PRINTER'S NO. 3510
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2494
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY HOGAN, KINSEY, GREINER, MARCELL, MARSHALL,
JOZWIAK, GILLEN AND KAUFFMAN, JULY 11, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 11, 2024
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 52786, carrying
Pennsylvania Route 213 over the Neshaminy Creek in Lower
Southampton Township, Bucks County, as the Ensign Sarah
Mitchell Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Ensign Sarah Mitchell Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Sarah Joy Mitchell was born in Meadowbrook to John
and Betsy McClay Mitchell.
(2) A lifelong resident of Oakford, Ensign Mitchell was
a 2013 graduate of Neshaminy High School, where she
participated in field hockey, basketball and track and field.
(3) Ensign Mitchell furthered her education at the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where
she served as a member of the Naval Reserve Officers Training
Corps of Cadets and earned a degree in 2017.
(4) Ensign Mitchell was a member of Saint Stephen's
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Lutheran Church in Feasterville.
(5) Ensign Mitchell served in the United States Navy
with honor, pride, loyalty and distinction.
(6) Ensign Mitchell made the greatest of all sacrifices
in defense of the cause of freedom, passing away in the line
of duty at 23 years of age on July 8, 2018.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
52786, carrying Pennsylvania Route 213 over the Neshaminy Creek
in Lower Southampton Township, Bucks County, is designated the
Ensign Sarah Mitchell 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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