Section 3. Private First Class Roger P. Downey Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--
(1) Private First Class (PFC) Roger P. Downey was born on January 20, 1926, and grew up on a small farm in Ulysses, Pennsylvania.
(2) While a teenager, PFC Downey would use the bridge on that portion of S.R. 49 over the Cowanesque River to attend Harrison Valley High School in Mills, Pennsylvania.
(3) While this nation was in the midst of World War II, PFC Downey left school to join the United States Army on April 19, 1944.
(4) After infantry training in Virginia and other parts of the nation, PFC Downey traveled to Massachusetts for staging before being transported on the SS Marine Raven to England in November 1944.
(5) In January 1945, PFC Downey and his unit were sent to reinforce and relieve units engaged in the famous Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes Forest of Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.
(6) PFC Downey was killed in action in Germany on March 9, 1945, while assigned to Company B, 417 Infantry Regiment, 76 Infantry Division, XII Corp, Third Army, Twelfth Army Group, European Theater of Operations headquartered in the town of Speicher in the Rhineland region of Germany.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on S.R. 49 over the Cowanesque River between Dennis Hill Road and Church Street in Harrison Township, Potter County, is hereby designated the Private First Class Roger P. Downey 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.