Section 38. Lieutenant Joseph O. Stevens Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Joseph O. Stevens was born on July 14, 1922, in Orbisonia Borough, Huntingdon County.
(2) As a lieutenant, he was a pilot in the 9th U.S. Army Air Corps, 387th Bomb Group, 559th Squadron, and served in the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe where he was awarded the Silver Star and an Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters.
(3) He was a member of Madden-Winnick Post 518 American Legion, Orbisonia, and the Blue Juniata VFW Post 5754, Mount Union.
(4) Lt. Stevens graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1952 with a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree (DDS) and practiced as a dentist in Orbisonia for 50 years until his retirement.
(5) Lt. Stevens was a former Boy Scout leader, was active in the Southern Huntingdon County High School Booster Club and was instrumental in the establishment of the Huntingdon County Vo-Tech School, now the Huntingdon County Career and Technology Center.
(6) Lt. Joseph O. Stevens died on January 26, 2020, at the Hollidaysburg Veterans' Home.
(b) Designation.--The bridge on that portion of State Route 994 over the Blacklog Creek, Cromwell Township, Huntingdon County, is designated the Lieutenant Joseph O. Stevens 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.