Section 8. Sergeant Carl Roof Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Sergeant Carl Roof, a native of Armstrong Township, served his country honorably during World War II.
(2) Twenty days after the Normandy invasion began, Sergeant Roof was captured by the Germans near Nancy, France.
(3) For 11 months, Sergeant Roof suffered as a prisoner of war in Stalag 12A, one of Germany's largest prisoner of war camps.
(4) Sergeant Roof survived the internment and returned home to Indiana County, where he resumed dairy farming and later worked for Caterpillar.
(5) After the war, Sergeant Roof married his wife, Frances, and had four children.
(6) Sergeant Roof served his community as a member of the Indiana County Fair board and the Citizens Ambulance board in Indiana.
(7) Sergeant Roof resided near the bridge on State Route 4001 over Crooked Creek.
(8) Sergeant Roof died on December 3, 2020, at age 98.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 4001 over Crooked Creek, Armstrong Township, Indiana County, is designated as the Sergeant Carl Roof 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.