Section 2. Lieutenant Andrew J. White Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Lieutenant Andrew J. White was a 12-year veteran of the fire service. He came from a family of firefighters, starting his career in the fire service at 14 years of age when he was inducted into the Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department as a junior firefighter. At 16 years of age he became an active firefighter and regular member of the Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department.
(2) Lt. White participated in training and progressed through the Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department. He later became an emergency medical technician and served as Lieutenant of Rocky Grove's Station #2 from 1999 to 2001.
(3) Lt. White was killed in the line of duty on January 11, 2001, while fighting a structure fire with the Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department.
(4) Lt. White lived in the Sugarcreek area his entire life. The Sugarcreek Bridge is within one-half mile of where he resided, and he had traversed this bridge countless times when responding to calls during his service with the Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on that portion of State Route 4010 over the Sugar Creek, Sugarcreek Borough, Venango County, commonly known as the Sugarcreek Bridge or Twin Bridges, is hereby designated the Lieutenant Andrew J. White 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.