Pennsylvania Act 2010-99 — DESIGNATION - JOHN E. FITZGERALD MEMORIAL BRIDGE

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DESIGNATION - JOHN E. FITZGERALD MEMORIAL BRIDGE
                  Act of Oct. 27, 2010, P.L. 956, No. 99              Cl. 87
                                  AN ACT

     Designating Interstate 84, within this Commonwealth, as the
        Fallen Trooper Memorial Highway; and designating a bridge in
        Clarks Summit, Lackawanna County, as the John E. Fitzgerald
        Memorial Bridge.

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

     Section 1.  Legislative findings.
        The General Assembly finds as follows:
            (1)  The Pennsylvania State Police, created by Governor
        Samuel W. Pennypacker on May 2, 1905, became the first
        uniformed police organization of its kind in the United
        States and a model for other state police agencies throughout
        the nation.
            (2)  For more than a century, the Pennsylvania State
        Police has forged a reputation for law enforcement
        excellence, with its officers always prepared to give their
        lives to save others.
            (3)  The core purpose of the Pennsylvania State Police is
        to seek justice, preserve peace and improve the quality of
        life for all.
            (4)  The core values of the Pennsylvania State Police are
        honor, service, integrity, respect, trust, courage and duty.
            (5)  Each trooper swears to "be of service to anyone who
        may be in danger or distress, and at all times so conduct
        myself that the honor of the force may be upheld."
            (6)  On September 2, 1906, the first two Pennsylvania
        State troopers were killed in the line of duty.
            (7)  No fewer than 93 Pennsylvania State Troopers have
        given their lives to protect the citizens of this
        Commonwealth.
            (8)  In order to honor the finest law enforcement agency
        of its kind in the nation and its members that have made the
        ultimate sacrifice, it is fitting that Interstate 84 be
        officially designated as the Fallen Trooper Memorial Highway.
     Section 2.  Fallen Trooper Memorial Highway.
        (a)  Designation.--Interstate 84, within this Commonwealth,
     is hereby designated as the Fallen Trooper 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.
     Section 3.  John E. Fitzgerald Memorial Bridge.
        (a)  Findings.--John E. Fitzgerald was a civil engineer who
     worked on the construction of the designated bridge and later
     became the first superintendent of the Northeast Extension of
     the Pennsylvania Turnpike. He served in that capacity for 13
     years before retiring.
        (b)  Designation.--The bridge on the Northeast Extension
     located in Clarks Summit, which crosses over Routes 6 and 11 in
     Lackawanna County, is hereby designated and shall be known as
     the John E. Fitzgerald Memorial Bridge.
        (c)  Signs.--The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall erect
     and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge
     to traffic in both directions on the bridge.
     Section 4.  Effective date.
        This act shall take effect in 60 days.