Pennsylvania 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.

Bill Text

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
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.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sergeant Edward Vernon McChessney Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Edward Vernon McChessney was born January 21, 1930,
in Altoona.
(2) Sergeant McChessney graduated from Altoona High
School in 1947 after completing the plumbing and welding
program.
(3) Sergeant McChessney was one of 17 children and, in
1930, resided with his sister, Geraldine Shadle, at the home
of their grandparents, William and Ida Edwards Shadle, in
Huston Township, Blair County.
(4) Sergeant McChessney served in the United States Air
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Force during the Korean War, attaining the rank of sergeant
in the 5th Bomb Squadron, stationed at Travis Air Force Base
in Fairfield, California.
(5) Sergeant McChessney died on March 28, 1952, in Fort
Wayne, Indiana, as the result of an automobile accident while
returning to base after visiting his parents.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 5662,
carrying Pennsylvania Route 866 over the Frankstown Branch of
the Juniata River in Catharine Township, Blair County, is
designated as the Sergeant Edward Vernon McChessney 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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