Sergeant First Class Randy McCaulley Memorial Bridge

Act 23 of 2022, § 11, under MULTIPLE DESIGNATIONS IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES AND REPEALS - DESIGNATION.

Act 23 of 2022, § 11

Section 11. Sergeant First Class Randy McCaulley Memorial Bridge.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1) Sergeant First Class Randy McCaulley enlisted in the Army after graduating from Marion Center High School in 1979 and served for four years.

(2) In 1984, SFC McCaulley joined the Pennsylvania National Guard and was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry based in Indiana, Pennsylvania.

(3) Company A, which included SFC McCaulley, was mobilized in January 2005 and arrived for service in June 2005 with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team in Ramadi, about 65 miles west of Baghdad.

(4) On March 23, 2006, SFC McCaulley was shot and killed by small arms fire while on a combat patrol with his unit in Mudiq, Iraq.

(5) The Pennsylvania National Guard posthumously promoted SFC McCaulley from staff sergeant to sergeant first class, and he was awarded the Purple Heart.

(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 41272, located on Pennsylvania Route 286 over Crooked Creek in Rayne Township, Indiana County, is designated the Sergeant First Class Randy McCaulley 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.