Ensign Sarah Mitchell Memorial Bridge

Act 63 of 2024, § 33, under MULTIPLE DESIGNATIONS IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES - DESIGNATION.

Act 63 of 2024, § 33

Section 33. Ensign Sarah Mitchell Memorial Bridge.

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

(1) Sarah Joy Mitchell was born in Meadowbrook to John and Betsy McClay Mitchell.

(2) A lifelong resident of Oakford, Ensign Mitchell was a 2013 graduate of Neshaminy High School, where she participated in field hockey, basketball and track and field.

(3) Ensign Mitchell furthered her education at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where she served as a member of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps of Cadets and earned a degree in 2017.

(4) Ensign Mitchell was a member of Saint Stephen's Lutheran Church in Feasterville.

(5) Ensign Mitchell served in the United States Navy with honor, pride, loyalty and distinction.

(6) Ensign Mitchell made the greatest of all sacrifices in defense of the cause of freedom, passing away in the line of duty at 23 years of age on July 8, 2018.

(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 52786, carrying Pennsylvania Route 213 over the Neshaminy Creek in Lower Southampton Township, Bucks County, is designated the Ensign Sarah Mitchell 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.