HB 2305 Pennsylvania House · 2023-2024 Regular Session

An Act designating a bridge carrying the Pennsylvania Turnpike Mainline Eastbound over the Beaver River at mile marker 13.2 as the Colonel Joseph H. Thompson Memorial Bridge.

This bill designates a specific bridge on the Pennsylvania Turnpike as the Colonel Joseph H. Thompson Memorial Bridge to honor a local World War I hero. The legislation requires the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to install signs displaying the new name on the bridge carrying the Mainline Eastbound over the Beaver River at mile marker 13.2. Colonel Thompson was a Beaver County State Senator and football coach who received the Medal of Honor for his bravery during World War I. The act will become effective on January 1, 2027.
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Introduced May 20, 2024 Last action May 20, 2024
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