Pennsylvania 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.

Bill Text

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