Section 20. SPC John Kulick Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) SPC John Kulick began his distinguished firefighting career when he joined the Enterprise Fire Company as a 16-year-old junior firefighter in 1985 and subsequently rose to the rank of deputy chief.
(2) SPC Kulick later became a Federal Firefighter at the now closed Johnsville Naval Air Warfare Center in Warminster.
(3) Upon the closing of the Johnsville Naval Air Warfare Center, SPC Kulick was transferred to the Naval Air Station Willow Grove.
(4) SPC Kulick subsequently became a career firefighter for the Whitpain Township Fire Department in Montgomery County, where he also served as the township's assistant fire marshal.
(5) After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, SPC Kulick was moved to join the Pennsylvania National Guard in September 2003 and was deployed to Iraq shortly after he completed boot camp.
(6) SPC Kulick was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), Pennsylvania Army National Guard of Philadelphia.
(7) On August 9, 2005, while serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom, SPC Kulick was killed at 35 years of age, along with three of his fellow soldiers, when a mine exploded and enemy forces attacked using small arms fire as they were investigating a rocket-propelled grenade incident in Bayji, Iraq.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 27664, on that portion of State Route 2040 over the Pennypack Creek, Hatboro Borough, Montgomery County, is designated the SPC John Kulick 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.