HB 2015

                                                 PRINTER'S NO.     2569
                THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                    HOUSE BILL
                    No. 2015
                                           Session of
                                             2025
INTRODUCED BY BARGER, BERNSTINE, SMITH, GUENST, KAUFFMAN,
   STAATS, ROWE, ANDERSON AND GILLEN, NOVEMBER 3, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 6, 2025
                                AN ACT
1 Designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 5662, carrying
2    Pennsylvania Route 866 over the Frankstown Branch of the
3    Juniata River in Catharine Township, Blair County, as the
4    Sergeant Edward Vernon McChessney Memorial Bridge.
5    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1.     Sergeant Edward Vernon McChessney Memorial Bridge.
8    (a)     Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
9 follows:
10(1)   Edward Vernon McChessney was born January 21, 1930,
11    in Altoona.
12(2)   Sergeant McChessney graduated from Altoona High
13    School in 1947 after completing the plumbing and welding
14    program.
15(3)   Sergeant McChessney was one of 17 children and, in
16    1930, resided with his sister, Geraldine Shadle, at the home
17    of their grandparents, William and Ida Edwards Shadle, in
18    Huston Township, Blair County.
19(4)   Sergeant McChessney served in the United States Air
1    Force during the Korean War, attaining the rank of sergeant
2    in the 5th Bomb Squadron, stationed at Travis Air Force Base
3    in Fairfield, California.
4(5)   Sergeant McChessney died on March 28, 1952, in Fort
5    Wayne, Indiana, as the result of an automobile accident while
6    returning to base after visiting his parents.
7    (b)    Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 5662,
8 carrying Pennsylvania Route 866 over the Frankstown Branch of
9 the Juniata River in Catharine Township, Blair County, is
10 designated as the Sergeant Edward Vernon McChessney Memorial
11 Bridge.
12    (c)    Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
13 maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
14 traffic in both directions on the bridge.
15 Section 2.      Effective date.
16    This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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