HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1484
PRINTER'S NO. 1787
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1144
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY LANGERHOLC, APRIL 5, 2024
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 26, 2024
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8404, on that
portion of Pennsylvania Route 56 over the Stony Creek River,
City of Johnstown, Cambria County, as the PFC Dr. Alex W.
Barber Memorial Bridge.
DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8404, ON THAT
PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 56 OVER THE STONY CREEK RIVER,
CITY OF JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE PFC DR. ALEX W.
BARBER MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS
BRIDGE KEY 42031, LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF U.S. ROUTE 219
OVER PENTZ RUN ON THE BORDER OF SANDY TOWNSHIP AND THE CITY
OF DUBOIS, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, AS THE TROOPER FIRST CLASS BRAD
WILSON HONORARY BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS
BRIDGE KEY 5796, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4001 OVER U.S. ROUTE 22
IN ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE LCPL RALPH J.
FABBRI USMC MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 31 FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH FIRST STREET
TO THE INTERSECTION WITH YODER AVENUE IN THE BOROUGH OF MOUNT
PLEASANT, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, AS THE MAYOR GERALD D. LUCIA
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 8569, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1021 OVER GLENDALE LAKE IN
WHITE TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE CPL REID REX ROSS 3 BN
26 MARINE REG. MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 57664, ON PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 924
OVER THE RAILROAD, LOCATED IN GILBERTON BOROUGH, SCHUYLKILL
COUNTY, AS THE WALTER SKUBEL MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 28762, ON STATE ROUTE 3011
OVER THE MONOCACY CREEK, LOCATED IN BETHLEHEM CITY,
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, AS THE RAPHAEL RIVERA MEMORIAL BRIDGE;
DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 29525, LOCATED
ON THAT PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 233 OVER SHERMAN CREEK
IN TYRONE TOWNSHIP, PERRY COUNTY, AS THE LANCE CORPORAL JASON
FRYE MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS
BRIDGE KEY 52686, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 441 OVER U.S.
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ROUTE 30 IN COLUMBIA BOROUGH, LANCASTER COUNTY, AS THE MAJOR
GENERAL EDWARD C. SHANNON MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5802, CARRYING LOGAN
BOULEVARD OVER NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD IN THE CITY OF
ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE CPL PATRICK C. FARRELL AND PVT
JAMES J. FARRELL MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5879, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4027
(SOUTH EAGLE VALLEY ROAD) OVER BALD EAGLE CREEK IN SNYDER
TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE SGM CHARLES B. MILLS, SR.
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 18728, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 829 OVER THE JUNIATA
RIVER IN UNION TOWNSHIP, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, AS THE PFC
CHARLES SHORE GREENLAND MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 18843, CARRYING STATE ROUTE
3006 (LOGGING ROAD 31011) OVER GREAT TROUGH CREEK IN WOOD
TOWNSHIP, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, AS THE PFC WASCO (SPIDER) PAWUK
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 31529, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1007 OVER THE STONYCREEK
RIVER IN STONYCREEK TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, AS THE
CORPORAL CARL LYNN WALKER MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 7027, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA
ROUTE 413 OVER U.S. ROUTE 1 IN MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, BUCKS
COUNTY, AS THE LANCE CORPORAL JOHN F. MUFFLER MEMORIAL
BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF U.S. ROUTE 222 FROM THE
INTERCHANGE WITH U.S. ROUTE 30 IN MANHEIM TOWNSHIP TO THE
INTERCHANGE WITH INTERSTATE 76, ALSO KNOWN AS THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE, IN EAST COCALICO TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER
COUNTY, AS THE SENATOR NOAH W. WENGER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;
DESIGNATING THE WESTBOUND BRIDGE CARRYING INTERSTATE 90 OVER
SIX MILE CREEK IN HARBORCREEK TOWNSHIP, ERIE COUNTY, AS THE
CPL. JARRID L. KING MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED BY BRIDGE KEY 31447, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
403 OVER THE STONYCREEK RIVER IN QUEMAHONING TOWNSHIP,
SOMERSET COUNTY, AS THE CAPTAIN LEROY FREEMAN BERKEBILE
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 8414, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 56 OVER WALTERS AVENUE
IN RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE PFC WALLACE RICE
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE BRIDGES, IDENTIFIED AS
SOUTHERN BELTWAY 258 AND SOUTHERN BELTWAY 259, IN CECIL
TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, AS THE LANCE CORPORAL ROBERT
ALAN "BUCKY" MCPHERSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 22612, LOCATED ON PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
72 IN SWATARA TOWNSHIP, LEBANON COUNTY, OVER THE SWATARA
CREEK AS THE SENATOR DAVID J. ARNOLD, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE;
AND MAKING REPEALS.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. PFC Dr. Alex W. Barber Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Private First Class Dr. Alex W. Barber was born
February 23, 1922, in Johnstown.
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(2) PFC Barber grew up in Prospect, while attending
Johnstown Elementary, Middle and High School.
(3) On June 3, 1943, PFC Barber enlisted in the United
States Army in Altoona.
(4) PFC Barber was a member of Darby's Rangers and
landed on Normandy Beach on June 6, 1944.
(5) PFC Barber landed with his medical unit on the coast
of France at a time when the beach was under heavy enemy
rifle, machine gun and artillery fire.
(6) PFC Barber saved one soldier's life by performing a
tracheotomy with a mere ball-point pen.
(7) PFC Barber communicated despite a language barrier
and a time constraint, asking permission to borrow a horse
and buggy from a Frenchman to move and care for the wounded.
(8) PFC Barber was wounded while administering care to
fellow soldiers.
(9) Shrapnel from these wounds remained lodged in his
head and leg for the rest of his life.
(10) For his heroic actions, PFC Barber was awarded the
Distinguished Service Cross, the Bronze Star and the Purple
Heart with Oak Leaf Clusters.
(11) After his military service, PFC Barber graduated
from Johns Hopkins University. Upon finishing his degree at
Johns Hopkins University, he pursued another academic degree
at the Baltimore Chiropractic College, where he earned a
doctor of chiropractic degree.
(12) PFC Barber was a practicing chiropractor in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Havre de Grace, Maryland; Frederick,
Maryland; and Santa Monica, California.
(13) PFC Barber was the father of five children, Alexis,
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Joseph, Alexander, Judith and RoseAnn.
(14) PFC Barber died October 14, 1986.
(15) PFC Barber is buried at Arlington National Cemetery
in Arlington, Virginia.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8404,
carrying Pennsylvania Route 56 over the Stony Creek River in the
City of Johnstown, Cambria County, is designated as the PFC Dr.
Alex W. Barber 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.
SECTION 1. PFC DR. ALEX W. BARBER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DR. ALEX W. BARBER WAS BORN
FEBRUARY 23, 1922, IN JOHNSTOWN.
(2) PFC BARBER GREW UP IN PROSPECT, WHILE ATTENDING
JOHNSTOWN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.
(3) ON JUNE 3, 1943, PFC BARBER ENLISTED IN THE UNITED
STATES ARMY IN ALTOONA.
(4) PFC BARBER WAS A MEMBER OF DARBY'S RANGERS AND
LANDED ON NORMANDY BEACH ON JUNE 6, 1944.
(5) PFC BARBER LANDED WITH HIS MEDICAL UNIT ON THE COAST
OF FRANCE AT A TIME WHEN THE BEACH WAS UNDER HEAVY ENEMY
RIFLE, MACHINE GUN AND ARTILLERY FIRE.
(6) PFC BARBER SAVED ONE SOLDIER'S LIFE BY PERFORMING A
TRACHEOTOMY WITH A MERE BALL-POINT PEN.
(7) PFC BARBER COMMUNICATED DESPITE A LANGUAGE BARRIER
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AND A TIME CONSTRAINT, ASKING PERMISSION TO BORROW A HORSE
AND BUGGY FROM A FRENCHMAN TO MOVE AND CARE FOR THE WOUNDED.
(8) PFC BARBER WAS WOUNDED WHILE ADMINISTERING CARE TO
FELLOW SOLDIERS.
(9) SHRAPNEL FROM THESE WOUNDS REMAINED LODGED IN HIS
HEAD AND LEG FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
(10) FOR HIS HEROIC ACTIONS, PFC BARBER WAS AWARDED THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, THE BRONZE STAR AND THE PURPLE
HEART WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTERS.
(11) AFTER HIS MILITARY SERVICE, PFC BARBER GRADUATED
FROM JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. UPON FINISHING HIS DEGREE AT
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, HE PURSUED ANOTHER ACADEMIC DEGREE
AT THE BALTIMORE CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE, WHERE HE EARNED A
DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC DEGREE.
(12) PFC BARBER WAS A PRACTICING CHIROPRACTOR IN
JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA; HAVRE DE GRACE, MARYLAND; FREDERICK,
MARYLAND; AND SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA.
(13) PFC BARBER WAS THE FATHER OF FIVE CHILDREN, ALEXIS,
JOSEPH, ALEXANDER, JUDITH AND ROSEANN.
(14) PFC BARBER DIED OCTOBER 14, 1986.
(15) PFC BARBER IS BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8404,
CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 56 OVER THE STONY CREEK RIVER IN THE
CITY OF JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE PFC DR.
ALEX W. BARBER 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. TROOPER FIRST CLASS BRAD WILSON HONORARY BRIDGE.
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(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PRIOR TO SERVING IN THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE,
TROOPER FIRST CLASS BRAD WILSON SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES
AIR FORCE.
(2) TROOPER FIRST CLASS WILSON WAS STATIONED AT THE
DUBOIS BARRACKS.
(3) ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 P.M.,
TROOPER FIRST CLASS WILSON WAS SHOT AND CRITICALLY WOUNDED
WHILE TRYING TO SERVE A WARRANT AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
(4) FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING, TROOPER FIRST CLASS WILSON
WAS PRESENTED WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE PURPLE HEART
AWARD IN NOVEMBER 2014.
(5) IN 2016, TROOPER FIRST CLASS WILSON WAS HONORABLY
DISCHARGED FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE AFTER 25 YEARS
OF SERVICE TO THIS COMMONWEALTH.
(6) IN 2016, TROOPER FIRST CLASS WILSON WAS PRESENTED
THE "OFFICER OF THE YEAR" AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION,
DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, AT THE DUBOIS AMERICAN LEGION
POST 17.
(7) TROOPER FIRST CLASS WILSON CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM
HIS INJURY IN THE LINE OF DUTY TODAY.
(8) TROOPER FIRST CLASS WILSON'S HONOR WAS PROPOSED BY
THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART AND TROOP C OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE.
(9) THE CLEARFIELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE SANDY
TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS AND THE DUBOIS CITY COUNCIL HAVE ALL
TAKEN OFFICIAL ACTION IN SUPPORT OF THIS DESIGNATION.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
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42031, LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF U.S. ROUTE 219 OVER PENTZ RUN
ON THE BORDER OF SANDY TOWNSHIP AND THE CITY OF DUBOIS,
CLEARFIELD COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE TROOPER FIRST CLASS BRAD
WILSON HONORARY 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. LCPL RALPH J. FABBRI USMC MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) RALPH JOHN FABBRI WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 29, 1989, IN
ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY.
(2) LCPL FABBRI ATTENDED PENN CAMBRIA HIGH SCHOOL AND
GRADUATED IN 2008.
(3) DURING HIS TIME AT PENN CAMBRIA, LCPL FABBRI WAS
ACTIVE IN ARTS GROUPS AND HAD SOME OF HIS WORK EXHIBITED AT
MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE.
(4) FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF MILITARY SERVICE, LCPL FABBRI
INTENDED TO BECOME AN ART TEACHER.
(5) ON AUGUST 11, 2008, LCPL FABBRI ENLISTED IN THE
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
(6) LCPL FABBRI WAS ASSIGNED TO THE HEADQUARTERS
BATTALION, 1ST MARINE DIVISION, I MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,
CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA.
(7) LCPL FABBRI WAS DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN AND
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.
(8) ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2010, LCPL FABBRI WAS KILLED IN
ACTION IN THE HELMAND PROVINCE OF AFGHANISTAN.
(9) LCPL FABBRI'S DEATH OCCURRED ONE DAY BEFORE HIS 21ST
BIRTHDAY.
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(10) LCPL FABBRI WAS DUE HOME FROM HIS TOUR IN OCTOBER
2010, AND WAS TO MEET HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART AT THE
MARINE CORPS BALL IN NOVEMBER 2010.
(11) UPON HIS PASSING, LCPL FABBRI WAS HONORED BY THE
GOVERNORS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND CALIFORNIA FOR HIS ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE TO OUR NATION.
(12) LCPL FABBRI'S REMAINS TRAVELED UNDER THE BRIDGE
THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS SECTION WHEN HIS BODY WAS
RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER HIS DEATH.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5796,
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4001 OVER U.S. ROUTE 22 IN ALLEGHENY
TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE LCPL RALPH J. FABBRI
USMC 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. THE MAYOR GERALD D. LUCIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AS FOLLOWS:
(1) GERALD "JERRY" D. LUCIA WAS BORN JULY 30, 1945, IN
SCOTTDALE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF
GEIBEL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1964.
(2) MAYOR LUCIA SERVED THE MOUNT PLEASANT BOROUGH AS ITS
ELECTED MAYOR FOR 36 YEARS, HAVING WON ANOTHER FOUR-YEAR TERM
SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH WHICH, IF COMPLETED, WOULD HAVE MADE
40 YEARS AS MAYOR.
(3) MAYOR LUCIA WAS A 46-YEAR MEMBER OF THE MOUNT
PLEASANT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVING AS CHIEF FOR 31
YEARS.
(4) MAYOR LUCIA WAS NAMED PENNSYLVANIA STATE MAYOR OF
THE YEAR IN 2016.
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(5) AFTER MANY YEARS AS A PUBLIC SERVANT, MAYOR LUCIA
DIED ON DECEMBER 17, 2021.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 31 FROM
THE INTERSECTION WITH FIRST STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH
YODER AVENUE IN THE BOROUGH OF MOUNT PLEASANT, WESTMORELAND
COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE MAYOR GERALD D. LUCIA 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. CPL REID REX ROSS 3 BN 26 MARINE REG. MEMORIAL
BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) CPL REID REX ROSS WAS BORN APRIL 27, 1949.
(2) CPL ROSS SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
WITH COMPANY I, THIRD BATTALION, TWENTY-SIXTH MARINES, FIRST
MARINE DIVISION.
(3) ON DECEMBER 4, 1968, COMPANY I WAS PARTICIPATING IN
OPERATION MEADE RIVER SOUTH OF DANANG WHEN THE MARINES WERE
PINNED DOWN BY ENEMY FIRE. CPL ROSS MOVED FROM ONE POSITION
TO ANOTHER TO DETERMINE AMMUNITION REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE
ENCOURAGEMENT TO HIS MEN.
(4) CPL ROSS HEROICALLY MOVED THROUGH INTENSE FIRE AND
HURLED HAND GRENADES AND FIRED SEVERAL LIGHT ANTITANK ASSAULT
WEAPONS AT THE ENEMY.
(5) CPL ROSS DIRECTED HIS MEN TO A MORE SECURE AREA
WHILE PERSONALLY PROVIDING COVERING FIRE FOR THEM.
(6) CPL ROSS OBSERVED TWO CASUALTIES LYING IN AN AREA
EXPOSED TO THE ENEMY AND MANNED AN M-60 MACHINE GUN AND
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RETURNED FIRE, ALLOWING FOR AN EVACUATION TEAM TO RETRIEVE
THE TWO INDIVIDUALS.
(7) CPL ROSS WAS KILLED WHILE PROVIDING RETURN FIRE TO
PROTECT HIS TEAM.
(8) CPL ROSS WAS AWARDED THE SILVER STAR FOR HIS SERVICE
AND SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8569,
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1021 OVER GLENDALE LAKE IN WHITE TOWNSHIP,
CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE CPL REID REX ROSS 3 BN 26
MARINE REG. 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. WALTER SKUBEL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
57664, ON PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 924 OVER THE RAILROAD, LOCATED IN
GILBERTON BOROUGH, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE WALTER
SKUBEL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(B) 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 7. RAPHAEL RIVERA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
28762, ON STATE ROUTE 3011 OVER THE MONOCACY CREEK, LOCATED IN
BETHLEHEM CITY, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE RAPHAEL
RIVERA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(B) 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 8. LANCE CORPORAL JASON FRYE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
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(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) LANCE CORPORAL JASON FRYE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 1, 1986,
IN LANDISBURG.
(2) LANCE CORPORAL FRYE WAS RAISED IN LANDISBURG WHERE
HE ATTENDED MT. ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH.
(3) LANCE CORPORAL FRYE GRADUATED FROM WEST PERRY HIGH
SCHOOL AND CUMBERLAND PERRY AREA VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL
IN 2004.
(4) WHILE IN VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL, LANCE CORPORAL
FRYE WAS EMPLOYED BY J.W. MUMPER CONSTRUCTION, INC., BEFORE
ENLISTING IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN 2005.
(5) LANCE CORPORAL FRYE SOUGHT OUT TO SERVE IN THE
MILITARY TO ESPOUSE THE VALUES OF FAITH, FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
THE VALUES WHICH HE LIVED BY.
(6) LANCE CORPORAL FRYE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE GOLF COMPANY
"RAIDERS" 2ND BATTALION, 2ND MARINE REGIMENT, 2ND MARINE
DIVISION, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE OUT OF CAMP LEJEUNE,
NORTH CAROLINA.
(7) ON OCTOBER 6, 2005, LANCE CORPORAL FRYE WAS KILLED
IN ACTION WHILE CONDUCTING COMBAT OPERATIONS NEAR FALLUJAH,
IRAQ.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
29525, LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 233 OVER
SHERMAN CREEK IN TYRONE TOWNSHIP, PERRY COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED
THE LANCE CORPORAL JASON FRYE 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 9. MAJOR GENERAL EDWARD C. SHANNON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
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(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
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(1) EDWARD CASSWELL SHANNON WAS BORN IN PHOENIXVILLE,
CHESTER COUNTY, ON JUNE 24, 1870, AND MOVED TO COLUMBIA
BOROUGH AS AN ADULT.
(2) MAJOR GENERAL SHANNON BEGAN HIS MILITARY CAREER AS A
MEMBER OF THE 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
NATIONAL GUARD.
(3) MAJOR GENERAL SHANNON SERVED IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN
WAR, PANCHO VILLA EXPEDITION AND WORLD WAR I, AFTER WHICH HE
WAS AWARDED A SILVER STAR AND THE ARMY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
MEDAL.
(4) MAJOR GENERAL SHANNON RETIRED FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA
NATIONAL GUARD IN 1939 AT THE RANK OF MAJOR GENERAL AND
COMMANDER OF THE 28TH INFANTRY DIVISION.
(5) MAJOR GENERAL SHANNON SERVED LANCASTER COUNTY AS AN
ELECTED PROTHONOTARY IN 1919 AND SERVED AS LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR UNDER GIFFORD PINCHOT FROM 1930 TO 1935.
(6) DURING WORLD WAR II, MAJOR GENERAL SHANNON SERVED AS
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LOCAL DRAFT BOARD.
(7) MAJOR GENERAL SHANNON PASSED AWAY ON MAY 20, 1946,
IN COLUMBIA AND WAS LAID TO REST IN THE LAUREL HILL MEMORIAL
GARDENS IN COLUMBIA.
(8) IN 2016, MAJOR GENERAL SHANNON WAS POSTHUMOUSLY
INDUCTED INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
HALL OF FAME IN FORT INDIANTOWN GAP.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
52686, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 441 OVER U.S. ROUTE 30 IN
COLUMBIA BOROUGH, LANCASTER COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE MAJOR
GENERAL EDWARD C. SHANNON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
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SECTION 10. CPL PATRICK C. FARRELL AND PVT JAMES J. FARRELL
MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5802,
CARRYING LOGAN BOULEVARD OVER NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD IN THE
CITY OF ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE CPL PATRICK C.
FARRELL AND PVT JAMES J. FARRELL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(B) 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. SGM CHARLES B. MILLS, SR. MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5879,
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4027 (SOUTH EAGLE VALLEY ROAD) OVER BALD
EAGLE CREEK IN SNYDER TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE
SGM CHARLES B. MILLS, SR. MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(B) 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 12. PFC CHARLES SHORE GREENLAND MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
18728, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 829 OVER THE JUNIATA RIVER IN
UNION TOWNSHIP, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE PFC CHARLES
SHORE GREENLAND MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(B) 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 13. PFC WASCO (SPIDER) PAWUK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
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TROUGH CREEK IN WOOD TOWNSHIP, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED
THE PFC WASCO (SPIDER) PAWUK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 14. CORPORAL CARL LYNN WALKER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) CORPORAL CARL LYNN WALKER, BORN MARCH 18, 1948, WAS
THE YOUNGEST OF 11 CHILDREN RAISED ON THE DALTON WALKER DAIRY
FARM IN QUEMAHONING TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY.
(2) CORPORAL WALKER SERVED IN THE ARMY IN THE 11TH LIGHT
INFANTRY BRIGADE, 4TH BATTALION, 21ST INFANTRY, A COMPANY.
(3) ON JULY 7, 1969, CORPORAL WALKER WAS KILLED IN
ACTION BY SMALL ARMS FIRE DURING A NIGHT ENGAGEMENT IN THE
QUANG NGAI PROVINCE IN SOUTH VIETNAM.
(4) CORPORAL WALKER WAS HONORED POSTHUMOUSLY WITH THE
PURPLE HEART, BRONZE STAR, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL,
VIETNAM CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE.
(5) IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF HIS SACRIFICE, CORPORAL
WALKER'S NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE VIETNAM VETERAN'S MEMORIAL
IN WASHINGTON, DC, ON VVM WALL, PANEL W21, LINE 79.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED BY BRIDGE KEY
31529, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1007 OVER THE STONYCREEK RIVER IN
STONYCREEK TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE CORPORAL
CARL LYNN 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 15. LANCE 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) LANCE CORPORAL MUFFLER GRADUATED FROM NESHAMINY HIGH
SCHOOL IN 1981 AND WAS A DEDICATED DRUMMER IN THE NESHAMINY
MARCHING BAND.
(3) HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AS A
LANCE CORPORAL.
(4) LANCE 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) LANCE 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 LANCE CORPORAL JOHN
F. MUFFLER 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 16. SENATOR NOAH W. WENGER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF U.S. ROUTE 222 FROM THE
INTERCHANGE WITH U.S. ROUTE 30 IN MANHEIM TOWNSHIP TO THE
INTERCHANGE WITH INTERSTATE 76, ALSO KNOWN AS THE PENNSYLVANIA
TURNPIKE, IN EAST COCALICO TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, IS
DESIGNATED THE SENATOR NOAH W. WENGER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(B) 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 17. CPL. JARRID L. KING MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) JARRID L. KING EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO SERVE HIS
COUNTRY AT A YOUNG AGE AND ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY
IN MARCH 2009.
(2) CORPORAL KING LEFT FOR ACTIVE DUTY ON APRIL 1, 2009,
AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 693RD SAPPER COMPANY, 7TH ENGINEER
BATTALION, 10TH SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE, 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION,
FORT DRUM, NEW YORK.
(3) CORPORAL KING WAS KILLED IN GHAZNI PROVINCE,
AFGHANISTAN, ON JANUARY 12, 2011, WHILE SUPPORTING OPERATION
ENDURING FREEDOM, WHEN ENEMY FORCES ATTACKED HIS UNIT WITH AN
IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE WESTBOUND BRIDGE CARRYING INTERSTATE
90 OVER SIX MILE CREEK IN HARBORCREEK TOWNSHIP, ERIE COUNTY, IS
HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE CPL. JARRID L. KING
MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS TO TRAFFIC IN THE WESTBOUND DIRECTION
TO INDICATE THE DESIGNATION UNDER SUBSECTION (B).
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SECTION 18. CAPTAIN LEROY FREEMAN BERKEBILE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) CAPTAIN LEROY FREEMAN BERKEBILE WAS BORN OCTOBER 31,
1920, IN HOOVERSVILLE AND RAISED ON HIS FAMILY'S FARM.
(2) CAPTAIN BERKEBILE'S FIRST EXPERIENCE FLYING WAS WHEN
A BARNSTORMER OFFERED HIM A RIDE IN A BIPLANE.
(3) IN 1939, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE BEGAN LEARNING TO FLY AT
THE SOMERSET COUNTY AIRPORT, AND SOON AFTER, HE ACQUIRED HIS
FIRST AIRPLANE, A PIPER J-3 CUB, BY TRADING HIS FATHER'S
PRIZED HORSE FOR A 1937 FORD AUTOMOBILE, WHICH HE THEN TRADED
FOR THE PLANE.
(4) CAPTAIN BERKEBILE ENROLLED IN THE UNITED STATES
CIVILIAN PILOT TRAINING PROGRAM IN 1940, ATTENDED GROUND
SCHOOL AT THE SOMERSET COUNTY AIRPORT, RECEIVED FLIGHT
INSTRUCTION FROM FAYETTE AIRWAYS AT THE CONNELLSVILLE AIRPORT
AND OBTAINED HIS PILOT'S LICENSE ON MAY 8, 1941.
(5) DURING A FLIGHT AT THE SOMERSET COUNTY AIRPORT,
CAPTAIN BERKEBILE HEARD ON THE RADIO OF IMPERIAL JAPAN'S
ATTACK ON U.S. NAVAL STATION PEARL HARBOR, WHICH INSPIRED HIM
TO ENLIST IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN 1942.
(6) CAPTAIN BERKEBILE COMMENCED ACTIVE DUTY AS AN ENSIGN
IN SEPTEMBER 1942, AND BY 1945, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE U.S.S.
TARAWA, WHERE HE OPERATED DIVE BOMBERS AND FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
LIKE THE CURTISS SB2C HELLDIVER, VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR AND
GRUMMAN F6F HELLCAT FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN THE PACIFIC
THEATER THROUGHOUT WORLD WAR II.
(7) AFTER CAPTAIN BERKEBILE LEFT ACTIVE NAVAL DUTY IN
1947, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO FIGHTER SQUADRON 722 AT UNITED
STATES NAVAL AIR STATION (NAS) GLENVIEW IN ILLINOIS.
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(8) DURING THIS TIME, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE BECAME PART
OWNER AND CHIEF PILOT OF CANNER'S AERIAL CROP DUSTING SERVICE
IN PECATONICA, ILLINOIS.
(9) IN 1951, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE WAS HIRED BY AMERICAN
AIRLINES, BUT HE QUICKLY RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY BY
VOLUNTEERING FOR THE KOREAN WAR.
(10) UPON HIS RETURN, HE BECAME THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
FIGHTER SQUADRON 92, KNOWN AS THE SILVER KINGS, STATIONED AT
UNITED STATES NAS ALMEDA IN CALIFORNIA.
(11) DURING THE WAR, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE SERVED ABOARD THE
U.S.S. VALLEY FORGE.
(12) ON MARCH 14, 1953, HE LED A STRIKE MISSION WITH 22
JET FIGHTERS AND ATTACK PLANES, TARGETING AN ENEMY SUPPLY
AREA NEAR HAM-HUNG, NORTH KOREA, AND, DESPITE HEAVY ENEMY
FIRE, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE AND HIS SQUADRON DESTROYED ALL
HOSTILE ANTI-AIRCRAFT POSITIONS WITH NO AIRCRAFT LOST UNDER
HIS SKILLFUL DIRECTION IN AN AREA NOTORIOUS FOR INTENSE ANTI-
AIRCRAFT FIRE.
(13) FOR HIS ACTIONS CAPTAIN BERKEBILE WAS HONORED WITH
THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS IN RECOGNITION OF HIS
EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT IN AERIAL FLIGHT, UNWAVERING
DEDICATION TO DUTY AND COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE HIGHEST
STANDARDS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
(14) AFTER THE WAR, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE TAUGHT THE AIR-TO-
AIR COMBAT TRAINING PROGRAM AS THE UNITED STATES NAVY FLEET
AIR GUNNERY INSTRUCTOR AT UNITED STATES NAS EL CENTRO IN
CALIFORNIA, MORE POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE UNITED STATES NAVY'S
"TOP GUN" SCHOOL.
(15) IN 1954, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE TRANSITIONED FROM ACTIVE
DUTY AND RETURNED TO UNITED STATES NAS GLENVIEW AS PART OF
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(16) CONCURRENT WITH HIS RESERVE SERVICE, CAPTAIN
BERKEBILE RESUMED HIS WORK AND STEADILY ADVANCED THROUGH THE
RANKS OF AMERICAN AIRLINES DURING THE 1960S AND ULTIMATELY
BECAME THE AREA DIRECTOR OF FLIGHT FOR THE MIDWEST REGION,
BASED AT CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, A POSITION HE
HELD UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1980.
(17) WHILE WORKING FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES, CAPTAIN
BERKEBILE RECEIVED HIS PROMOTION TO NAVY CAPTAIN IN 1963 AND
SERVED IN VARIOUS AIR WING COMMAND ROLES, WHICH CULMINATED IN
HIS APPOINTMENT AS AIR WING COMMANDER IN 1967.
(18) CAPTAIN BERKEBILE MARKED THE END OF HIS RESERVE
SERVICE BY FLYING TRANSPORT AND SUPPLY AIRCRAFT DURING THE
VIETNAM WAR AND HIS HEROIC ACTIONS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT HIS
CAREER AT AMERICAN AIRLINES.
(19) ON JUNE 23, 1972, AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 119, EN
ROUTE FROM ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, TO TULSA, OKLAHOMA, WAS
HIJACKED BY A MAN WITH A SUBMACHINE GUN AND EXPLOSIVES.
(20) UPON THE FLIGHT'S RETURN TO ST. LOUIS, CAPTAIN
BERKEBILE VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE AS THE RELIEF PILOT OF THE
BOEING 727 WHEN THE HIJACKER ALLOWED A FRESH CREW ONBOARD AND
CAPTAIN BERKEBILE WAS AWARDED AMERICAN AIRLINES'
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR THE GREAT PERSONAL RISK HE
ASSUMED AND FOR HIS PROFESSIONALISM AND COMPOSURE UNDER
IMMENSE PRESSURE.
(21) ON JUNE 20, 1979, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE PLANNED,
ORGANIZED AND DIRECTED LAW ENFORCEMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE
HIJACKING OF AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 293, EN ROUTE FROM NEW
YORK CITY, NEW YORK, TO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
(22) ONCE MORE, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE'S PROFESSIONALISM
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ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS MULTIPLE STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
(23) ON CAPTAIN BERKEBILE'S LAST DAY AT AMERICAN
AIRLINES IN 1980, HE PILOTED ALL FOUR TYPES OF AIRCRAFT
OPERATED BY THE AIRLINE: A BOEING 707, 727, 747 AND A DC-10,
AN UNPRECEDENTED FEAT AT THE TIME.
(24) THROUGHOUT THE 1980S AND 1990S, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE
CONTINUED HIS AVIATION CAREER AS A PILOT FOR PRIESTER
AVIATION, LLC, AND EVEN BECAME FRANK SINATRA'S PERSONAL
PILOT.
(25) OVER THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE WAS
AWARDED NUMEROUS MEDALS, COMMENDATIONS AND AWARDS FOR HIS
EXEMPLARY NAVAL SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II, THE KOREAN WAR
AND THE VIETNAM WAR.
(26) IN RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN BERKEBILE'S SERVICE IN
WORLD WAR II, HE WAS HONORED WITH THE AMERICAN DEFENSE
SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC
CAMPAIGN MEDAL, CHINA SERVICE MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE
EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL AND
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
(27) IN RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN BERKEBILE'S CONTRIBUTIONS
DURING THE KOREAN WAR, HE WAS HONORED WITH FOUR AIR MEDALS
FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN AERIAL FLIGHT, THE KOREAN
SERVICE MEDAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, NAVY
COMMENDATION MEDAL, WHICH INCLUDED THE COMBAT DISTINGUISHED
DEVICE AWARD, AND THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS FOR HIS
EXTRAORDINARY ACTIONS ON MARCH 14, 1953.
(28) IN RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN BERKEBILE'S CONTRIBUTIONS
DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, HE WAS HONORED WITH THE NATIONAL
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(29) IN RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN BERKEBILE'S LIFETIME OF
SERVICE, HE WAS HONORED WITH THE ARMED FORCES RESERVE MEDAL,
NAVAL RESERVE MEDAL, UNITED NATIONS SERVICE MEDAL, A NAVY
UNIT COMMENDATION FOR OUTSTANDING HEROISM, AN AVIATION SAFETY
AWARD WHILE SERVING AS THE COMMANDING OFFICER AT UNITED
STATES NAS GLENVIEW AND THE NOEL DAVIS TROPHY IN 1968 FOR THE
MOST EFFICIENT UNIT IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY RESERVE.
(30) CAPTAIN BERKEBILE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON MAY 17,
2016.
(31) HE IS REMEMBERED AS AN AMERICAN HERO FOR HIS
PIONEERING ROLE IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY AND JET AGE, HIS
REMARKABLE SEVEN-DECADE AVIATION CAREER, TOTALING MORE THAN
33,000 FLIGHT HOURS, HIS EXTRAORDINARY NAVAL SERVICE AND HIS
MANY OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED BY BRIDGE KEY
31447, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 403 OVER THE STONYCREEK RIVER
IN QUEMAHONING TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE
CAPTAIN LEROY FREEMAN BERKEBILE 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 19. PFC WALLACE RICE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PFC WALLACE RICE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 11, 1916, IN
CAMBRIA COUNTY.
(2) PFC RICE ATTENDED THE JOSEPH JOHNS JOHNSTOWN HIGH
SCHOOL.
(3) PFC RICE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY ON
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(4) PFC RICE WAS WOUNDED IN THE LINE OF DUTY ON
SEPTEMBER 19, 1944, IN HOLLAND.
(5) PFC RICE CONCLUDED HIS MILITARY SERVICE ON OCTOBER
14, 1945.
(6) PFC RICE WAS AWARDED A PURPLE HEART FOR HIS SERVICE
AND SACRIFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES.
(7) PFC RICE PASSED AWAY MARCH 12, 1975, AND IS BURIED
AT RICHLAND CEMETERY IN RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8414,
CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 56 OVER WALTERS AVENUE IN RICHLAND
TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE PFC WALLACE RICE
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 20. LANCE CORPORAL ROBERT ALAN "BUCKY" MCPHERSON
MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) ROBERT ALAN "BUCKY" MCPHERSON WAS BORN OCTOBER 7,
1948, IN CECIL TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, ATTENDED AND
GRADUATED FROM CANON-MCMILLAN SCHOOLS AND ENTERED WEST
VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY IN 1966.
(2) AFTER SEEING IMAGES OF THE VIETNAM CONFLICT ON THE
EVENING NEWS, LANCE CORPORAL MCPHERSON FELT IT WAS HIS DUTY
TO POSTPONE HIS UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND VOLUNTARILY JOINED
THE MARINES, BEING QUOTED AS SAYING "I FELT IT WAS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO FOR MY COUNTRY."
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ASSAULT MAN, 3RD MARINE DIVISION, 2ND BATTALION, 4TH MARINES.
(4) WHILE LEADING HIS MEN ON AN ASSAULT AGAINST THE
ENEMY, LANCE CORPORAL MCPHERSON WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED AND
TRAGICALLY DIED AT THE AGE OF 19 ON APRIL 30, 1968.
(5) LANCE CORPORAL MCPHERSON'S FAMILY FARM IS NOW THE I-
79 PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE 576 INTERCHANGE.
(6) LANCE CORPORAL MCPHERSON IS BURIED ON THE RIDGE AT
THE CEMETERY OF THE ALLEGHENIES OVERLOOKING HIS FAMILY'S OLD
FARM WHERE HE GREW UP LEARNING TO FARM AND A DEDICATION TO
HIS COUNTRY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGES, IDENTIFIED AS SOUTHERN
BELTWAY 258 AND SOUTHERN BELTWAY 259, IN CECIL TOWNSHIP,
WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARE DESIGNATED AS THE LANCE CORPORAL ROBERT
ALAN "BUCKY" MCPHERSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS ON BOTH BRIDGES.
SECTION 21. SENATOR DAVID J. ARNOLD, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) BEFORE BECOMING ELECTED TO THE SENATE IN 2019, DAVID
J. ARNOLD, JR., SERVED AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR LEBANON
COUNTY FOR 14 YEARS.
(2) AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY, HE WAS A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR
VICTIMS AND JUSTICE, NOT JUST IN LEBANON, BUT THROUGHOUT THIS
COMMONWEALTH.
(3) SENATOR ARNOLD WAS A MEMBER OF GOVERNOR CORBETT'S
ELDER ABUSE TASK FORCE AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION.
(4) SENATOR ARNOLD'S TIME IN THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATE WAS
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MARKED FOR HIS DEDICATION TO ADVANCING CAUSES TO PROTECT THIS
COMMONWEALTH'S CHILDREN.
(5) SENATOR ARNOLD'S NOTEWORTHY LEGISLATION INCREASED
PENALTIES ON THOSE CONVICTED OF POSSESSION OF CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY AND ESTABLISHED A TASK FORCE TO COMBAT THIS
HORRID CRIME.
(6) SENATOR DAVID J. ARNOLD, JR., WAS THE EMBODIMENT OF
A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT AND HIS LEADERSHIP ON DOING WHAT
IS RIGHT FOR HIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN MISSED.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
22612, LOCATED ON PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 72 IN SWATARA TOWNSHIP,
LEBANON COUNTY, OVER THE SWATARA CREEK IS DESIGNATED THE SENATOR
DAVID J. ARNOLD, 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 22. REPEALS.
REPEALS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(1) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER
PARAGRAPH (2) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION
UNDER SECTION 5.
(2) SECTION 14 OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 23, 2023 (P.L.81,
NO.17), IS REPEALED.
(3) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER
PARAGRAPH (4) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION
UNDER SECTION 6.
(4) SECTION 53 OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 23, 2023 (P.L.81,
NO.17), IS REPEALED.
(5) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER
PARAGRAPH (6) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION
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(6) SECTION 54 OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 23, 2023 (P.L.81,
NO.17), IS REPEALED.
(7) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER
PARAGRAPH (8) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION
UNDER SECTION 16.
(8) SECTION 2 OF THE ACT OF DECEMBER 20, 2015 (P.L.490,
NO.87), IS REPEALED.
(9) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER
PARAGRAPH (10) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION
UNDER SECTION 17.
(10) THE ACT OF MARCH 14, 2012 (P.L.207, NO.19), IS
REPEALED.
SECTION 23. EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60 DAYS.
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