HB 2015 — An Act designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 5662, carrying Pennsylvania Route 866 over the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River in Catharine Township, Blair County, as the Sergeant Edward Vernon McChessney Memorial Bridge.

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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