Section 19. The Honorable Lawrence H. Curry Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) State Representative Lawrence Curry represented the 154th Legislative District from his election in 1992 until 2012.
(2) Before his election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Representative Curry served as a Jenkintown Borough councilman and served two terms as a Montgomery County commissioner.
(3) Representative Curry has also served as an adjunct professor at Arcadia University, Montgomery County Community College, West Chester University and Rutgers-Camden University. Representative Curry earned a bachelor of arts degree and a master of arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
(4) By way of holding leadership roles with numerous civic and community organizations and his pointed legislative efforts, Representative Curry strongly supported issues affecting working families, senior citizens and children, especially tax reform, equal opportunity, environmental protection, health and education.
(5) In 1965, during the most turbulent time of the civil rights movement, Representative Curry responded to Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s appeal to join him in the stand for equality and justice in Selma, Alabama. This was a time when the call for civil rights was often met with violence, but Representative Curry went to Selma to march for what he believed was right.
(6) Since his retirement from the General Assembly, Representative Curry has continued his advocacy for the many causes he so fervently fought for, including Holocaust education and civil rights.
(7) Representative Curry currently resides in his hometown of Jenkintown with his wife, Shirley. The couple has three children, Jennifer Coleman, Jeffery Curry and Jacquelyn Todaro; and eight grandchildren, Christina, Katherine and Benjamin Coleman, Emily, Dylan and Tyler Curry and Courtney and Jeremy Todaro.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on Greenwood Avenue over the SEPTA tracks in Cheltenham Township and Jenkintown Borough, Montgomery County, is hereby designated the Honorable Lawrence H. Curry 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.