Section 22. PFC Brandon M. Styer Memorial Bridge.
(a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Private First Class Brandon M. Styer enlisted in the United States Army during his senior year of high school.
(2) PFC Styer served as a combat engineer with the 569th Mobility Augmentation Company, 4th Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado.
(3) PFC Styer had previously served a tour of duty in Iraq.
(4) PFC Styer and his comrades were patrolling in a vehicle in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on October 15, 2009, when their vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device, wounding four soldiers.
(5) PFC Styer died from the grievous wounds he sustained in the attack.
(6) For his bravery and heroism, PFC Styer was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
(7) A 2008 graduate of Conestoga Valley High School, PFC Styer enjoyed cars, animals, especially German Shepherd dogs, and playing sports with his family and friends.
(8) PFC Styer was a role model to his family and friends as well as to the students at Lancaster Christian School where his stepmother was a teacher's assistant.
(9) PFC Styer was a loving son, brother, grandson, nephew and friend who served his country with devotion and pride.
(10) PFC Styer paid the supreme sacrifice on behalf of this nation and this Commonwealth.
(b) Designation.--The bridge carrying State Route 896 over Mill Creek in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, is hereby designated as the PFC Brandon M. Styer Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under subsection (b).