN DECEMBER 4, 1892, IN
YORK, YORK COUNTY.
(2) PRIVATE NESS JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN 1917
WHERE HE SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN THE 6TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
FIGHTING IN WORLD WAR I IN WHICH HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION.
(3) THE 6TH INFANTRY REGIMENT WAS PART OF THE 5TH
INFANTRY DIVISION DURING THE WAR AND FOUGHT IN SEVERAL
CAMPAIGNS BUT PRIMARILY FOUGHT IN THE MEUSE-ARGONNE
OFFENSIVE.
(4) PRIVATE NESS DIED ON MAY 15, 1958, AND IS BURIED AT
THE ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON FREYSVILLE ROAD IN
WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
44210, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 2001 OVER KREUTZ CREEK IN WINDSOR
TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE PRIVATE MYLES NESS
MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 8. PFC TRAVIS C. ZIMMERMAN MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) TRAVIS CLYDE ZIMMERMAN WAS BORN OCTOBER 26, 1986.
(2) PFC ZIMMERMAN WAS THE SON OF LLOYD C. ZIMMERMAN,
JR., AND GAIL (CLEMENS) CAMPERSON.
(3) HE ATTENDED BOYERTOWN AREA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING IN
2005.
(4) PFC ZIMMERMAN ENJOYED HUNTING, FISHING, CANOEING,
SWIMMING, GOLF, FRISBEE, WRESTLING AND TENNIS.
(5) HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND WAS
STATIONED AT FORT CAMPBELL WITH BRAVO COMPANY OF THE 101ST
AIRBORNE, 2ND BATTALION, 502ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, KNOWN AS
THE SCREAMING EAGLES.
(6) PFC ZIMMERMAN WAS FURTHER STATIONED AT CAMP STRIKER
IN SOUTH BAGHDAD, IRAQ.
(7) TRAVIS CLYDE ZIMMERMAN WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON APRIL
22, 2006, IN IRAQ WHILE SERVING HIS COUNTRY.
(8) HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY PROMOTED TO PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
AND AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR AND PURPLE HEART.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
56130, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 562 OVER MANATAWNY CREEK IN
AMITY TOWNSHIP, BERKS COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE PFC TRAVIS C.
ZIMMERMAN MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 9. IC3 JAMES S. DUNLAP MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
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(1) JAMES SCOTT DUNLAP WAS BORN JANUARY 22, 1967, AT
PHILIPSBURG HOSPITAL IN PHILIPSBURG, CENTRE COUNTY, AND LATER
ATTENDED PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA AREA HIGH SCHOOL.
(2) HE ALSO ATTENDED GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER
IN ILLINOIS AND INTERIOR COMMUNICATIONS 'A' SCHOOL IN SAN
DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.
(3) HE WAS A PETTY OFFICER THIRD CLASS IN THE UNITED
STATES NAVY AND SERVED AS AN INTERIOR COMMUNICATIONS
ELECTRICIAN (IC3) ON BOARD THE USS STARK FFG-31 FROM NOVEMBER
1984 TO MAY 1987, STATIONED OUT OF MAYPORT BASE,
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.
(4) ON MAY 17, 1987, PETTY OFFICER THIRD CLASS DUNLAP
WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON BOARD THE USS STARK IN THE PERSIAN
GULF WHEN IRAQI AIRCRAFT FIRED MISSILES AT THE SHIP.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 2051 FROM THE
INTERSECTION WITH ELIZABETH STREET (SEGMENT 0020/OFFSET 1600) TO
THE DECATUR TOWNSHIP LINE (SEGMENT 0030/OFFSET 0000) IN OSCEOLA
MILLS BOROUGH, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE IC3 JAMES
S. DUNLAP MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE DESIGNATED
HIGHWAY TO TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 10. SGT. RONALD BLOOM MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) RONALD BLOOM WAS BORN OCTOBER 21, 1946, IN
CLEARFIELD COUNTY AND WAS THE SON OF NORMAN AND THELMA BLOOM.
(2) DURING HIS FREE TIME, HE ENJOYED THE OUTDOORS,
INCLUDING FISHING AND HIKING.
(3) RONALD BLOOM ATTENDED SAINT FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL IN
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ENLIST IN THE MARINES.
(4) HE ENLISTED IN THE MARINES ON MAY 27, 1967, AND ROSE
TO THE RANK OF SERGEANT.
(5) ON AUGUST 2, 1968, AT 21 YEARS OF AGE, SERGEANT
BLOOM WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN QUANG TRI, VIETNAM.
(6) DURING HIS SERVICE, SERGEANT BLOOM RECEIVED THE
PURPLE HEART, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
SERVICE MEDAL, THE VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL WITH TWO STARS AND
THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
48006, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 3007 OVER CARSON RUN IN KNOX
TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE SGT. RONALD
BLOOM 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 11. REPRESENTATIVE JERRY A. STERN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) JERRY ALLEN STERN WAS BORN JANUARY 11, 1955, IN
ROARING SPRING, BLAIR COUNTY.
(2) JERRY GRADUATED FROM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1972 AND
ATTENDED ALTOONA SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, PENN STATE ALTOONA AND
THE ALTOONA BIBLE INSTITUTE WHERE HE COMPLETED A THREE-YEAR
COURSE IN BIBLE STUDIES.
(3) JERRY WAS ELECTED TO THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES IN 1992 WHERE HE HONORABLY SERVED THE
CONSTITUENTS OF THE 80TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT UNTIL JANUARY
6, 2015.
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(4) REPRESENTATIVE STERN WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE
MARTINSBURG GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH, WHERE HE SERVED AS A
DEACON AND SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND SANG WITH THE ADULT
CHOIR AND MARANATHA QUARTET.
(5) REPRESENTATIVE STERN ALSO SERVED AS A LAY MINISTER
FOR HIS CHURCH AND FOR MANY OTHER LOCAL CHURCHES.
(6) REPRESENTATIVE STERN ALSO WAS A MEMBER OF THE
MARTINSBURG SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION, THE BLAIR COUNTY CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE, BLAIR COUNTY FARM BUREAU AND THE BLAIR COUNTY
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE.
(7) REPRESENTATIVE STERN WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE
LOCAL ROTARY INTERNATIONAL, SERVING TWICE AS PRESIDENT AND AS
THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT GOVERNOR.
(8) REPRESENTATIVE STERN ALSO SERVED HIS COMMUNITY AS A
BOARD MEMBER FOR NASON HOSPITAL AND THE HOLLIDAYSBURG
AMERICAN LEGION AMBULANCE SERVICE.
(9) REPRESENTATIVE STERN ALSO ENJOYED BOWLING, WHERE HE
EARNED HIS PROFESSIONAL CARD, GARDENING AND PLAYING SOFTBALL
AS A LONGTIME, PROUD TEAM MEMBER OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS COBRAS
SOFTBALL TEAM.
(10) REPRESENTATIVE STERN LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS
FAMILY AND SHARING HIS FAITH WITH EVERYONE HE CROSSED PATHS
WITH DURING HIS DAY.
(11) REPRESENTATIVE STERN PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 11,
2024.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 164,
COVE MOUNTAIN ROAD, FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH FREDERICK ROAD IN
TAYLOR TOWNSHIP TO THE INTERSECTION WITH AGWAY ROAD IN NORTH
WOODBURY TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE
REPRESENTATIVE JERRY A. STERN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
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SECTION 12. JACK E. AND SHELDON L. CHAMBERS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) JACK E. CHAMBERS WAS BORN JUNE 19, 1924, IN ALTOONA.
(2) JACK E. CHAMBERS WAS THE SON OF HARRY AND EDNA
CHAMBERS AND HAD TWO BROTHERS, HARRY AND THOMAS, AND TWO
SISTERS, IRENE AND JOYCE.
(3) JACK E. CHAMBERS ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES
MARINES CORPS ON JUNE 14, 1942, AT THE AGE OF 17.
(4) JACK E. CHAMBERS WAS STATIONED IN AUSTRALIA, NEW
ZEALAND, NEW GUINEA AND GUAM.
(5) JACK E. CHAMBERS ACHIEVED THE RANK OF CORPORAL,
THIRD AMPHIBIAN TRACTOR BATTALION, THIRD AMPHIBIOUS CORPS,
FLEET MARINE FORCE.
(6) ON JULY 21, 1944, WHILE IN COMMAND OF AN AMPHIBIAN
TRACTOR CREW DURING THE LANDING OF ASSAULT TROOPS ON GUAM,
AND OBSERVING TWO TROOP-LOADED TRACTORS INCAPACITATED BY
SHELLS FROM AN ENEMY MORTAR CONCENTRATION ON THE REEF, JACK
E. CHAMBERS WITHOUT HESITATION BRAVED A HAIL OF WITHERING
MORTAR FIRE AND LED HIS CREW TO THE INCAPACITATED TRACTORS,
COURAGEOUSLY REMOVED THE TROOPS FROM THE WRECKAGE AND
RETURNED THEM TO THE BEACH, WHERE HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY KILLED
BY HOSTILE FIRE.
(7) JACK E. CHAMBERS WAS 20 YEARS OLD, AND FOR HIS
DEDICATED SERVICE RECEIVED THE BRONZE STAR, PURPLE HEART,
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL AND VARIOUS SERVICE MEDALS.
(8) JACK E. CHAMBERS IS BURIED AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY
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(9) SHELDON L. CHAMBERS WAS BORN NOVEMBER 16, 1920, IN
ALTOONA.
(10) SHELDON L. CHAMBERS WAS THE SON OF OSCAR AND SARAH
CHAMBERS AND HAD FIVE BROTHERS, LEROY, REGINALD, ROBERT,
RUSSELL AND CHARLES, AND THREE SISTERS, VERNA, AUDREY AND
JANET.
(11) SHELDON L. CHAMBERS ATTENDED ALTOONA HIGH SCHOOL,
GRADUATING IN 1939.
(12) SHELDON L. CHAMBERS ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES
ARMY AIR FORCE IN JUNE 1939 FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM HIGH
SCHOOL.
(13) SHELDON L. CHAMBERS SERVED AS A FLIGHT OFFICER/CO-
PILOT IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE, 308TH BOMBER
GROUP, HEAVY, 425TH BOMBER SQUADRON.
(14) ON JANUARY 25, 1944, SHELDON L. CHAMBERS WAS ON THE
CREW OF THE B-24J LIBERATOR #42-73308, NICKNAMED "HOT AS
HELL," WHEN THE CREW TOOK OFF FROM KUNMING AIRFIELD IN CHINA
DURING A ROUTINE FLIGHT TO CHABUA AIRFIELD IN INDIA, WHERE
THE CREW WAS REPORTED MISSING WITH NO TRACE AND OFFICIALLY
DECLARED DEAD ON JANUARY 26, 1946.
(15) ON DECEMBER 7, 2006, THE WRECK OF "HOT AS HELL" WAS
LOCATED IN DAMRAH, ARUNCHAL PRADESH STATE, INDIA BY CLAYTON
KUHLES.
(16) FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE, SHELDON L. CHAMBERS WAS
AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, UNITED STATES AVIATOR
BADGE ARMY, WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN
MEDAL, ARMY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, ARMY GOOD CONDUCT
MEDAL AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEYS
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LOGAN TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE JACK E. AND
SHELDON L. CHAMBERS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 13. PFC PAUL A. GILBERT MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDING.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PAUL A. GILBERT WAS BORN MAY 31, 1945, IN SOMERSET,
SOMERSET COUNTY.
(2) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS GILBERT ATTENDED JENNER-BOSWELL
JOINT HIGH SCHOOL IN BOSWELL, SOMERSET COUNTY, AND
PARTICIPATED IN BOY SCOUTS.
(3) BEFORE GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, PRIVATE FIRST
CLASS GILBERT BEGAN HIS SERVICE IN THE SEABEES IN THE UNITED
STATES NAVY BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE
CORPS IN NOVEMBER 1964.
(4) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS GILBERT SERVED IN COMPANY L, 3RD
BATTALION, 9TH MARINE REGIMENT, 3RD MARINE DIVISION, AND
RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART DURING HIS SERVICE.
(5) ON FEBRUARY 19, 1966, PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PAUL A.
GILBERT WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN QUANG NAM PROVINCE, VIETNAM.
(6) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PAUL A. GILBERT IS FOREVER
MEMORIALIZED ON PANEL 5E, LINE 50, LOCATED IN WASHINGTON, DC,
ON THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
31496, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 985 OVER NORTH BRANCH
QUEMAHONING CREEK IN JENNER TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, IS
DESIGNATED AS THE PFC PAUL A. GILBERT MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
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SECTION 14. PFC CHARLES O. SNYDER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) CHARLES O. SNYDER WAS BORN IN MONROE TOWNSHIP,
BEDFORD COUNTY, ON MARCH 4, 1950.
(2) PFC SNYDER WAS A GRADUATE OF EVERETT AREA HIGH
SCHOOL.
(3) PFC SNYDER ENJOYED READING BOOKS ON THE TOPIC OF
HISTORY, SPECIFICALLY MILITARY HISTORY.
(4) PFC SNYDER SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES
MARINE CORPS FROM AUGUST 1968 TO MARCH 1969.
(5) PFC SNYDER WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 1ST COMPANY, 3RD
BATTALION, 1ST MARINE DIVISION, ACHIEVING THE RANK OF PRIVATE
FIRST CLASS.
(6) PFC SNYDER WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON MARCH 28, 1969,
IN VIETNAM.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 4262,
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 2016 OVER SHAFFER CREEK IN EAST PROVIDENCE
TOWNSHIP, BEDFORD COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE PFC CHARLES O.
SNYDER 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 15. JANICE BUTKO CMAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) JANICE R. "JAN" BUTKO CMAR WAS BORN NOVEMBER 10,
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(2) MRS. CMAR EARNED HER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE FROM
MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE JOINED THE ALPHA SIGMA TAU
SORORITY. SHE FURTHERED HER EDUCATION BY ATTAINING A MASTER'S
DEGREE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION FROM DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY.
(3) MRS. CMAR'S PASSION FOR TEACHING LED TO A 35-YEAR
CAREER AS A HOME ECONOMICS TEACHER, EVENTUALLY RETIRING FROM
THE PETERS TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT.
(4) IN 1991, MRS. CMAR SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
ALLEGHENY COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HOME ECONOMICS
ASSOCIATION.
(5) MRS. CMAR CONTINUED TO CONTRIBUTE TO EDUCATION AS
THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL DELTA KAPPA GAMMA CHAPTER, AN
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KEY WOMEN EDUCATORS.
(6) MRS. CMAR WAS ELECTED TO THE JEFFERSON HILLS BOROUGH
COUNCIL FOUR TIMES, SERVING FOR 16 YEARS.
(7) MRS. CMAR WAS ELECTED TO TWO TERMS AS MAYOR OF
JEFFERSON HILLS BOROUGH, SERVING FOR EIGHT YEARS.
(8) MRS. CMAR LED A DEDICATED LIFE OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO
HER COMMUNITY AND HER CHURCH.
(9) MRS. CMAR CODEVELOPED THE JEFFERSON HILLS BOROUGH'S
INAUGURAL WEB PAGE, INITIATED ITS MILITARY BANNER PROGRAM,
ORCHESTRATED THE JEFFERSON HILLS BOROUGH'S SUMMER PROGRAM,
ASSISTED IN DESIGNATING JEFFERSON HILLS AS AN ALLEGHENY
COUNTY BANNER MUNICIPALITY AND CREATED THE JEFFERSON HILLS
BOROUGH'S ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD.
(10) AS MAYOR OF JEFFERSON HILLS, MRS. CMAR OFFICIATED
35 WEDDING CEREMONIES.
(11) MRS. CMAR WAS A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE
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(12) MRS. CMAR CONTRIBUTED AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE
ALLEGHENY COUNTY BOROUGHS ASSOCIATION.
(13) MRS. CMAR RECEIVED TWO PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS FROM THE
PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF BOROUGHS, THE CECIL K.
LEBERKNIGHT AWARD AND THE THOMAS F. CHROSTWAITE AWARD.
(14) MRS. CMAR WAS A MEMBER OF TRIUMPH OF THE HOLY CROSS
PARISH, WHERE SHE REGULARLY VOLUNTEERED AT VARIOUS PARISH
EVENTS.
(15) MRS. CMAR SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE FLOREFFE FIRE
HALL LADIES AUXILIARY, THE JEFFERSON HOSPITAL AUXILIARY AND
THE WEST JEFFERSON HILLS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND HAD A
DISTINGUISHED LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP OF THE GILL HALL VOLUNTEER
FIRE COMPANY.
(16) MRS. CMAR'S LIFE OF SERVICE, LEADERSHIP AND
UNWAVERING DEDICATION CREATED AN UNDENIABLE POSITIVE IMPACT
ON HER COMMUNITY.
(17) JANICE R. "JAN" BUTKO CMAR PASSED AWAY JANUARY 6,
2024.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 1723,
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 3017 OVER PETERS CREEK IN THE BOROUGH OF
JEFFERSON HILLS, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE JANICE
BUTKO CMAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 16. ROGER LEE FRAKER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) ROGER LEE FRAKER WAS BORN MAY 23, 1949, IN CARLISLE
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(2) MR. FRAKER WAS THE THIRD CHILD IN A FAMILY OF SIX
CHILDREN, HAVING ONE OLDER BROTHER, BILL; ONE YOUNGER
BROTHER, STEVE; ONE OLDER SISTER, BEVERLY; AND TWO YOUNGER
SISTERS, LINDA AND CONNIE.
(3) MR. FRAKER WAS A GRADUATE OF EASTERN YORK HIGH
SCHOOL IN THE CLASS OF 1967.
(4) MR. FRAKER GREATLY ENJOYED READING, PLAYING THE
GUITAR WITH HIS BROTHERS, HELPING ON THE FAMILY FARM AND
SHOWING HIS PIGS IN THE LOCAL FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA AND
4-H CLUB.
(5) MR. FRAKER BRAVELY SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING THE
VIETNAM WAR, ENTERING THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS ON
AUGUST 24, 1967, AND WAS SENT TO VIETNAM ON JANUARY 29, 1968.
(6) MR. FRAKER WAS STATIONED WITH THE WEAPONS PLATOON OF
COMPANY K, 3RD MARINES, 3RD MARINE DIVISION IN QUANG TRI
PROVINCE.
(7) MR. FRAKER WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON AUGUST 27, 1968,
BY A BARRAGE OF ENEMY ARTILLERY FIRE ON A HILL IN QUANG TRI
PROVINCE, WHEN HE WAS 19 YEARS OF AGE.
(8) MR. FRAKER ACHIEVED THE RANK OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
IN HIS SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND WAS
AWARDED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN, VIETNAM
SERVICE, VIETNAM MILITARY MERIT, VIETNAMESE GALLANTRY CROSS,
GOOD CONDUCT AND PURPLE HEART MEDALS.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
37601, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 462 OVER A TRIBUTARY OF
KREUTZ CREEK IN HELLAM TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS
THE ROGER LEE FRAKER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
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SECTION 17. CRAIG WALKER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) RODNEY CRAIG WALKER WAS BORN JANUARY 31, 1959, IN
HUNTINGDON TO ROBERT C. "DIX" WALKER AND JEAN M. WALKER.
(2) MR. WALKER GRADUATED FROM JUNIATA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
IN 1976 AND STUDIED AUTO BODY REPAIR DURING HIGH SCHOOL AT
THE GREATER ALTOONA CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER.
(3) MR. WALKER MARRIED ROSE M. ST. GERMAIN AT THE FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN ALEXANDRIA ON JULY 26, 1980.
(4) CRAIG AND ROSIE WERE MARRIED FOR 44 YEARS AND HAD
TWO CHILDREN, WENDY AND RYAN.
(5) MR. WALKER WAS EMPLOYED BY PENNDOT AS A DIESEL AND
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT MECHANIC FOR 18 YEARS.
(6) MR. WALKER HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HIS CLASSIC 1969
CHEVROLET CAMARO Z/28 AND BEING PART OF THE CLASSIC CAR GANG.
(7) MR. WALKER COULD FIX NEARLY ANYTHING AND WAS WELL-
KNOWN IN THE AREA FOR HIS BREEZEWAY BODY SHOP.
(8) MR. WALKER ENJOYED BEING OUTDOORS, SPENDING TIME AT
HIS SWIMMING POOL, KAYAKING, RIDING ATVS AND VISITING THE
BEACH. HE WAS AN AVID FAN OF PENN STATE WRESTLING AND
FOOTBALL AND THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS.
(9) MR. WALKER WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER AND
GRANDFATHER WHO DEEPLY CHERISHED HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN AND
ADORED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN.
(10) MR. WALKER PASSED AWAY AUGUST 30, 2024, FROM
COMPLICATIONS INVOLVING A WORK ACCIDENT ON DECEMBER 7, 2023.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
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BRANCH OF THE JUNIATA RIVER IN ALEXANDRIA BOROUGH, HUNTINGDON
COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE CRAIG WALKER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 18. 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
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
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(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
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SECTION 19. EARLE CHANDLER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) EARLE JAMES CHANDLER WAS BORN ON JUNE 23, 1958, IN
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY.
(2) MR. CHANDLER GRADUATED FROM REDBANK VALLEY HIGH
SCHOOL IN 1976 AND WAS AN ENGINEERING GRADUATE FROM PENN
STATE UNIVERSITY.
(3) MR. CHANDLER LOVED THE LORD, HAD A BEAUTIFUL SINGING
VOICE, SANG IN HIS CHURCH CHOIR AND A BARBER SHOP QUARTET. HE
LOVED THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS, GOLF, PENN STATE AND HAD A
GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.
(4) MR. CHANDLER WAS MARRIED TO ELIZABETH AND HAD THREE
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(5) MR. CHANDLER WAS A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE PENNDOT
DISTRICT 1 CONSTRUCTION TEAM FOR 20 YEARS.
(6) AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, MR. CHANDLER WAS WORKING
AS A TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR (TCI) AT A WORK
SITE ON STATE ROUTE 8 IN ERIE COUNTY.
(7) EARLE WAS KILLED AUGUST 1, 2006, IN THE LINE OF DUTY
WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A CONSTRUCTION TRUCK AT THE WORK SITE.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
33747, CARRYING US ROUTE 322 OVER SUGAR CREEK IN SUGARCREEK
BOROUGH, VENANGO COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE EARLE CHANDLER
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 OF THE BRIDGE.
SECTION 20. COLONEL DANIEL L. RUBINI MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) COLONEL DANIEL LAWRENCE "LARRY" RUBINI SERVED WITH
DISTINCTION IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVES FOR OVER THREE
DECADES AS A JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL AND CIVIL AFFAIRS
OFFICER.
(2) COLONEL RUBINI GRADUATED FROM VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE IN 1968. COLONEL RUBINI LATER EARNED A JURIS DOCTOR
DEGREE FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL WHILE ALSO EARNING
HIS ARMOR SPECIALTY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BRIGADIER GENERAL
GEORGE S. PATTON IV. COLONEL RUBINI PRACTICED LAW IN RICHBORO
FOR 22 YEARS AND THEN SERVED AS A UNITED STATES
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE FOR 24 YEARS WHILE PURSUING A FULL
CAREER AS AN ARMY RESERVE OFFICER.
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(3) COLONEL RUBINI WAS THE FATHER OF TWO SONS DJ AND
JEFFREY RUBINI, AS WELL AS A GRANDFATHER OF GWEN, JANE AND
JOHN RUBINI, AND BELOVED HUSBAND OF 53 YEARS TO JOAN HARTMANN
RUBINI.
(4) COLONEL RUBINI'S NOTABLE DEPLOYMENTS INCLUDE
OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM IN 1991/92 AS ADVISOR TO
THE KUWAIT MINISTRY OF JUSTICE; HAITI IN 1994 AS MINISTRY OF
JUSTICE ADVISOR AND ON LATER HAITI MISSIONS AS THE MINISTRY
OF JUSTICE TEAM CHIEF FROM 1995 TO 1997; AND CENTRAL AMERICA
IN 1999 AS CHIEF OF CIVIL AFFAIRS IN SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES
SOUTHERN COMMAND'S RESPONSE TO THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
FOLLOWING HURRICANE MITCH. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF WASHINGTON CROSSING NATIONAL CEMETERY IN
BUCKS COUNTY.
(5) COLONEL RUBINI WAS NAMED A CIVIL AFFAIRS
DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF THE REGIMENT BY THE UNITED STATES
ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND. ADDITIONALLY, CIVIL AFFAIRS
ISSUE PAPERS PRESIDENT MAJ. GEN. (RET.) HUGH VAN ROOSEN HAS
DIRECTED DEDICATION OF THE UPCOMING 10TH VOLUME OF THE CIVIL
AFFAIRS ISSUE PAPERS TO THE LATE COL. (RET.) LARRY RUBINI.
(6) COLONEL DANIEL LAWRENCE "LARRY" RUBINI PASSED AWAY
PEACEFULLY DECEMBER 31, 2023. ALONG WITH HIS WIFE JOAN,
COLONEL RUBINI IS SURVIVED BY HIS TWO SONS, DJ RUBINI AND HIS
WIFE LEA; JEFFREY RUBINI AND HIS WIFE JULIET; GRANDCHILDREN
GWEN RUBINI, JANE RUBINI AND JOHN RUBINI; SISTERS GAIL
SUKERNICK AND LYNN RUBINI, AS WELL AS MANY EXTENDED FAMILY
MEMBERS.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
69027, CARRYING WORTHINGTON MILL ROAD OVER NESHAMINY CREEK IN
WRIGHTSTOWN TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE COLONEL
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(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 21. JOSEPH MCGRANAGHAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) JOSEPH A. MCGRANAGHAN WAS BORN JULY 20, 1943.
(2) MR. MCGRANAGHAN IS A 1961 GRADUATE FROM WILLIAM PENN
HIGH SCHOOL IN HARRISBURG AND ATTENDED MILLERSVILLE STATE
TEACHERS COLLEGE.
(3) AS A PUBLIC SERVANT, MR. MCGRANAGHAN SERVED AS AN
ELECTED COUNCILMAN IN CHAMBERSBURG FOR FOUR YEARS AND IN
SHAMOKIN DAM BOROUGH FOR 20 YEARS, WHERE HE WAS APPOINTED AS
MAYOR IN 2009, A POSITION HE HELD UNTIL HIS DEATH.
(4) MR. MCGRANAGHAN WAS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE
SUSQUEHANNA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE
PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
(5) MR. MCGRANAGHAN CHAIRED THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
CHAMBER'S TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND THE CENTRAL
SUSQUEHANNA THRUWAY TASK FORCE WHERE HE WORKED TO AND
SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FUNDING FOR THE ROUTES 11 AND 15 BYPASS
PROJECT.
(6) MR. MCGRANAGHAN WAS AWARDED THE 1992 OUTSTANDING
LEADERSHIP AWARD BY THE CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE AND THE 2002 STAR OF EXCELLENCE AWARD BY THE GREATER
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
(7) MR. MCGRANAGHAN ALSO HAD A CAREER IN BROADCASTING
THAT BEGAN WHEN HE WAS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.
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(8) IN 1978, MR. MCGRANAGHAN BECAME THE EXECUTIVE VICE
PRESIDENT OF SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION AND THE GENERAL
MANAGER OF ITS RADIO STATIONS, WKOK-AM AND WKOK-FM.
(9) MR. MCGRANAGHAN WAS APPOINTED PRESIDENT AND CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER OF THE SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION IN
1994, AND IN 2003, HE BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE MEDIA SERVICES
DIVISION.
(10) MR. MCGRANAGHAN SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE RADIO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT RADIO/TELEVISION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF
BROADCASTERS, WHERE HE WAS NAMED THE 1994 PENNSYLVANIA
BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR.
(11) AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS IN BROADCASTING, MR.
MCGRANAGHAN RETIRED IN 2008, BUT CONTINUED TO HOST THE
POPULAR PUBLIC AFFAIRS CALL-IN SHOW, "ON THE MARK" ON WKOK.
(12) IN 2011, MR. MCGRANAGHAN WAS INDUCTED INTO THE
PENNSYLVANIA BROADCASTING HALL OF FAME.
(13) MR. MCGRANAGHAN WAS KNOWN FOR HIS LOVE OF
BROADCASTING, PUBLIC SERVICE AND HIS FAMILY AND LEFT AN
INDELIBLE MARK ON HIS COMMUNITY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF U.S. ROUTE 15 IN MONROE
TOWNSHIP AND SHAMOKIN DAM BOROUGH, SNYDER COUNTY, FROM ITS
INTERCHANGE WITH EXISTING U.S. ROUTES 11/15 AND U.S. ROUTE 522
NORTH OF SELINSGROVE TO ITS INTERCHANGE WITH EXISTING U.S. ROUTE
15 AND PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 147 SOUTH OF WINFIELD IS DESIGNATED AS
THE JOSEPH MCGRANAGHAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 22. POTCHAK BROTHERS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
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FOLLOWS:
(1) STEPHEN POTCHAK, JOHN POTCHAK, MICHAEL POTCHAK,
FRANK POTCHAK, CHARLES POTCHAK AND PETER POTCHAK WERE
BROTHERS.
(2) STEPHEN POTCHAK WAS BORN FEBRUARY 18, 1914, IN
WILMORE, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AND ATTENDED WILMORE HIGH SCHOOL.
(3) HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY ON
FEBRUARY 5, 1942, AND SERVED DURING WORLD WAR II.
(4) STEPHEN POTCHAK SERVED AS A MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE
SPECIALIST IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS AND RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS: AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, GOOD
CONDUCT MEDAL AND WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
(5) HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE UNITED STATES
ARMY WITH THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT ON DECEMBER 1, 1946, AT
ANDREWS FIELD IN WASHINGTON, DC.
(6) AFTER THE WAR, STEPHEN POTCHAK WAS EMPLOYED FOR A
TIME AT SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY BEFORE WORKING AS A COAL
MINER IN WILMORE. LATER IN LIFE, STEPHEN MOVED TO
PHILADELPHIA, WHERE HE WORKED AS A LABORER FOR THE BUDD
COMPANY BEFORE WORKING AS A LOCOMOTIVE OPERATOR FOR MORE THAN
30 YEARS AT US STEEL, FROM WHICH HE RETIRED.
(7) STEPHEN POTCHAK PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 28, 1994, AND
IS BURIED AT RESURRECTION CEMETERY IN BENSALEM, BUCKS COUNTY.
(8) JOHN POTCHAK WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 18, 1918, IN WILMORE
AND ATTENDED WILMORE HIGH SCHOOL.
(9) HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY ON JUNE 19,
1939, AND SERVED DURING WORLD WAR II.
(10) JOHN POTCHAK WAS ASSIGNED TO THE FOLLOWING VESSELS
AND STATIONS: NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND;
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(11) HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS HELENA DURING THE ATTACK
ON PEARL HARBOR, BUT WAS NOT ON BOARD DURING THE ATTACK.
(12) JOHN POTCHAK RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING AWARDS AND
RECOGNITIONS: ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH NINE STARS;
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL; AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WITH
ONE STAR; PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH ONE STAR; GOOD
CONDUCT MEDAL; WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL; NAVY UNIT
COMMENDATION RIBBON BAR; AND PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT
CITATION.
(13) HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE UNITED STATES
NAVY WITH THE RANK OF CHIEF ELECTRICIAN'S MATE ON NOVEMBER
28, 1945, AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION
CENTER IN SAMPSON, NEW YORK.
(14) AFTER THE WAR, JOHN POTCHAK WORKED AS AN ENGINEER
AT THE JOHNSVILLE NAVAL AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN WARMINSTER,
BUCKS COUNTY, WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE WARMINSTER
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 6493 IN WARMINSTER AND WAS A
DEDICATED MEMBER OF HIS CHURCH, SAINT CYRIL OF JERUSALEM
CATHOLIC CHURCH, IN JAMISON, BUCKS COUNTY. HE ENJOYED HUNTING
AND FISHING IN HIS FREE TIME.
(15) JOHN POTCHAK PASSED AWAY ON MAY 12, 2010, AND IS
BURIED AT SAINT JOHN NEUMANN CEMETERY IN CHALFONT, BUCKS
COUNTY.
(16) MICHAEL POTCHAK WAS BORN OCTOBER 15, 1920, IN
WILMORE AND ATTENDED WILMORE HIGH SCHOOL.
(17) HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY ON DECEMBER
15, 1942, AND SERVED DURING WORLD WAR II.
(18) MICHAEL POTCHAK WAS ASSIGNED TO THE FOLLOWING
VESSELS AND STATIONS: USS BATAAN AND U.S. NAVAL TRAINING
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(19) HE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH FIVE STARS; AMERICAN
CAMPAIGN MEDAL; GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL; WORLD WAR II VICTORY
MEDAL; PHILIPPINES LIBERATION MEDAL; AND IMPERIUM NEPTUNI
REGIS.
(20) MICHAEL POTCHAK WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE
UNITED STATES NAVY WITH THE RANK OF ELECTRICIAN'S MATE FIRST
CLASS ON MARCH 5, 1946, AT THE U.S. NAVAL PERSONNEL
SEPARATION CENTER IN BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND.
(21) AFTER THE WAR, HE WORKED FOR AND RETIRED FROM US
STEEL IN JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY, WHERE HE WAS AN
ELECTRICAL FOREMAN.
(22) MICHAEL POTCHAK PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 2, 2009,
AND IS BURIED AT THE RICHLAND MAUSOLEUM IN JOHNSTOWN.
(23) FRANK POTCHAK WAS BORN NOVEMBER 13, 1922, IN
WILMORE AND ATTENDED WILMORE HIGH SCHOOL.
(24) HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY ON FEBRUARY
23, 1943, AND SERVED DURING WORLD WAR II.
(25) FRANK POTCHAK WAS ASSIGNED TO THE FOLLOWING VESSELS
AND STATIONS: USS KALININ BAY; U.S. NAVAL TRAINING AND
DISTRIBUTION CENTER SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA; S.S. JACOB
LUCKENBACH; S.S. JANET LORD ROPER; U.S. NAVY ARMED GUARD
CENTER BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; U.S. NAVY ARMED GUARD CENTER
LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA; AND U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION
SAMPSON, NEW YORK.
(26) HE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL; EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN
CAMPAIGN MEDAL; ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL; WORLD WAR II
VICTORY MEDAL; AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.
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UNITED STATES NAVY WITH THE RANK OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS ON
FEBRUARY 17, 1946, AT THE U.S. NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION
CENTER IN SAMPSON, NEW YORK.
(28) AFTER THE WAR, HE MARRIED HIS WIFE, EVELYN AND
LATER, THEY AND THEIR CHILDREN MOVED TO BUCKS COUNTY, WHERE
HE WORKED AT U-HAUL FOR 28 YEARS.
(29) FRANK POTCHAK PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 5, 2000, AND
IS BURIED AT SAINT JOHN NEUMANN CEMETERY IN CHALFONT.
(30) CHARLES POTCHAK WAS BORN DECEMBER 26, 1924, IN
WILMORE AND ATTENDED WILMORE HIGH SCHOOL.
(31) HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY ON JULY 12,
1943, AND SERVED DURING WORLD WAR II.
(32) CHARLES POTCHAK WAS ASSIGNED TO BATTERY C, 55TH
FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION AND FOUGHT IN THE NEW GUINEA
CAMPAIGN AND THE BATTLE OF LUZON.
(33) HE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL; PHILIPPINES LIBERATION MEDAL WITH ONE
BRONZE STAR; AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL; ASIATIC-PACIFIC
CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH TWO BRONZE STARS; AND WORLD WAR II
VICTORY MEDAL.
(34) CHARLES POTCHAK WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE
UNITED STATES ARMY WITH THE RANK OF CORPORAL ON FEBRUARY 9,
1946, AT THE INDIANTOWN GAP MILITARY RESERVATION, LEBANON
COUNTY.
(35) AFTER THE WAR, HE WORKED IN A MINE IN BEAVERDALE,
CAMBRIA COUNTY, AND WAS LATER EMPLOYED AT US STEEL IN
JOHNSTOWN. HE MARRIED THE FORMER DOROTHY MITCHELL AND THEY
RAISED FOUR CHILDREN IN THE BEAVERDALE-SIDMAN AREA OF CAMBRIA
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AND IS BURIED AT ST. MICHAEL CEMETERY IN ST. MICHAEL, CAMBRIA
COUNTY.
(37) PETER POTCHAK WAS BORN JULY 1, 1926, IN WILMORE AND
ATTENDED WILMORE HIGH SCHOOL.
(38) HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY ON
NOVEMBER 15, 1944, AND SERVED DURING WORLD WAR II.
(39) PETER POTCHAK WAS ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS COMPANY,
86TH CHEMICAL MORTAR BATTALION AND FOUGHT IN THE RHINELAND
CAMPAIGN.
(40) HE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
DISTINGUISHED UNIT BADGE WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER; GOOD CONDUCT
MEDAL; WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL; AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-
MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE SERVICE STAR.
(41) PETER POTCHAK WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE
UNITED STATES ARMY WITH THE RANK OF TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE ON
DECEMBER 29, 1945, AT THE SEPARATION CENTER IN FORT KNOX,
KENTUCKY.
(42) AFTER THE WAR, HE RETURNED HOME TO WILMORE, TOOK
CARE OF HIS FATHER UNTIL HIS FATHER'S DEATH, WORKED FOR AND
RETIRED FROM US STEEL IN JOHNSTOWN AND WAS LAST EMPLOYED AS
AN ELECTRICAL STORES KEEPER. HE WAS A MEMBER OF AMERICAN
LEGION POST 430, A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE WILMORE VOLUNTEER
FIRE COMPANY AND A MEMBER OF THE FORMER GBU: SUMMER HILL, NOW
A DISTRICT OF THE GBU FOUNDATION.
(43) PETER POTCHAK PASSED AWAY ON MAY 9, 1998, AND IS
BURIED AT SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CEMETERY IN PORTAGE, CAMBRIA
COUNTY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8430,
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(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 23. KENNETH C. LARSON, JR., MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) KENNETH C. LARSON, JR., WAS BORN APRIL 26, 1934.
(2) MR. LARSON WAS A DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER, VISIONARY
LEADER AND PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NORTHERN TIER REGION.
(3) MR. LARSON DEDICATED HIS CAREER TO ADVANCING
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS THAT ENHANCED SAFETY, EFFICIENCY AND
ECONOMIC VITALITY FOR THE NORTHERN TIER REGION AND BEYOND.
(4) MR. LARSON'S EXPERTISE AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT
CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF
KEY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT HAVE POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE
LIVES OF COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES.
(5) IN ADDITION TO HIS PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, MR.
LARSON GENEROUSLY GAVE HIS TIME AND KNOWLEDGE TO MENTOR YOUNG
ENGINEERS, SUPPORT COMMUNITY INITIATIVES AND ADVOCATE FOR
SUSTAINABLE AND FORWARD-THINKING INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS.
(6) AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1952, MR.
LARSON SERVED 14 YEARS IN THE NAVY RESERVE AND RECEIVED AN
HONORABLE DISCHARGE.
(7) IN 1956, MR. LARSON GRADUATED FROM BUCKNELL
UNIVERSITY AND LATER WORKED IN THE FORMER DEPARTMENT OF
FORESTS AND WATERS, THE FORMER DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND
PENNDOT.
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(8) THROUGH HIS WORK AT PENNDOT, MR. LARSON WAS
APPOINTED TO SUPERVISE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS
IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES AND IN 1966 BECAME THE YOUNGEST
APPOINTED DISTRICT ENGINEER.
(9) AMONG MR. LARSON'S CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE
ASSISTING IN THE COMPLETION OF PORTIONS OF U.S. ROUTE 15 AND
INTERSTATE 80, SERVING AS LIAISON WITH THE THORNBURGH
ADMINISTRATION, ASSISTING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPUTER-
AIDED DRAFTING AND DESIGN IN PENNSYLVANIA, INSPECTING
DELINQUENT BRIDGES AND ASSISTING IN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
(10) AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE LARSON DESIGN
GROUP, MR. LARSON'S VISION WAS TO CREATE CAREERS SO THAT
TALENTED ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS AND SURVEYORS WOULD REMAIN IN
LYCOMING COUNTY.
(11) MR. LARSON PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 22, 2024.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF INTERSTATE 180 FROM THE
LYCOMING-NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY LINE TO THE INTERCHANGE WITH
EXISTING U.S. ROUTE 15 AND U.S. ROUTE 220 IN LYCOMING COUNTY IS
DESIGNATED AS THE KENNETH C. LARSON, JR., MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
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SECTION 24. THE BAKER BROTHERS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) THE BAKER BROTHERS WERE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE SAME
FAMILY WHO SERVED A COMBINED 125 YEARS.
(2) FRANCIS J. BAKER SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR
FORCE FROM 1956 TO 1979.
(3) EDWARD R. BAKER SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR
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(4) THOMAS G. BAKER SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR
FORCE FROM 1962 TO 1992.
(5) RAYMOND J. BAKER SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR
FORCE FROM 1966 TO 1988.
(6) PHILIP J. BAKER SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR
FORCE FROM 1966 TO 1986.
(7) CHARLES A. BAKER SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY
FROM 1967 TO 1968.
(8) JOSEPH M. BAKER SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY
FROM 1971 TO 1995.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5664,
ON THAT PORTION OF OLD PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 220 NORTH OVER THE
BEAVERDAM BRANCH OF THE JUNIATA RIVER IN ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP,
BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE BAKER BROTHERS MEMORIAL
BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 25. SERGEANT ROBERT E. DAVIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) SERGEANT ROBERT E. DAVIS SERVED AS A SERGEANT AND
TOP TURRET GUNNER ON B-17G "BETTY LOU" #42-37962, 532ND
BOMBER SQUADRON, 381ST BOMBER GROUP, HEAVY, UNITED STATES
ARMY AIR FORCE DURING WORLD WAR II.
(2) SERGEANT DAVIS WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON JANUARY 11,
1944, WHEN THE BOMBER HE WAS IN SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND CRASHED
IN GERMANY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
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OVER BLAIR GAP RUN IN DUNCANSVILLE BOROUGH, BLAIR COUNTY, IS
DESIGNATED AS THE SERGEANT ROBERT E. DAVIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 26. ARTHUR R. WALTER, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) ARTHUR R. WALTER, JR., WAS EMPLOYED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DISTRICT 9-2, AT HOLLIDAYSBURG
FOR 15 YEARS AND WAS A THIRD-PARTY COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S
LICENSE EXAMINER.
(2) MR. WALTER SPENT MORE THAN TWO DECADES SUPPORTING
HIS COMMUNITY BY BEING A REFEREE AND UMPIRE FOR HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETES IN BLAIR AND BEDFORD COUNTIES.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5784,
ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 3013, DUNNINGS HIGHWAY, OVER
BEAVERDAM CREEK IN GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, IS
DESIGNATED AS THE ARTHUR R. WALTER, JR., 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 27. LIEUTENANT COLONEL DANIEL LEE SWAYNE MEMORIAL
BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) LIEUTENANT COLONEL DANIEL LEE SWAYNE WAS
COMMISSIONED AS AN OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN
1987 AND BECAME AN F-16 PILOT IN 1988.
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INSTRUCTOR.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
47600, ON THAT PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 220, EAST PLEASANT
VALLEY BOULEVARD, OVER LITTLE JUNIATA RIVER IN ANTIS TOWNSHIP,
BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE LIEUTENANT COLONEL DANIEL LEE
SWAYNE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 28. PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JAMES A. BEHE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) AFTER GRADUATING FROM ALTOONA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
IN 1942, PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JAMES A. BEHE JOINED THE UNITED
STATES ARMY THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
(2) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS BEHE SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING
WORLD WAR II.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
68408, ON THAT PORTION OF WOPSONONOCK AVENUE OVER SPRING RUN IN
THE CITY OF ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE PRIVATE
FIRST CLASS JAMES A. BEHE 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 29. SERGEANT PATRICK C. HAWKINS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) SERGEANT PATRICK C. HAWKINS WAS BORN OCTOBER 1,
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(2) AS A "MILITARY BRAT," SGT. HAWKINS WAS RAISED IN
VARIOUS TOWNS, INCLUDING BERLIN, GERMANY; FT.
LEAVENWORTH/LANSING, KS; FT. CAMPBELL, KY; STUTTGART, GE; AND
FINALLY, CARLISLE, PA.
(3) SGT. HAWKINS GRADUATED FROM CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL IN
2007.
(4) SGT. HAWKINS ATTENDED HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY
COLLEGE TO STUDY CULINARY ARTS FOLLOWING HIS HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION.
(5) SGT. HAWKINS WORKED MULTIPLE JOBS IN THE DINING
INDUSTRY BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN 2010.
(6) SGT. HAWKINS SOUGHT OUT SERVICE IN THE MILITARY LIKE
HIS FATHER HAD YEARS BEFORE.
(7) SGT. HAWKINS EXCELLED IN HIS TRAINING, EVENTUALLY
BEING ASSIGNED TO COMPANY B, 3RD BATTALION, 75TH RANGER
REGIMENT, AS AN ARMY RANGER AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA.
(8) ON OCTOBER 6, 2013, SGT. HAWKINS WAS KILLED IN
ACTION WHILE GOING TO THE AID OF A WOUNDED COMRADE IN
KANDAHAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN.
(9) FOR HIS BRAVERY, SGT. HAWKINS WAS POSTHUMOUSLY
AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
AND THE PURPLE HEART.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
45589, LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF SPRING ROAD OVER THE
CONODOGUINET CREEK IN NORTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE SERGEANT PATRICK C. HAWKINS
MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 30. STAFF SERGEANT NORMAN W. REIFSNYDER MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS THAT:
(1) NORMAN W. REIFSNYDER WAS RAISED IN NORTH HEIDELBERG
TOWNSHIP, BERKS COUNTY, AND GRADUATED FROM PENN BERNVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL IN 1939.
(2) STAFF SERGEANT REIFSNYDER SERVED IN THE UNITED
STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE 80TH DIVISION AS A
STAFF SERGEANT IN RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND SERVED IN FRANCE,
LUXEMBOURG AND RHINELAND, GERMANY AND AT THE BATTLE OF THE
BULGE.
(3) STAFF SERGEANT REIFSNYDER WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE
STAR AND SOLDIERS MEDAL FOR HIS HONORABLE SERVICE.
(4) STAFF SERGEANT REIFSNYDER AND HIS FAMILY WERE DAIRY
FARMERS FOR 21 YEARS AND, IN 1962, WERE SELECTED AS THE
READING FAIR OUTSTANDING FARM FAMILY.
(5) STAFF SERGEANT REIFSNYDER WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF
NORTH HEIDELBERG CHURCH, AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FOR PENN STATE
BERKS COUNTY MASTER GARDNER PROGRAM AND A PARTICIPANT IN THE
BERNVILLE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
(6) AFTER A LIFE DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF OTHERS,
STAFF SERGEANT REIFSNYDER PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 24, 2025, AT
103 YEARS OF AGE.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 183,
ALSO KNOWN AS BERNVILLE ROAD, FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH MT.
PLEASANT ROAD IN PENN TOWNSHIP, BERKS COUNTY, SOUTHBOUND TO THE
BRIDGE OVER LICKING CREEK IN PENN TOWNSHIP WITH IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER 0601830180000 IS DESIGNATED AS THE STAFF SERGEANT NORMAN
W. REIFSNYDER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
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SECTION 31. CORPORAL JOHN F. MUFFLER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) JOHN FREDERICK MUFFLER WAS BORN DECEMBER 13, 1963,
IN ELKINS PARK, MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
(2) CORPORAL MUFFLER GRADUATED FROM NESHAMINY HIGH
SCHOOL IN 1981 AND WAS A DEDICATED DRUMMER IN THE NESHAMINY
MARCHING BAND.
(3) CORPORAL MUFFLER SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE
CORPS AS A LANCE CORPORAL.
(4) CORPORAL MUFFLER WAS KILLED IN THE TERRORIST BOMBING
OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE BARRACKS.
(5) IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF OCTOBER 23, 1983, A
TRUCK LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES CRASHED THROUGH THE SECURITY
PERIMETER OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BARRACKS IN
BEIRUT, LEBANON.
(6) IN THE EXPLOSION THAT FOLLOWED, 241 UNITED STATES
MILITARY PERSONNEL WERE KILLED AND 80 SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
(7) CORPORAL MUFFLER'S MOTHER SUPPORTED THE MEMORY OF
HIS SERVICE AND SACRIFICE TO OUR COUNTRY BY PROMOTING THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BEIRUT MEMORIAL IN PHILADELPHIA.
(8) AN ANNUAL AWARD, INSPIRED BY JOHN F. MUFFLER, IS
PRESENTED TO A DRUMMER IN THE NESHAMINY BAND.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 7027,
CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 413 OVER U.S. ROUTE 1 IN MIDDLETOWN
TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE CORPORAL JOHN F.
MUFFLER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
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SECTION 32. PFC WILLIAM P. O'FARRELL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) WILLIAM P. O'FARRELL WAS BORN OCTOBER 9, 1948, IN
JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY.
(2) PFC O'FARRELL WAS RAISED IN NANTY GLO, CAMBRIA
COUNTY, AND ATTENDED NANTY GLO-VINTONDALE HIGH SCHOOL.
(3) IN GRADE SCHOOL, PFC O'FARRELL ATTENDED SAINT MARY'S
PARISH IN NANTY GLO.
(4) PFC O'FARRELL ALSO PLAYED LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL AND
LATER PLAYED FOOTBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
(5) PFC O'FARRELL HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO BECOME A MARINE
AND, FOLLOWING HIS GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HE ENLISTED
IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
(6) WILLIAM P. O'FARRELL HELD THE RANK OF PRIVATE FIRST
CLASS.
(7) PFC O'FARRELL WAS ASSIGNED TO A COMPANY, 1ST
BATTALION, 3RD MARINES, 3RD MARINE DIVISION.
(8) PFC O'FARRELL SERVED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR AND
ARRIVED IN VIETNAM ON MARCH 16, 1968.
(9) ON APRIL 17, 1968, ONE MONTH AFTER HIS TOUR BEGAN,
PFC O'FARRELL WAS KILLED IN ACTION BY HOSTILE FIRE IN QUẢNG
TRỊ PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM.
(10) PFC O'FARRELL IS BURIED AT SAINT MARY'S CEMETERY IN
NANTY GLO.
(11) PFC O' FARRELL'S NAME IS INSCRIBED ON PANEL 50E,
LINE 32 OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC.
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CARRYING PA ROUTE 271 OVER PERGRIN RUN IN THE BOROUGH OF NANTY
GLO, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE PFC WILLIAM P.
O'FARRELL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 33. SEAMAN FIRST CLASS JOHN M. MCGINTY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) JOHN M. MCGINTY WAS BORN MARCH 25, 1915, IN SAINT
MICHAEL, CAMBRIA COUNTY.
(2) SEAMAN FIRST CLASS MCGINTY ATTENDED ADAMS SUMMERHILL
HIGH SCHOOL.
(3) SEAMAN FIRST CLASS MCGINTY WAS DRAFTED DURING WORLD
WAR II AND SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
(4) BEFORE HIS DEPLOYMENT, SEAMAN FIRST CLASS MCGINTY
MARRIED ELLEN RITA SEESE OF SAINT MICHAEL.
(5) DURING THE WAR, SEAMAN FIRST CLASS MCGINTY WAS
ASSIGNED TO THE USS INDIANAPOLIS.
(6) ON JULY 30, 1945, THE USS INDIANAPOLIS WAS HIT BY
JAPANESE SUBMARINE TORPEDOES OFF THE COAST OF THE CAROLINE
ISLANDS IN THE PHILIPPINE SEA AND SANK AFTER 12 MINUTES.
(7) FOLLOWING THE ATTACK, SEAMAN FIRST CLASS MCGINTY WAS
DECLARED LOST AT SEA.
(8) SEAMAN FIRST CLASS JOHN M. MCGINTY IS MEMORIALIZED
ON THE WALLS OF THE MISSING AT THE MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8457,
CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 219 OVER PA ROUTE 869 IN ADAMS TOWNSHIP,
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CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE SEAMAN FIRST CLASS JOHN M.
MCGINTY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 34. CHIEF JOSEPH J. MONTGOMERY, JR. MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) JOSEPH J. MONTGOMERY, JR., WAS RAISED IN GRADYVILLE,
AND GRADUATED FROM PENNCREST HIGH SCHOOL IN 1987.
(2) AS A YOUNG MAN, MR. MONTGOMERY DISCOVERED THE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN ONE'S COMMUNITY
AS A BOY SCOUT OF AMERICA WHERE HE EARNED MEMBERSHIP TO THE
ORDER OF THE ARROW, AN HONOR RESERVED FOR THOSE THAT MOST
EXEMPLIFY THE VALUE OF THE BOY SCOUTS.
(3) MR. MONTGOMERY COMMITTED HIMSELF TO THE SERVICE OF
HIS COMMUNITY AS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE EDGMONT AND ROCKY
RUN FIRE COMPANIES, AS PART OF THE DELAWARE COUNTY PARK
POLICE AND AS A PARAMEDIC FOR MAIN LINE HEALTH EMS FOR 30
YEARS.
(4) MR. MONTGOMERY ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED HIS OWN
BUSINESS, PRO RESCUE, WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO USE HIS KNOWLEDGE
AND LIFESAVING SKILLS TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN OTHERS IN THE
COMMUNITY IN CPR AND FIRST AID READINESS.
(5) MR. MONTGOMERY WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CONCORD
MASONIC LODGE #625.
(6) AFTER A LIFE DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF OTHERS, MR.
MONTGOMERY SADLY PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2023, AT 54
YEARS OF AGE.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 352,
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DELAWARE COUNTY, TO THE INTERSECTION WITH PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
452, ALSO KNOWN AS NORTH PENNELL ROAD, IN MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP,
DELAWARE COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE CHIEF JOSEPH J. MONTGOMERY,
JR. MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 35. JUDGE R. BARRY MCANDREWS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) JUDGE R. BARRY MCANDREWS WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA
AND GREW UP IN THE WEST OAK LANE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE HE
GRADUATED FROM LASALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1950.
(2) AFTER GRADUATING FROM LASALLE UNIVERSITY IN 1954,
JUDGE MCANDREWS RECEIVED HIS JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE FROM
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW IN 1957.
(3) FOLLOWING HIS GRADUATION FROM LAW SCHOOL, JUDGE
MCANDREWS SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORP FROM 1957
TO 1962, RECEIVING THE RANK OF CAPTAIN WHILE STATIONED IN
HAWAII WITH HIS WIFE, LIZ, AND CHILDREN.
(4) JUDGE MCANDREWS HELD MANY ROLES THROUGHOUT HIS LEGAL
CAREER, INCLUDING CHIEF COUNSEL AT CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
FROM 1962 TO 1967 AND AN ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER FROM 1968
TO 1969.
(5) JUDGE MCANDREWS WAS A PARTNER IN PRIVATE PRACTICE
FROM 1967 TO 1991 WHICH LED TO HIS APPOINTMENT AS A JUDGE FOR
THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF BUCKS COUNTY IN MAY 1991 BY
GOVERNOR BOB CASEY, THEN HE WAS ELECTED FOR A 10-YEAR TERM AS
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(6) WHILE SERVING ON THE BENCH, JUDGE MCANDREWS WAS
SELECTED AS PRESIDENT JUDGE IN 1999, A ROLE HE HELD UNTIL HIS
RETIREMENT IN 2003.
(7) AS PRESIDENT JUDGE, JUDGE MCANDREWS WAS A LEADING
ADVOCATE FOR THE BUILDING OF THE NEW BUCKS COUNTY JUSTICE
CENTER WHICH OPENED IN JANUARY 2015.
(8) AFTER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS COMMONWEALTH AND
TO OUR COUNTRY, JUDGE R. BARRY MCANDREWS PASSED AWAY ON MARCH
23, 2024, AT 91 YEARS OF AGE.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 1006, ALSO
KNOWN AS FERRY ROAD, FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH LIMEKILN ROAD TO
THE INTERSECTION WITH PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 313, ALSO KNOWN AS
SWAMP ROAD, IN DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED
THE JUDGE R. BARRY MCANDREWS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 36. PFC HELMUT BOEHM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HELMUT BOEHM WAS BORN APRIL 6,
1925, IN THE VILLAGE OF HEROLD IN THE ERZGEBIRGE REGION OF
SAXONY, GERMANY, TO OSKAR AND ANNA BOEHM.
(2) AT THE AGE OF THREE, PFC BOEHM CAME TO THE UNITED
STATES WITH HIS PARENTS AND SIBLINGS AND SETTLED IN THE
WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD OF OLNEY IN THE CITY OF
PHILADELPHIA.
(3) AFTER GRADUATING FROM OLNEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943, PFC
BOEHM WAS DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND SERVED AS
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AMBULANCE COMPANY DURING WORLD WAR II.
(4) DEPLOYED LESS THAN ONE MONTH AFTER D-DAY IN 1944,
PFC BOEHM COMMENCED HIS SERVICE DURING THE HEAVY OPERATION
OVERLORD COMBAT THROUGH THE HEDGEROWS OF NORMANDY, FRANCE.
(5) DRIVING AN AMBULANCE INTO COMBAT AREAS, PFC BOEHM
CONTINUALLY TRANSPORTED THE WOUNDED FROM THE BATTLEFIELD TO
EVACUATION AIRSTRIPS AND FIELD HOSPITALS WHILE PROVIDING
EMERGENCY TREATMENTS, ADMINISTERING NECESSARY INJECTIONS,
BLOOD PLASMA AND MEDICATIONS AND APPLYING BANDAGES UNTIL THE
WOUNDED WERE SUCCESSFULLY EVACUATED TO SAFETY.
(6) PFC BOEHM CONTINUED THESE MISSION-CRITICAL DUTIES
UNTIL LIBERATING THE BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP NEAR THE
END OF WORLD WAR II.
(7) PFC BOEHM SAW ACTION IN NORTHERN FRANCE, BELGIUM AND
THE ARDENNES (BATTLE OF THE BULGE), THE RHINELAND (REMAGEN
BRIDGE) AND GERMANY.
(8) PFC BOEHM WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR FOR HIS
VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN A NIGHT MISSION TO EVACUATE THE
WOUNDED TRAPPED BEHIND ENEMY LINES DURING THE BATTLE OF THE
HÜRTGEN FOREST IN NOVEMBER 1944.
(9) AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES, PFC BOEHM WAS
TASKED WITH THE EVACUATION OF MANY REFUGEES FLEEING THE
SOVIET ARMY IN EASTERN EUROPE.
(10) AFTER RETURNING FROM EUROPE AND THE WAR, PFC BOEHM
WORKED AS AN INDUSTRIAL PAINTER AND UNDERTOOK AN
APPRENTICESHIP ALONG WITH VOCATIONAL ELECTRICIAN TRAINING.
(11) PFC BOEHM WAS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE, ELFRIEDE EDITH
SCHWARZKOPF, FOR 66 YEARS AND HAD ONE SON, GERALD, ONE
DAUGHTER, CHERYL, SIX GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT-GRANDSON.
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10, 2024, AT 99 YEARS OF AGE.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE ENTIRE PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
232 WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF ROCKLEDGE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, IS
DESIGNATED AS THE PFC HELMUT BOEHM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
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SECTION 37. HON. RAYMOND T. BOOK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) BORN IN PITTSBURGH ON FEBRUARY 14, 1925, MR. BOOK
WAS THE SON OF THE LATE RAYMOND AND MARGARET BOOK.
(2) DURING WORLD WAR II, MR. BOOK SERVED HIS COUNTRY
WITH HONOR AND WAS AWARDED NUMEROUS MEDALS.
(3) AFTER HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE, HE ATTENDED ROBERT
MORRIS BUSINESS COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
BEFORE BEGINNING HIS CAREER WITH J&L STEEL IN 1948.
(4) HE ALSO WORKED IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY FOR MORE
THAN FOUR DECADES.
(5) MR. BOOK TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO POLITICS IN 1980
WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO SERVE ON THE WHITEHALL BOROUGH
COUNCIL.
(6) IN 1982, HE BECAME REPRESENTATIVE BOOK UPON HIS
ELECTION TO THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(7) DURING HIS TENURE AS A LEGISLATOR, HE WAS A SPONSOR
OF THE ORGAN DONOR BILL.
(8) AFTER SERVING THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, HE TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO THE REAL
ESTATE INDUSTRY AND SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE REAL ESTATE
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(9) AFTER HIS RETIREMENT, HE CONTINUED TO SERVE HIS
COMMUNITY BY VOLUNTEERING WITH JEFFERSON HOSPITAL.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 51 FROM
SEGMENT 0280/OFFSET 0000 TO SEGMENT 0300/OFFSET 0570 IN
WHITEHALL BOROUGH, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE HON.
RAYMOND T. BOOK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
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SECTION 38. 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
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
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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
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SECTION 39. BLUE STAR FAMILY TRIBUTE ROUNDABOUT.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) THE BLUE STAR FAMILY DESIGNATION HONORS FAMILIES
WITH A MEMBER CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED
FORCES, SYMBOLIZING THEIR SACRIFICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE
NATION.
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(2) BUCKS COUNTY HAS A STRONG TRADITION OF MILITARY
SERVICE, WITH MANY RESIDENTS ACTIVELY SERVING IN THE UNITED
STATES ARMED FORCES, EARNING THEIR FAMILIES THE BLUE STAR
DESIGNATION.
(3) DESIGNATING A ROUNDABOUT IN DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP AS
THE BLUE STAR FAMILY TRIBUTE ROUNDABOUT RECOGNIZES THE
ONGOING CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES OF THESE FAMILIES WITHIN
THE COMMUNITY.
(4) THIS DESIGNATION SERVES AS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO
INSPIRE COMMUNITY GRATITUDE AND SUPPORT FOR MILITARY
FAMILIES.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE WESTERN ROUNDABOUT ON STATE ROUTE 1001
AT THE INTERSECTION OF NEW BRITAIN ROAD AND SOUTH EASTON ROAD IN
DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE BLUE STAR
FAMILY TRIBUTE ROUNDABOUT.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE ROUNDABOUT
ON THE MAJOR APPROACHES TO THE ROUNDABOUT.
SECTION 40. GOLD STAR FAMILY TRIBUTE ROUNDABOUT.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) THE GOLD STAR FAMILY DESIGNATION RECOGNIZES FAMILIES
WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE IN MILITARY SERVICE, REPRESENTING
THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE MADE FOR THE FREEDOMS ENJOYED BY ALL
AMERICANS.
(2) BUCKS COUNTY IS HOME TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE ENDURED
THE PROFOUND LOSS OF A SERVICE MEMBER, EARNING THE GOLD STAR
DESIGNATION.
(3) DESIGNATING A ROUNDABOUT IN DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP AS
THE GOLD STAR FAMILY TRIBUTE ROUNDABOUT HONORS THE MEMORY OF
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(4) THIS DESIGNATION PROVIDES A PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO
FOSTER COMMUNITY REFLECTION ON THE SACRIFICES OF GOLD STAR
FAMILIES.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE EASTERN ROUNDABOUT ON STATE ROUTE 1001
AT THE INTERSECTION OF NEW BRITAIN ROAD AND SAUERMAN ROAD IN
DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE GOLD STAR
FAMILY TRIBUTE ROUNDABOUT.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 41. GEORGE W. MCAULEY, JR. MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) GEORGE W. MCAULEY, JR., WAS BORN DECEMBER 19, 1962,
TO GEORGE W. MCAULEY, SR., AND LULU (NÉE HARTMAN) MCAULEY.
(2) MR. MCAULEY GRADUATED FROM KITTANNING HIGH SCHOOL
AND LENAPE TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN 1980, BEFORE EARNING A DEGREE
IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
IN 1984.
(3) FOR 33 YEARS, MR. MCAULEY HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. DURING THAT TIME, HE
SERVED AS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND AS AN ASSISTANT
DISTRICT EXECUTIVE OVERSEEING VARIOUS OPERATIONS IN THE
DEPARTMENT'S DISTRICT 10. ADDITIONALLY, HE BRIEFLY SERVED AS
THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S
BUREAU OF PROJECT DELIVERY.
(4) IN DECEMBER 2016, MR. MCAULEY BECAME THE
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(5) MR. MCAULEY PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN THE
ADVANCEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA'S RAPID BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PUBLIC
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP CONTRACT TO DELIVER 558 BRIDGES
STATEWIDE, THE FIRST OF ITS SCOPE IN THE UNITED STATES.
(6) IN ADDITION TO HIS WORK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, MR. MCAULEY WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION
OFFICIALS AND SERVED AS CHAIR OF ITS INNOVATION INITIATIVE AS
WELL AS CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY RESEARCH
PROGRAM.
(7) ON FEBRUARY 28, 2021, GEORGE MCAULEY PASSED AWAY AT
58 YEARS OF AGE, LEAVING BEHIND HIS LOVING WIFE OF 35 YEARS,
STEPHANIE (NÉE WILLYARD) MCAULEY, AND THEIR DAUGHTER MEGAN.
(8) TO COMMEMORATE MR. MCAULEY'S EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND
LEADERSHIP, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ESTABLISHED THE
GEORGE W. MCAULEY, JR., P.E. AWARD FOR INNOVATION. THE AWARD
RECOGNIZES EMPLOYEE-DRIVEN TEAMS OF THREE OR MORE THAT HELP
TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BY ADVANCING AN INNOVATION OR
SOLVING A PROBLEM.
(9) MR. MCAULEY'S DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS IMPROVED HIGHWAY SAFETY IN
THIS COMMONWEALTH AND IS DESERVING OF RECOGNITION.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
56035, CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 422 OVER STATE ROUTE 2005 AND CHERRY
RUN IN PLUMCREEK TOWNSHIP, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE
GEORGE W. MCAULEY, JR. MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
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SECTION 42. E. PEARL SMITH MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) E. PEARL SMITH WAS BORN NOVEMBER 23, 1938, IN
NORRISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.
(2) E. PEARL SMITH WAS VERY ACTIVE IN CHURCH AND JOINED
MT. ZION A.M.E. IN 1951 WHEN SHE WAS 13 YEARS OLD.
(3) E. PEARL SMITH SERVED ON THE STEWARD BOARD FOR 45
YEARS AND ALSO HELD THE TITLE OF STEWARD BOARD SECRETARY FOR
28 YEARS.
(4) E. PEARL SMITH SERVED ON MANY CHURCH COMMITTEES,
INCLUDING SECRETARY OF THE STEWARDSHIP AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
FOR 28 YEARS AND PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF THE COOPERATIVE
CLUB FOR TWO TERMS. SHE ORGANIZED THE YOUTH NEW MEMBERS
CLASS, CHAIRED AND CO-CHAIRED SEVERAL WOMEN'S DAY
CELEBRATIONS AND SERVED WITH THE COAT AND SOUP MINISTRY AND
THE DINNER AND CONCERT EVENT. SHE ALSO SERVED AS QUARTERLY
CONFERENCE SECRETARY, AS CLASS LEADER AND ON THE SCHOLARSHIP
COMMITTEE AND THE LAY ORGANIZATION.
(5) E. PEARL SMITH SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BUSINESS
AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S, INC., AND RECEIVED THE WOMAN OF THE
YEAR AWARD IN 1998-1999.
(6) HER ACCOLADES INCLUDED THE ELWOOD LODGE #438
COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD IN 2011, THE GEORGE W. COMMANDERY
AWARD IN 2003, THE NORRISTOWN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION SERVICE
AWARD AND THE DISTINGUISHED RECOGNITION FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA
SCHOOL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
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(8) DURING HER TENURE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, E. PEARL
SMITH SERVED AS THE CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION'S
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE AND WAS A BOARD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
NASD FOUNDATION AND CO-CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
(9) E. PEARL SMITH HELD MANY MORE TITLES, INCLUDING
JOINT OPERATING COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR THE CENTRAL MONTGOMERY
COUNTY TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, ASSISTANT REGION 11 DIRECTOR
AND LIAISON FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION ON
THE GOVERNANCE AND BY-LAW COMMITTEES, AND SHE HELD THE SAME
TITLE FOR THE NORRISTOWN SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL AS SERVING AS
THE MINORITY REPRESENTATIVE.
(10) ADDITIONALLY, E. PEARL SMITH WAS ALSO A VOLUNTEER
FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY'S ROAD TO RECOVERY AND A
LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE PHILADELPHIA PURCHASING ASSOCIATION'S
AD HOC DIVERSITY COMMITTEE.
(11) E. PEARL SMITH PASSED AWAY MARCH 9, 2024, AT THE
AGE OF 85.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
27695, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 3006, ALSO KNOWN AS WHITEHALL ROAD,
OVER KEPNER CREEK IN THE EAST NORRITON TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE E. PEARL SMITH 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 43. REPEALS.
SECTION 15 OF THE ACT OF JULY 15, 2024 (P.L.749, NO.63), IS
REPEALED.
Section 2 44. Effective date.
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This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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