HB 947 — An Act designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 25406, carrying Pennsylvania Route 346 over Willow Creek in Corydon Township, McKean County, as the Private First Class Bruce A. Cobb Memorial Bridge.

PRINTER'S NO.     1015

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 947
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, GILLEN, GUENST, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, KEPHART,
        ROAE, ROWE, SMITH, STAATS AND VITALI, MARCH 18, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 18, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 25406, carrying
 2      Pennsylvania Route 346 over Willow Creek in Corydon Township,
 3      McKean County, as the Private First Class Bruce A. Cobb
 4      Memorial Bridge.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7   Section 1.     Private First Class Bruce A. Cobb Memorial Bridge.
 8      (a)     Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
 9   follows:
10            (1)   Bruce A. Cobb was born June 27, 1949, in Bradford,
11      McKean County.
12            (2)   Private First Class Cobb enlisted in the United
13      States Marine Corps serving with Company I, 3rd Battalion,
14      7th Marine Regiment.
15            (3)   Private First Class Cobb was killed in action on
16      March 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam.
17            (4)   Private First Class Cobb was awarded several medals
18      during his service and posthumously, including: the Combat
19      Action Ribbon, the Navy Presidential Unit Citation, the
 1      Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Civil Actions Unit
 2      Citation, the National Defense Service Medal, the Republic of
 3      Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit citation, the Republic of
 4      Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Purple Heart.
 5            (5)   Private First Class Cobb is buried in the Willow
 6      Dale Cemetery in Bradford, McKean County.
 7            (6)   Private First Class Cobb's name is enshrined on the
 8      Vietnam War Memorial, in Washington, DC, at Panel 46E, Line
 9      15.
10      (b)   Designation.--The bridge identified as Bridge Key 25406,
11   carrying Pennsylvania Route 346 over Willow Creek in Corydon
12   Township, McKean County, is designated the Private First Class
13   Bruce A. Cobb Memorial Bridge.
14      (c)   Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
15   maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
16   traffic in both directions on the bridge.
17   Section 2.     Effective date.
18      This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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