Section 12. Second Lieutenant John H. Sterner Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Second Lieutenant John H. Sterner of Thomasville served in the 17th Airborne Infantry.
(2) Second Lieutenant Sterner fought in the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Invasion of Normandy and Operation Varsity, the largest airborne operation in history to be conducted on a single day and in one location.
(3) Upon landing by parachute behind enemy lines with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Second Lieutenant Sterner led his men in the attack of an enemy strong point.
(4) Second Lieutenant Sterner was killed in action on March 24, 1945, during Operation Varsity.
(5) Second Lieutenant Sterner was posthumously awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart for his bravery.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 54168, carrying U.S. Route 30 over Little Conewago Creek, between N. Grant Road and Stone Lane in Thomasville, Jackson Township, York County, is designated the Second Lieutenant John H. Sterner 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.