Army SPC Christine L. Mayes Memorial Bridge

Act 70 of 2018, § 1, under DESIGNATION - MULTIPLE DESIGNATIONS IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES.

Act 70 of 2018, § 1

Section 1. Army SPC Christine L. Mayes Memorial Bridge.

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

(1) SPC Christine L. Mayes was a native of Rochester Mills and a graduate of Marion Center Area High School.

(2) SPC Mayes enlisted in the United States Army following graduation from high school and served on active duty for three years in Germany.

(3) After her release from active duty, SPC Mayes continued to serve her country in the United States Army Reserve with the 14th Quartermaster Detachment, 99th Army Reserve Command in Greensburg. Her unit was activated in support of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.

(4) SPC Mayes was killed on February 25, 1991, when an Iraqi scud missile destroyed a United States military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in the final days of the Persian Gulf War.

(b) Designation.--The bridge located on that portion of State Route 1041 over the Mahoning Creek in Grant Township and Canoe Township, Indiana County, is designated the Army SPC Christine L. Mayes 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.