Section 3. Lieutenant Governor Ernest P. Kline Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings and declarations.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Ernie Kline was born on June 20, 1929, in Allentown.
(2) Ernie Kline graduated from Rostraver High School in
1947.
(3) After graduation, Ernie Kline settled in Beaver
Falls, Beaver County, where he won a seat on the Beaver Falls
City Council in 1955.
(4) Ernie Kline was elected in 1964 to represent Beaver
and Lawrence Counties in the Pennsylvania Senate. He served
in this position for six years. He was elected to be the
Senate Minority Leader in 1967.
(5) Ernie Kline was elected the 25th Lieutenant Governor
of Pennsylvania under Milton Shapp in 1970. In 1974, he
became the first lieutenant governor to be re-elected to a
second term. He served as the Lieutenant Governor until his
second term expired in 1979.
(6) Upon leaving public office, Ernie Kline established
a government relations firm where he worked until his death
on May 13, 2009.
(b) Designation.--The bridge carrying Route 1022 across the Monongahela River and the Norfolk Southern and CSX Rail Line between Donora, Washington County, and Webster, Westmoreland County, is hereby designated the Lieutenant Governor Ernest P. Kline 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.