PRINTER'S NO. 34
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 78
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PITTMAN, JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 22, 2025
AN ACT
1 Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 67586, located
2 over the South Branch of Bear Run on State Route 1053 in
3 Banks Township, Indiana County, as the PFC John Tabacsko
4 Memorial Bridge.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. John Tabacsko Memorial Bridge.
8 (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
9 follows:
10 (1) PFC John Tabacsko, a native of Banks Township, gave
11 his life in service to his country during World War II.
12 (2) Before entering the service, PFC Tabacsko was
13 employed by the Clark Coal Company near Bear Run.
14 (3) PFC Tabacsko entered the Army in August 1942 and
15 completed basic training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia.
16 (4) PFC Tabacsko served with the 472 Field Artillery
17 Battalion in Company B for seven months during his time of
18 service.
19 (5) On March 24, 1945, PFC John Tabacsko was killed in
 1 action in the Philippines on Luzon Island when he was only 23
2 years of age.
3 (b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
4 67586, located over the South Branch of Bear Run on State Route
5 1053 in Banks Township, Indiana County, is designated as the PFC
6 John Tabacsko Memorial Bridge.
7 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
8 maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
9 traffic in both directions on the bridge.
10 Section 2. Effective date.
11 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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