Section 9. Major General Edward C. Shannon Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Edward Casswell Shannon was born in Phoenixville, Chester County, on June 24, 1870, and moved to Columbia Borough as an adult.
(2) Major General Shannon began his military career as a member of the 4th Infantry Division of the Pennsylvania National Guard.
(3) Major General Shannon served in the Spanish American War, Pancho Villa Expedition and World War I, after which he was awarded a Silver Star and the Army Distinguished Service Medal.
(4) Major General Shannon retired from the Pennsylvania National Guard in 1939 at the rank of Major General and commander of the 28th Infantry Division.
(5) Major General Shannon served Lancaster County as an elected Prothonotary in 1919 and served as Lieutenant Governor under Gifford Pinchot from 1930 to 1935.
(6) During World War II, Major General Shannon served as the chairman of the local draft board.
(7) Major General Shannon passed away on May 20, 1946, in Columbia and was laid to rest in the Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens in Columbia.
(8) In 2016, Major General Shannon was posthumously inducted into the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Hall of Fame in Fort Indiantown Gap.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 52686, carrying Pennsylvania Route 441 over U.S. Route 30 in Columbia Borough, Lancaster County, is designated the Major General Edward C. Shannon 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.