PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1461, 2193, 2257, PRINTER'S NO. 2301
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No. 1193 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY KITCHEN, TARTAGLIONE, KUKOVICH, BELAN, AFFLERBACH,
LAVALLE, O'PAKE, BODACK, TOMLINSON, COSTA, WILLIAMS, STOUT,
STAPLETON, WOZNIAK, MELLOW, FUMO, GERLACH, BELL, SCHWARTZ,
GREENLEAF, RHOADES, BRIGHTBILL, KASUNIC, THOMPSON, CORMAN AND
EARLL, NOVEMBER 17, 1997
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE AMENDMENTS, NOVEMBER 18, 1998
AN ACT
1 Designating a section of Allegheny Avenue (SR 1013) in
2 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, as Roxanne H. Jones
3 Avenue; designating Route 78 in Lebanon County as the 78th
4 Division Highway; designating Route 248 as the POW/MIA <--
5 Remembrance Highway; designating a bridge in Lebanon County
6 as the Senator Clarence F. Manbeck Bridge; designating a
7 portion of State Route 0094 in York and Cumberland Counties
8 as the 94th Infantry Division Memorial Highway; designating
9 the Mount Union Bypass in Huntingdon County as the James
10 DiCosimo Bypass; designating the Ben Weaver Bridge in Chester
11 County; designating a section of State Route 222 as the
12 Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Highway; designating a
13 section of the Bay Front Parkway in Erie County,
14 Pennsylvania, as the Bernard (Benny) J. Dombrowski Memorial
15 Highway; designating the Arthur F. Detisch Memorial Bridge in
16 Erie County; and designating a section of the Southern Tier
17 Expressway in erie County, Pennsylvania, as the Forest W.
18 Hopkins Memorial Highway. DESIGNATING A SECTION OF STATE <--
19 ROUTE 222 AS THE PRISONER OF WAR/MISSING IN ACTION HIGHWAY;
20 AND DESIGNATING THE ARTHUR F. DETISCH MEMORIAL BRIDGE IN ERIE
21 COUNTY.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Roxanne H. Jones Avenue.
25 (a) Designation.--That section of Allegheny Avenue (SR 1013)
1 in Philadelphia County, beginning on Ridge Avenue and ending at
2 Sedgley Avenue, is hereby designated and shall also be known as
3 Roxanne H. Jones Avenue.
4 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
5 maintain road signs, which shall display the name of Roxanne H.
6 Jones Avenue, at the beginning and the end of the section of the
7 avenue designated in subsection (a).
8 Section 2. 78th Division Highway.
9 (a) Designation.--Route 78 in Lebanon County is hereby
10 redesignated and shall be known as the 78th Division Highway.
11 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
12 maintain road signs, which shall display the name 78th Division
13 Highway at the beginning and the end of the highway designated
14 in subsection (a).
15 Section 3. POW/MIA Remembrance Highway. <--
16 (a) Designation.--State Route 248 is hereby designated the
17 POW/MIA Remembrance Highway.
18 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
19 maintain the appropriate signs to indicate this designation to
20 motorists.
21 Section 4. Senator Clarence F. Manbeck Bridge.
22 (a) Designation.--The bridge over Monroe Creek which carries
23 Camp Strauss Road, (SR 1022, Segment 50, Offset 0064), Bethel
24 Township, Lebanon County, is hereby designated and shall be
25 known as the Senator Clarence F. Manbeck Bridge.
26 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
27 maintain signs which shall display the name of Senator Clarence
28 F. Manbeck Bridge at each end of the bridge so designated in
29 subsection (a).
30 Section 5. 94th Infantry Division Memorial Highway.
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1 (a) Designation.--The portion of State Route 0094 from the
2 Pennsylvania line to its terminus in Cumberland County is
3 designated and shall be known as the 94th Infantry Division
4 Memorial Highway.
5 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
6 maintain appropriate signs identifying the above portion of road
7 as the 94th Infantry Division Memorial Highway.
8 Section 6. James DiCosimo Bypass.
9 (a) Designation.--The Mount Union Bypass in Huntingdon
10 County beginning at Juniata Avenue in the village of Allenport,
11 Shirley Township, and proceeding north to the intersection of
12 U.S. Route 22 in Wayne Township, Mifflin County, is hereby
13 designated and shall be known as the James DiCosimo Bypass.
14 (b) Signs.--Within 60 days of completion of construction of
15 the highway described in subsection (a), the Department of
16 Transportation shall erect and maintain road signs displaying
17 the designation James DiCosimo Bypass at the beginning and end
18 of the highway.
19 Section 7. Ben Weaver Bridge.
20 (a) Designation.--The bridge over Amtrak/Conrail lines which
21 carries Lincoln Highway (SR 3070), in Valley Township, just west
22 of the Coatesville city line, Chester County, is hereby
23 designated and shall be known as the Ben Weaver Bridge.
24 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
25 maintain signs which shall display the name of Ben Weaver Bridge
26 at each end of the bridge designated in subsection (a).
27 Section 8 3. Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Highway. <--
28 (a) Designation of highway.--State Route 222 in Ontelaunee
29 Township, Berks County, from Segment 362, at the Kutztown
30 Highway to the intersection with Warren Street, Segment 202, in
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1 Wyomissing Borough, Berks County, is hereby designated and shall
2 also be known as the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Highway.
3 (b) Road signs.--The Department of Transportation shall
4 erect and maintain road signs, which shall display the name
5 Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Highway, at the beginning and
6 the end of the road designated in this section.
7 Section 9. Bernard (Benny) J. Dombrowski Memorial Highway. <--
8 (a) Designation.--The section of the Bay Front Parkway in
9 Erie County from State Street east to Wayne Street south to the
10 intersection of Bird Drive and East Grandview Boulevard is
11 hereby designated and shall be known as the Bernard (Benny) J.
12 Dombrowski Memorial Highway.
13 (b) Service in the House of Representatives.--Bernard
14 (Benny) J. Dombrowski was a committed community servant, who
15 served with distinction as a State Representative from the First
16 Legislative District from 1970 to 1990. Also, during his tenure
17 in the House of Representatives he was elected to the position
18 of Majority Caucus Administrator.
19 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
20 maintain road signs, which shall display the name of Bernard
21 (Benny) J. Dombrowski, at the beginning and the end of the
22 section of the highway designated in subsection (a).
23 (d) Highway completion date.--The Department of
24 Transportation shall publish notice of the highway project
25 completion date in the Pennsylvania Bulletin in the issue next
26 following that date.
27 Section 10 4. Arthur F. Detisch Memorial Bridge. <--
28 (a) Designation.--The bridge on State Route 832, on
29 Peninsula Drive, Millcreek Township, Erie County, which crosses
30 over the railway tracks of the Norfolk Southern Railway or of
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1 any successor, is designated and shall be known as the Arthur F.
2 Detisch Memorial Bridge.
3 (b) Markers.--The Department of Transportation shall erect
4 and maintain appropriate markers or signs to indicate this
5 designation to motorists.
6 Section 11. Forest W. Hopkins Memorial Highway. <--
7 (a) Designation.--The eight-mile section of Route 17 in Erie
8 County, from Greenfield Township to the New York State line, is
9 hereby designated and shall be known as the Forest W. Hopkins
10 Memorial Highway.
11 (b) Service in the House of Representatives.--Forest W.
12 Hopkins was a committed community servant, who served with
13 distinction as a State Representative from the Fourth
14 Legislative District from 1967 to 1978. Mr. Hopkins died in
15 office in 1978.
16 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
17 maintain road signs, which shall display the name of Forest W.
18 Hopkins Memorial Highway, at the beginning and the end of the
19 section of the highway designated in subsection (a).
20 Section 12. Effective date.
21 This act shall take effect as follows:
22 (1) Section 5 and this section shall take effect
23 November 30, 1998.
24 (2) Section 9 shall take effect 60 days after the
25 project completion date, notice of which shall be published
26 in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
27 (3) The remainder of this act shall take effect in 60
28 days.
29 SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. <--
30 THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60 DAYS.
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