PRINTER'S NO. 1433
No. 1169 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY DERMODY, DeLUCA, MARKOSEK, PETRONE, PRESTON,
LEVDANSKY, DeWEESE, McCALL AND FRANKEL, APRIL 25, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 25, 2007
AN ACT
1 Designating the bridge carrying State Route 2073 over Plum Creek
2 between the boroughs of Oakmont and Verona in Allegheny
3 County as the Roger Duffy Viaduct.
4 The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
5 (1) Roger F. Duffy was born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
6 County, on November 19, 1925.
7 (2) He graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in
8 1945 and Duquesne University in 1951, majoring in business
9 administration.
10 (3) He served with the United States Army during World
11 War II at the Battle of the Bulge and was honorably
12 discharged. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his bravery.
13 (4) He served as mayor of the Borough of Oakmont from
14 1970 to 1974 and as a councilman from 1974 to 1978.
15 (5) He was elected as a member of the Pennsylvania
16 General Assembly in 1976 and served honorably from 1977 until
17 1988, representing the 33rd Legislative District of the
18 Commonwealth. During his tenure he served on the Local
1 Government Committee as chairman of the Subcommittee on
2 Boroughs, as well as the Appropriations Committee, the
3 Business and Commerce Committee and the Liquor Control
4 Committee.
5 (6) He died on March 31, 2007.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Bridge between Oakmont and Verona, Allegheny County.
9 (a) Designation.--The bridge carrying State Route 2073 over
10 Plum Creek between the boroughs of Oakmont and Verona in
11 Allegheny County is hereby designated as the Roger Duffy
12 Viaduct.
13 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
14 maintain appropriate signs on the bridge displaying the
15 designated name of the bridge to traffic in both directions.
16 Section 2. Effective date.
17 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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