HB 1165 — An Act designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 44210, carrying State Route 2001 over Kreutz Creek in Windsor Township, York County, as the Private Myles Ness Memorial Bridge.

PRINTER'S NO.     1291

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1165
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY FINK, STAATS, FREEMAN, GLEIM, KAUFFMAN AND
        K.HARRIS, APRIL 7, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 7, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 44210, carrying
 2      State Route 2001 over Kreutz Creek in Windsor Township, York
 3      County, as the Private Myles Ness Memorial Bridge.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6   Section 1.     Private Myles Ness Memorial Bridge.
 7      (a)     Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
 8   follows:
 9            (1)   Myles Albert Ness was born December 4, 1892, in
10      York, York County.
11            (2)   Private Ness joined the United States Army in 1917
12      where he served as a private in the 6th Infantry Regiment
13      fighting in World War I in which he was wounded in action.
14            (3)   The 6th Infantry Regiment was part of the 5th
15      Infantry Division during the war and fought in several
16      campaigns but primarily fought in the Meuse-Argonne
17      Offensive.
18            (4)   Private Ness died on May 15, 1958, and is buried at
 1      the Zion United Methodist Church on Freysville Road in
 2      Windsor Township, York County.
 3      (b)   Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
 4   44210, carrying State Route 2001 over Kreutz Creek in Windsor
 5   Township, York County, is designated the Private Myles Ness
 6   Memorial Bridge.
 7      (c)   Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
 8   maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
 9   traffic in both directions on the bridge.
10   Section 2.   Effective date.
11      This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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