Pennsylvania HB 1959: An Act designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 25405, carrying Pennsylvania Route 346 over Willow Creek in Corydon Township, McKean County, as the Private First Class Bruce A. Cobb Memorial Bridge; and making a repeal.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 2475
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1959
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, OCTOBER 16, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 17, 2025
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 25405, carrying
Pennsylvania Route 346 over Willow Creek in Corydon Township,
McKean County, as the Private First Class Bruce A. Cobb
Memorial Bridge; and making a repeal.
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 25405,
carrying Pennsylvania Route 346 over Willow Creek in Corydon
Township, McKean County, is designated as 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. Repeals.
Repeals are as follows:
(1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate section 1.
(2) Section 5 of the act of June 30, 2025 (P.L.36,
No.17), is repealed.
Section 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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