Section 19. Officer Matthew Krupa Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Officer Matthew Krupa was born July 25, 1993, in Johnstown.
(2) Officer Krupa was raised in Nanty Glo.
(3) Officer Krupa graduated from Central Cambria High School.
(4) Officer Krupa sought out to live his childhood dream by becoming a police officer.
(5) Officer Krupa graduated from the police academy and started to serve the area as a police officer.
(6) Officer Krupa served as a police officer for Portage Borough, Ferndale Borough, Saint Francis University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Conemaugh Hospital.
(7) In 2018, Officer Krupa moved to San Antonio, Texas, where he was employed with the Gonzales County Sheriff's Office and with the San Antonio Independent School District Police Department.
(8) On February 4, 2021, Officer Krupa was dressed in full uniform and on his way to work when he was involved in a line of duty car crash that took his life.
(9) Officer Krupa's lifelong dream was to become a K-9 officer, and he was in training when he was killed.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 43558, carrying U.S. Route 22 over a tributary of Hinckston Run in Jackson Township, Cambria County, is designated as the Officer Matthew Krupa 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.