Section 31. Colonel Matthew S. Quay Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Matthew Stanley Quay was born September 30, 1833, in Dillsburg, York County.
(2) He attended the Beaver and Indiana Academies and graduated in 1850 from Jefferson College, now Washington and Jefferson College.
(3) Colonel Quay became Colonel of the 134th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War from 1861 to 1862.
(4) For his bravery, Colonel Quay was awarded the Medal of Honor at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862.
(5) During his life, Colonel Quay was a dedicated public servant, serving as the Prothonotary of Beaver County in 1865, the personal secretary to Governor Andrew Curtin in 1861, a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1865 to 1868, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Philadelphia County Recorder and Pennsylvania State Treasurer in 1885 and was elected to the United States Senate from 1887 through 1899 and 1901 through 1904, representing Pennsylvania.
(6) Colonel Quay died on May 28, 1904, in Beaver County.
(b) Designation.--The bridge carrying the Pennsylvania Turnpike Mainline Westbound over the Beaver River at mile marker 13.2 in Beaver County is designated as the Colonel Matthew S. Quay Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to traffic in both directions on the bridge.