Pennsylvania Act 2011-119 — TROOPER STEPHEN R. GYURKE MEMORIAL BRIDGE - DESIGNATION

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AN ACT

Designating the bridge that carries State Route 601 over Barclay Run in the Borough of Somerset, Somerset County, as the Trooper Stephen R. Gyurke Memorial Bridge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Trooper Stephen R. Gyurke Memorial Bridge.

(a) Declaration.--The General Assembly declares that Trooper Stephen R. Gyurke made the ultimate sacrifice for this Commonwealth on August 24, 1958, when he died of injuries suffered while performing his duties. Trooper Gyurke was assigned to the Pennsylvania State Police Troop B-2 when on August 21, 1958, he suffered severe injuries that would eventually lead to his death during a traffic stop on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County.

(b) Designation.--The bridge that carries State Route 601 over Barclay Run in the Borough of Somerset, Somerset County, is designated as the Trooper Stephen R. Gyurke Memorial Bridge.

(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain appropriate signs at both ends of the bridge designated in subsection (b).

Section 2. Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.