Section 26. Joseph W. Battisto Bypass.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Joseph W. Battisto, born June 27, 1931, in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, represented the citizens of the 189th Legislative District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from January 4, 1983, to November 30, 2000.
(2) In the early part of the 1980s, Battisto played a leading role in developing the idea of a bypass to alleviate traffic congestion in the Marshalls Creek area of Monroe County. The result is the U.S. Route 209 Bypass, which opened to traffic in June 2012.
(3) Battisto graduated from Stroudsburg High School in 1949. He earned a bachelor's degree from East Stroudsburg State Teachers College in 1956 and a master's degree from the University of Scranton in 1966.
(4) Battisto resides in Paradise Township, Monroe County.
(b) Designation.--The Marshalls Creek Bypass, U.S. Route 209 from Twin Falls Road in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, to Oak Grove Drive in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, is hereby designated the Joseph W. Battisto Bypass.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to traffic in both directions on the highway.