Section 9. Staff Sergeant Richard James Mulholland Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Richard James Mulholland was born January 23, 1992, in Franklin, Venango County, and was a 2010 graduate of Venango Catholic High School.
(2) He served two deployments to Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne, 2/504th Infantry Battalion in the United States Army.
(3) Upon being honorably discharged from active-duty service, Staff Sergeant Mulholland enlisted in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, serving in the HHC, 2nd Brigade HQ in Washington, Pennsylvania, and later with the HHC, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Battalion in Cambridge Springs, Crawford County.
(4) For his service to the United States, Staff Sergeant Mulholland was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Parachutist Badge, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two campaign stars, the NATO Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal (3rd Award).
(5) Staff Sergeant Mulholland died on July 1, 2018. At the time of his death, he resided in Oil City, Venango County.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 33758, carrying Pennsylvania Route 427 over Sugar Creek in Sugarcreek Borough, Venango County, is designated as the Staff Sergeant Richard James Mulholland 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.