Section 8. Ken Griffey Sr. & Jr. Drive.
(a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) George Kenneth Griffey, Sr., was born on April 10, 1950, in the Borough of Donora, beginning a great journey for the Griffey family.
(2) Ken Griffey, Sr., commenced his professional baseball career in 1973 with the Cincinnati Reds.
(3) Ken Griffey, Sr., who returned to Cincinnati in 1988, was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2004.
(4) Ken Griffey, Sr., also enjoyed notable seasons with the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves.
(5) On November 21, 1969, Ken Griffey, Sr., was blessed with a son, George Kenneth Griffey, Jr., who shared his birthplace and who would share his love of baseball.
(6) Ken Griffey, Jr., began and ended his successful Major League Baseball career with the Seattle Mariners and experienced highlights with the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox as well.
(7) In July 2016, Ken Griffey, Jr., is being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
(8) National Baseball Hall of Fame committee members elected Ken Griffey, Jr., with the highest voting percentage in Hall of Fame history, 99.32%.
(9) Ken Griffey, Sr., and Ken Griffey, Jr., attained distinction as left-handed batters and as the first father-son duo to play simultaneously in major league history and the first father-son duo to play in the same major league game for the same team, the Seattle Mariners.
(10) These native sons of the Borough of Donora have contributed greatly to professional baseball and to sports history.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 1030, known as Segment 10, in the Borough of Donora, Washington County, is hereby designated as the Ken Griffey Sr. & Jr. Drive.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to traffic in both directions on the highway.